The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1800 |
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... miles in circumference ; an extent beyond that which has commonly been ascribed to it . They found here only one solitary inhabitant , a hermit , whose habitation was a grotto : but the island was formerly well peoplet , and subject to ...
... miles in circumference ; an extent beyond that which has commonly been ascribed to it . They found here only one solitary inhabitant , a hermit , whose habitation was a grotto : but the island was formerly well peoplet , and subject to ...
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... miles , and a canal passes near his premises , and not far from the place of delivery : but that he has to load a cart to carry it to the water side ; and again from the water to its destination . He would certainly hesitate to use the ...
... miles , and a canal passes near his premises , and not far from the place of delivery : but that he has to load a cart to carry it to the water side ; and again from the water to its destination . He would certainly hesitate to use the ...
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... miles long , and appears to be well supplied . Our superfine broad cloth , and our watches , will here sell for more than double what they cost in England . The majority of the people are Arabs , the rest are Turks and Armenians ; the ...
... miles long , and appears to be well supplied . Our superfine broad cloth , and our watches , will here sell for more than double what they cost in England . The majority of the people are Arabs , the rest are Turks and Armenians ; the ...
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... miles in an hour . The most considerable town on this part of the Euphrates is named by Mr. Jackson , Suke - shue . Its chief was then absent with an army collected to oppose the progress of the Waahy , who is extending his conquests up ...
... miles in an hour . The most considerable town on this part of the Euphrates is named by Mr. Jackson , Suke - shue . Its chief was then absent with an army collected to oppose the progress of the Waahy , who is extending his conquests up ...
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... miles along the eastern bank of the river ; and the length of the walls from the river being about two miles , it has the form of an oblong square . The houses , though very inferior to the European , are much better built than those of ...
... miles along the eastern bank of the river ; and the length of the walls from the river being about two miles , it has the form of an oblong square . The houses , though very inferior to the European , are much better built than those of ...
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