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... feet in breadth at the bridge of Hellah , and in depth two fathoms and a half . When it rises to its full height the adjoining country is inundated , and many parts of the Babylon ruins are rendered inaccessible.The woods and coppices ...
... feet in breadth at the bridge of Hellah , and in depth two fathoms and a half . When it rises to its full height the adjoining country is inundated , and many parts of the Babylon ruins are rendered inaccessible.The woods and coppices ...
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... feet . On the summit is a solid pile , thirty - seven feet high , of fine burnt bricks , exhibiting inscriptions . Other immense fragments of brick work are found also in this mound , which is itself a ruin , standing within a ...
... feet . On the summit is a solid pile , thirty - seven feet high , of fine burnt bricks , exhibiting inscriptions . Other immense fragments of brick work are found also in this mound , which is itself a ruin , standing within a ...
Page 4
... feet . : " The only building , " adds he , " which can dispute the palm with the Mujelibé , is the Birs Nimroud ; previous to visiting which , I had not the slightest idea of its being the tower of Belus indeed its situation was a ...
... feet . : " The only building , " adds he , " which can dispute the palm with the Mujelibé , is the Birs Nimroud ; previous to visiting which , I had not the slightest idea of its being the tower of Belus indeed its situation was a ...
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... feet in depth . The high mountains , like that of Mount Gordian , or Mount Ararat , do not surpass 3000 feet from the surface of the sea ; so that without reckoning that the capacity of the globe enlarges itself in proportion as it ...
... feet in depth . The high mountains , like that of Mount Gordian , or Mount Ararat , do not surpass 3000 feet from the surface of the sea ; so that without reckoning that the capacity of the globe enlarges itself in proportion as it ...
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... feet , her own executioner . - To find her , whom he expected to receive him with raptures , in such a condition , was a shock , the severest he had ever felt , -but the sight of the poniard almost drove him to distraction . ANECDOTE OF ...
... feet , her own executioner . - To find her , whom he expected to receive him with raptures , in such a condition , was a shock , the severest he had ever felt , -but the sight of the poniard almost drove him to distraction . ANECDOTE OF ...
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