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JUNE — 1856 . Ceylone Governmented to enquire tice of the H ART . I . -
CEYLON , PAST AND PRESENT . 1 . Blue Books from Ceylon for the years 1836
to 1854 . 2 . Evidence taken before the Committee of the House of Commons
appointed ...
JUNE — 1856 . Ceylone Governmented to enquire tice of the H ART . I . -
CEYLON , PAST AND PRESENT . 1 . Blue Books from Ceylon for the years 1836
to 1854 . 2 . Evidence taken before the Committee of the House of Commons
appointed ...
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We are greatly obliged to him for his ( in the main ) solid and entertaining sketch
of ancient history , but we do not want to be told that Herodotus was a dunce at
arithmetic , or that he was taken in by a Corinthian roue , or that his father ...
We are greatly obliged to him for his ( in the main ) solid and entertaining sketch
of ancient history , but we do not want to be told that Herodotus was a dunce at
arithmetic , or that he was taken in by a Corinthian roue , or that his father ...
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... of deposit in later times , but even this qualification will not warrant our allowing
a less period than three thousand years for the increased elevation of the country
which the priests informed Herodotus had taken place since the time of Maris .
... of deposit in later times , but even this qualification will not warrant our allowing
a less period than three thousand years for the increased elevation of the country
which the priests informed Herodotus had taken place since the time of Maris .
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He adds another reason founded apparently upon some limited empirical maxim
of weather - wisdom taken from the climate of Greece . “ Libya , ' he says , “ has
neither rain nor ice , and therefore no snow ; for in five days after a fall of snow ...
He adds another reason founded apparently upon some limited empirical maxim
of weather - wisdom taken from the climate of Greece . “ Libya , ' he says , “ has
neither rain nor ice , and therefore no snow ; for in five days after a fall of snow ...
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As there is at the present time in this remarkable half - oasis only a single lake ,
the Birget el Qorn , lying in its most distant part , this was of course taken to be
Lake Mæris : there appeared to be no other solution to the question . Now its
great ...
As there is at the present time in this remarkable half - oasis only a single lake ,
the Birget el Qorn , lying in its most distant part , this was of course taken to be
Lake Mæris : there appeared to be no other solution to the question . Now its
great ...
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