The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2Redfield & Lindsay, 1843 |
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... side , over which it was necessary to lead our animals , and to use great caution ourselves . This same cause ... side of this Jebel Arrneto , and opened a narrow but exceed- ingly deep valley , called Wadi Khezheyap . The descent down ...
... side , over which it was necessary to lead our animals , and to use great caution ourselves . This same cause ... side of this Jebel Arrneto , and opened a narrow but exceed- ingly deep valley , called Wadi Khezheyap . The descent down ...
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... sides of this tower , and about midway between its base and summit , a Greek cross was sculptured in relief , and contained within a circle : but on the south side this emblem was not to he found . In various parts of it were many marks ...
... sides of this tower , and about midway between its base and summit , a Greek cross was sculptured in relief , and contained within a circle : but on the south side this emblem was not to he found . In various parts of it were many marks ...
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... side to side , and support entirely the roof of the dwelling . MYTHOLOGY . PHAETON PRECIPITATED FROM THE CHARIOT OF SOL . Sol , or the sun , is stated by some mythologists to be the same as Apollo . This however is not the gen- eral ...
... side to side , and support entirely the roof of the dwelling . MYTHOLOGY . PHAETON PRECIPITATED FROM THE CHARIOT OF SOL . Sol , or the sun , is stated by some mythologists to be the same as Apollo . This however is not the gen- eral ...
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... side . Its length is eight or ten feet , but the breadth inconsiderable ; and the edges have a lacing attached to them , which serves to secure the lading . When used by the trader for his personal conveyance , it assumes a more ...
... side . Its length is eight or ten feet , but the breadth inconsiderable ; and the edges have a lacing attached to them , which serves to secure the lading . When used by the trader for his personal conveyance , it assumes a more ...
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... side , the stream decreased so much , that they last effort for the relief of the suffering party , by pro- were obliged to abandon its navigation , and pursue posing to swim across the river , ( whose breadth was their journey on foot ...
... side , the stream decreased so much , that they last effort for the relief of the suffering party , by pro- were obliged to abandon its navigation , and pursue posing to swim across the river , ( whose breadth was their journey on foot ...
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