Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 4Francis Lieber Mussey & Company, 1851 |
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Pàgina 40
... Egypt , in his first book . This account , though mingled with a considerable share of fable , is gen- erally correct ; and some of the errors still in existence concerning this animal , ap- pear to be derived from his statement : such ...
... Egypt , in his first book . This account , though mingled with a considerable share of fable , is gen- erally correct ; and some of the errors still in existence concerning this animal , ap- pear to be derived from his statement : such ...
Pàgina 41
... Egypt is no longer found , except in the upper parts of that country , where the heat is greatest , and the population least numerous . Anciently , the species was common nearly to the outlet of the Nile ; and it is stated by Pliny ...
... Egypt is no longer found , except in the upper parts of that country , where the heat is greatest , and the population least numerous . Anciently , the species was common nearly to the outlet of the Nile ; and it is stated by Pliny ...
Pàgina 61
... Egypt ( for he proposed conquering the Holy Land by an invasion of Egypt , the seat , at that time , of the rulers of Palestine ) , a revolution broke out in that country , which proved decisive with re- gard to the possession of the ...
... Egypt ( for he proposed conquering the Holy Land by an invasion of Egypt , the seat , at that time , of the rulers of Palestine ) , a revolution broke out in that country , which proved decisive with re- gard to the possession of the ...
Pàgina 92
... Egyptian mummies are made of it . The latter afford very decisive proof of its almost incorruptible nature . The name of this tree is derived from the island of Cyprus , in the Mediterranean , where it still grows in great luxuriance ...
... Egyptian mummies are made of it . The latter afford very decisive proof of its almost incorruptible nature . The name of this tree is derived from the island of Cyprus , in the Mediterranean , where it still grows in great luxuriance ...
Pàgina 93
... Egyptian yoke , 550 B. C. , Ionian and Phoenician colonists had formed several small states in the island . It remained an Egyptian province till 58 B. C. , when it was con quered by the Romans . After the division of the Roman ...
... Egyptian yoke , 550 B. C. , Ionian and Phoenician colonists had formed several small states in the island . It remained an Egyptian province till 58 B. C. , when it was con quered by the Romans . After the division of the Roman ...
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