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... Arabian Gulf or Red Sea and the Persian Gulf : the former , as the prototype of one of the fishes , has indeed a very marked resemblance to a fish , the head being at the straits of Bab el Mandel ; the fin at Erkico in Africa , and the ...
... Arabian Gulf or Red Sea and the Persian Gulf : the former , as the prototype of one of the fishes , has indeed a very marked resemblance to a fish , the head being at the straits of Bab el Mandel ; the fin at Erkico in Africa , and the ...
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... Arabian Gulf into the Erythræan Sea ; and by the other , the Straits of Moçandon , the door or outlet of the Persian Gulf into the same sea . In opposition to the right hand way round the 1 Cape of Good Hope , of which I speak 118.
... Arabian Gulf into the Erythræan Sea ; and by the other , the Straits of Moçandon , the door or outlet of the Persian Gulf into the same sea . In opposition to the right hand way round the 1 Cape of Good Hope , of which I speak 118.
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... Arabian Gulf ; and λειμώνι σκαμανδρίω ( from its crescent or -moon - like shape ) to the Persian , both being left hand passages to Asia . 2 II . 461 , Ασιω εν λειμωνι » Ες πεδιον προχέοντο σκαμάνδριον Εςαν δ ' εν λειμώνι σκαμανδρια 1 1 ...
... Arabian Gulf ; and λειμώνι σκαμανδρίω ( from its crescent or -moon - like shape ) to the Persian , both being left hand passages to Asia . 2 II . 461 , Ασιω εν λειμωνι » Ες πεδιον προχέοντο σκαμάνδριον Εςαν δ ' εν λειμώνι σκαμανδρια 1 1 ...
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... Persian Gulf , or the Arabian Gulf ; and then the difficulty will be to ascertain which of the two it is . But this difficulty , as well as the ex- planation of it , will best appear from the follow- ing extract from the second volume ...
... Persian Gulf , or the Arabian Gulf ; and then the difficulty will be to ascertain which of the two it is . But this difficulty , as well as the ex- planation of it , will best appear from the follow- ing extract from the second volume ...
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... Persian Gulf , discharges a great part of its waters there ; the first is , that on the south side of the Persian Gulf , opposite to the province of Kilan , are dangerous whirlpools , the noise of which , as the water is thrown into the ...
... Persian Gulf , discharges a great part of its waters there ; the first is , that on the south side of the Persian Gulf , opposite to the province of Kilan , are dangerous whirlpools , the noise of which , as the water is thrown into the ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles Africa Agamemnon allude allusion America ancient Andromache appear Arabian Gulf Astyanax Bay of Biscay Black Sea British Islands cannon Caspian Sea character China Chinese Chryseis circumstance coast commonly contain denote derived disguise drawn Egypt Egyptian zodiac epithet Euphrates Europe Europeans exhibits explained fable fact famous following lines France Gibraltar globe Greek Hector hero hieroglyphics Homer Iliad imply India intended Isles Italy languages Latin means mentioned mountains mouth Nausicaa Nestor Nile noticed observed Odyssey passage perhaps Persian Gulf Phæacians poem poet poetical portions Priam prototype reader reference remarkable represented resemblance river seems seen shape shew Spain Straits supposed Tartary tion tropic Ulysses Virgo volcano word zodiac Αλλ αρ Αυταρ δε δη ει εκ εν Ενθ επει επι ες εσαν εχον ηδε ην Ιλιον και κατα κεν μεν οι ος περ περι προς τε τοι
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Página 86 - In taking a view of the state of our country we in the first place notice the late affliction of two of our cities under the fatal fever which in latter times has occasionally visited our shores. Providence in His goodness gave it an early termination on this occasion and lessened the number of victims which have usually fallen before it. In the course of the several visitations by this disease it has appeared that it is strictly local, incident to...
Página 86 - Providence, in his goodness, gave it an early termination on this occasion, and lessened the number of victims which have usually fallen before it. In the course of the several visitations by this disease, it has appeared that it is strictly local, incident to cities and on the tide-waters only, incommunicable in the country, either by persons under the disease, or by goods carried from diseased places ; that its access is with the autumn, and it disappears with the early frosts:' after which it...
Página 232 - ... the one to the north and the other to the south, the union of the two together would of course constitute the figure of such a star.
Página 234 - Hindostan to have waited till Alexander the Great conquered Bactria, in order to obtain appellations for the most endearing ties of nature, and to enable them to express the venerable relations of father find mother.
Página 234 - ... present amount. It is the sort, and not the number of similar words that attest the affiliation or consanguinity of nations and languages. There are things which must have been named in the very infancy of society, and before the first dawn of civilization. Where these names correspond in different countries, we may confidently infer, that the one has been peopled from the same stock with the other.
Página 43 - PERIPATETIC philosophy was alone admitted into all the schools, to the utter depravation of every kind of learning." But mankind, having at length thrown off this yoke, affairs are now returned nearly to the same situation as before, and EUROPE is at present a copy at large, of what GREECE was formerly a pattern in miniature.
Página 263 - Africa, are scattered multitudes of ruins, which attest the existence in ancient times of splendid cities, depopulated either by the sword, the plague, or pestilence ; and noscenda ruinis, is an expression used by Lucretius, that intimates such remains might be well expected to be found. It is true accordingly, that in India also, a country which has been remarkably subject to political changes, there yet remain the evidences of many ruined cities. Among the frequent notices of such, taken by Mr....
Página 45 - Remains, p. 32. The author truly adds, that " many more might be found, if a man would be idle enough to gather them ;" and I shall premise what he says by way of introduction to them, as it is possible he might have intended to insinuate by it the same thing, as I have been more broadly stating. «
Página 230 - I was surprized to discover ornaments upon it which were familiar to my eyes. On accurately observing the building in all its parts, I found each column to contain the different ornaments which are found in the other parts of the building. It is certainly curious to observe most of the ornamental parts of Grecian architecture appearing in a building erected on the plains of Hindustan,
Página 234 - Where these names correspond in different countries, we may confidently infer, that the one has been peopled from the same stock with the other. Thus, the names of the parts of the human body, of the relations of consanguinity, and of the animals most familiar to man, constitute a class of words without which we cannot suppose mankind to exist, even in the rudest state of society. To. adopt the hypothesis of the learned Bayer, we must suppose the inhabitants of Hindostan to have waited till Alexander...