The Classical Journal, Volume 6A. J. Valpay., 1819 - Classical philology |
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... believe , that the more ancient Egyptian astronomers were unacquainted with Draco - a constellation that must always have attracted attention on this side of the torrid zone , not 1 Clem . Alex . Strom . L. i . 4 Sophocl . in Naupl . 6 ...
... believe , that the more ancient Egyptian astronomers were unacquainted with Draco - a constellation that must always have attracted attention on this side of the torrid zone , not 1 Clem . Alex . Strom . L. i . 4 Sophocl . in Naupl . 6 ...
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... believe , that the more ancient Egyptian astronomers were ignorant of a constel- lation , in which Ptolemy afterwards counted no less than 31 stars , which of course were visible to the eye . I have examined the pages of Aratus with ...
... believe , that the more ancient Egyptian astronomers were ignorant of a constel- lation , in which Ptolemy afterwards counted no less than 31 stars , which of course were visible to the eye . I have examined the pages of Aratus with ...
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... believe the Grecians were at the time of the Trojan war , emanating from the Northern regions , and pouring down in multitudes which astonished mankind , upon the more fertile countries in the South . Nor are we to be told , that these ...
... believe the Grecians were at the time of the Trojan war , emanating from the Northern regions , and pouring down in multitudes which astonished mankind , upon the more fertile countries in the South . Nor are we to be told , that these ...
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... believe one story as the other ; they are both equally proba- ble , and both equally true . The chieftains of Ireland possessed as little of " the honor of real heroes , " and felt as little " the pomp and circumstance of glorious war ...
... believe one story as the other ; they are both equally proba- ble , and both equally true . The chieftains of Ireland possessed as little of " the honor of real heroes , " and felt as little " the pomp and circumstance of glorious war ...
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... . Frat . i . 6 . Another decisive objection to his method of resolving such passages is , that he supposes an ellipsis of the relative ; which I believe one may venture to affirm is against the idiom both of the Classical Criticism . 55.
... . Frat . i . 6 . Another decisive objection to his method of resolving such passages is , that he supposes an ellipsis of the relative ; which I believe one may venture to affirm is against the idiom both of the Classical Criticism . 55.
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