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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... . What he there says respecting history , is equally applicable to geography . " Whoever attempts to trace the operations of men in remote VOL . I. B this system , in order to compare it with the Preliminary Observations PAGE.
... . What he there says respecting history , is equally applicable to geography . " Whoever attempts to trace the operations of men in remote VOL . I. B this system , in order to compare it with the Preliminary Observations PAGE.
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... respecting an island near the British coast , to which carriages laden with tin came at low water , in order to its being embarked on vessels for the continent . See the course of this merchandize in lib . v . c . 2 . The fact of the ...
... respecting an island near the British coast , to which carriages laden with tin came at low water , in order to its being embarked on vessels for the continent . See the course of this merchandize in lib . v . c . 2 . The fact of the ...
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... respecting some of the most important relative positions , in the gross as for instance , the Caspian sea was sup- posed by Herodotus to be opposite to the coast of the Persian Icthyophagi ; and the sea of Colchis to that of Persia ...
... respecting some of the most important relative positions , in the gross as for instance , the Caspian sea was sup- posed by Herodotus to be opposite to the coast of the Persian Icthyophagi ; and the sea of Colchis to that of Persia ...
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... respecting the itinerary measures of his country ; and therefore an example of it , given on one of the most celebrated communications in Greece , namely , that between Athens and Pisa ( Olympia ) ought , if the numbers are not ...
... respecting the itinerary measures of his country ; and therefore an example of it , given on one of the most celebrated communications in Greece , namely , that between Athens and Pisa ( Olympia ) ought , if the numbers are not ...
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