The Geography System of Herodotus Examined and Explained, by a Comparison with Those of Other Ancient Authors, and with Modern Geography ...C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1830 |
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... vast way to the south of the Nile , and Niger , and that it had been sailed round ; whilst Ptolemy was either ignorant of the circum- stance , or disbelieved it . In point of discrimination also , as well as of ex- tent , geography , in ...
... vast way to the south of the Nile , and Niger , and that it had been sailed round ; whilst Ptolemy was either ignorant of the circum- stance , or disbelieved it . In point of discrimination also , as well as of ex- tent , geography , in ...
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... vast desert , unknown and unexplored . " Melpom . 40. Again he says , Melpom . 8 , They affirm , without proving it , that the ocean , commencing at the east , flows round the earth . " 66 The geography of Herodotus consists almost en ...
... vast desert , unknown and unexplored . " Melpom . 40. Again he says , Melpom . 8 , They affirm , without proving it , that the ocean , commencing at the east , flows round the earth . " 66 The geography of Herodotus consists almost en ...
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... pointed out by the tract which extends very far to the south of Persia , and whose inhabitants are black ; but it is given under too confined limits . The eastern extremity of Herodotus's world , was a vast PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . 15.
... pointed out by the tract which extends very far to the south of Persia , and whose inhabitants are black ; but it is given under too confined limits . The eastern extremity of Herodotus's world , was a vast PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . 15.
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James Rennell. The eastern extremity of Herodotus's world , was a vast Desert , unknown and unexplored , and con- sequently in extent , indefinite . The remainder he knew to be surrounded by the ocean ; including AFRICA , which he ...
James Rennell. The eastern extremity of Herodotus's world , was a vast Desert , unknown and unexplored , and con- sequently in extent , indefinite . The remainder he knew to be surrounded by the ocean ; including AFRICA , which he ...
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... vast and almost endless space . The whole of this , as far as I am able to learn , is inhabited by the Sigynæ , a people who in dress re- semble the Medes ; their horses are low in stature , and of a feeble make , but their hair grows ...
... vast and almost endless space . The whole of this , as far as I am able to learn , is inhabited by the Sigynæ , a people who in dress re- semble the Medes ; their horses are low in stature , and of a feeble make , but their hair grows ...
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Página 494 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 410 - They possess, likewise, a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep. Of this the Indians make their clothes.
Página 519 - In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Página 531 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Página 518 - In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbeth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
Página 530 - And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths : none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Página 474 - Belus230 occupies the other, whose huge gates of brass may still be seen. It is a square building, each side of which is of the length of two furlongs. . In the midst a tower rises, of the solid depth and height of one furlong; upon which, resting as a base, seven other turrets are built in regular succesion. The ascent is on the outside, whichf> winding from the ground, is continued to the highest tower; and in the middle of the whole structure there is a convenient resting-place.
Página 213 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground, where only one grew before, vvould deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 533 - ... and as it may be concluded, with Tobit's seal on the bags. In the East, in the present times, a bag of money passes (for some time at least) currently from hand to hand, under the authority of a banker's seal, without any examination of its contents.
Página 195 - I cannot but think it exceedingly ridiculous to hear some men talk of the circumference of the earth, pretending, without the smallest reason or probability, that the ocean encompasses the earth ; that the earth is round, as if mechanically formed so ; and that Asia is equal to Europe.