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FROM the accounts of modern travellers , " says Mr. Rich , ( I had expected to have found on the site of Babylon more , and less , than I actually did : less , because I could have formed no conception of the prodigious extent of the ...
FROM the accounts of modern travellers , " says Mr. Rich , ( I had expected to have found on the site of Babylon more , and less , than I actually did : less , because I could have formed no conception of the prodigious extent of the ...
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Mr . Rich considers the site of Babylon as sufficiently established on the environs of Hellah , according to Major Rennell's excellent “ Geography of Herodotus . " The general direction of the road between Baghdad and Hellah ...
Mr . Rich considers the site of Babylon as sufficiently established on the environs of Hellah , according to Major Rennell's excellent “ Geography of Herodotus . " The general direction of the road between Baghdad and Hellah ...
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Mr. Rich has so well described his first view of this interesting ruin , that we shall gratify our readers by quoting his own words . “ I visited the Birs under circumstances peculiarly favourable to the grandeur of its effect .
Mr. Rich has so well described his first view of this interesting ruin , that we shall gratify our readers by quoting his own words . “ I visited the Birs under circumstances peculiarly favourable to the grandeur of its effect .
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“ In it I have given , ” says Mr. Rich , a faithful account of my obseryations at Babylon , and offer it merely as a prelude to further res make which repeated visits to the same spot may enable me to SONGS IN THE BLIND BEGGAR ...
“ In it I have given , ” says Mr. Rich , a faithful account of my obseryations at Babylon , and offer it merely as a prelude to further res make which repeated visits to the same spot may enable me to SONGS IN THE BLIND BEGGAR ...
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In Portugal , they erect a theatre capable of holding 3000 persons ; in which they place a rich altar , and raise seats on each side in the form of an amphitheatre . There the prisoners are placed ; and over against them is a high chair ...
In Portugal , they erect a theatre capable of holding 3000 persons ; in which they place a rich altar , and raise seats on each side in the form of an amphitheatre . There the prisoners are placed ; and over against them is a high chair ...
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