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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... a less fatiguing nature . Perhaps they may recal to your Lordship's mind , ideas respecting the history and policy of those na- tions of antiquity , whose learning and arts we are ambitious of imitating ; and whose liberty is a per-
... a less fatiguing nature . Perhaps they may recal to your Lordship's mind , ideas respecting the history and policy of those na- tions of antiquity , whose learning and arts we are ambitious of imitating ; and whose liberty is a per-
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... perhaps be differently esti- mated by different persons . It may doubtless be said , with truth , that no ordinary reader of Greek is likely to be so perfect a master of the subject of Herodotus , by a perusal of the original work , as ...
... perhaps be differently esti- mated by different persons . It may doubtless be said , with truth , that no ordinary reader of Greek is likely to be so perfect a master of the subject of Herodotus , by a perusal of the original work , as ...
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... perhaps Ionia might be meant ) and hither India , it would cer- tainly happen , that when it was nine o'clock in Greece , it would be about noon on the banks of the Indus . If Herodotus could have been made to believe that the earth was ...
... perhaps Ionia might be meant ) and hither India , it would cer- tainly happen , that when it was nine o'clock in Greece , it would be about noon on the banks of the Indus . If Herodotus could have been made to believe that the earth was ...
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... perhaps touching the parallel of 60. On the north - east , the mountains of Altai , at the head of the Irtish river , and the country of the Oigurs or Yugures , which is far advanced within Great Tar- tary , seem to have terminated his ...
... perhaps touching the parallel of 60. On the north - east , the mountains of Altai , at the head of the Irtish river , and the country of the Oigurs or Yugures , which is far advanced within Great Tar- tary , seem to have terminated his ...
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... perhaps be disputed . We should rather believe the former cause , otherwise an alteration of must have taken place , between the time of Scylax , and that of Strabo . For in- stance , the Island of Crete , is said by Scylax * , to be ...
... perhaps be disputed . We should rather believe the former cause , otherwise an alteration of must have taken place , between the time of Scylax , and that of Strabo . For in- stance , the Island of Crete , is said by Scylax * , to be ...
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