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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... original and unmixed state , the authorities collected from a great variety of sources , and which may aid the construction of future systems of geography , although a part of the materials may be superseded by those of a better kind ...
... original and unmixed state , the authorities collected from a great variety of sources , and which may aid the construction of future systems of geography , although a part of the materials may be superseded by those of a better kind ...
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... original work , as by translations made by professed scholars , who have devoted a great portion of their time to the study of it ; although it must at the same time be allowed , that such scholars , if also skilled in the science of ...
... original work , as by translations made by professed scholars , who have devoted a great portion of their time to the study of it ; although it must at the same time be allowed , that such scholars , if also skilled in the science of ...
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... mile ; so that the original num- 1 It has also appeared in a foregoing page , that Polybius actually described such a stade on the Roman roads . ber of stades would have been , of course , 38 ON THE ITINERARY STADE OF THE GREEKS .
... mile ; so that the original num- 1 It has also appeared in a foregoing page , that Polybius actually described such a stade on the Roman roads . ber of stades would have been , of course , 38 ON THE ITINERARY STADE OF THE GREEKS .
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... original state of an island , has been joined to the main land , either by a general subsidence of the level of the Euxine , or by the de- positions of the Borysthenes ; or possibly , by both these causes combined " . Much light is ...
... original state of an island , has been joined to the main land , either by a general subsidence of the level of the Euxine , or by the de- positions of the Borysthenes ; or possibly , by both these causes combined " . Much light is ...
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... original settlement was in TURKES- TAN , that is , the country situated along , and beyond , the river Jaxartes . The Targitaus of Herodotus has , in its root , some affinity to the name Turk ; as that of the Paralatæ , the tribe ...
... original settlement was in TURKES- TAN , that is , the country situated along , and beyond , the river Jaxartes . The Targitaus of Herodotus has , in its root , some affinity to the name Turk ; as that of the Paralatæ , the tribe ...
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