Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyJ. & J. Harper, 1846 - 359 pàgines |
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... Egypt , again , from its high an- tiquity , its stupendous monuments , and the memora- ble revolutions through which it has passed , pre . sented matter at once too interesting and ample to be comprehended within such narrow limits ...
... Egypt , again , from its high an- tiquity , its stupendous monuments , and the memora- ble revolutions through which it has passed , pre . sented matter at once too interesting and ample to be comprehended within such narrow limits ...
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... Egyptian Goat and Sheep ...... 290 CHAPTER XIX . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations - Vultures - Serpent - eater - Eagles - Hawks -Owls - Butcher - birds - Thrushes - Buntings - Colius - Beef - eaters ...
... Egyptian Goat and Sheep ...... 290 CHAPTER XIX . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations - Vultures - Serpent - eater - Eagles - Hawks -Owls - Butcher - birds - Thrushes - Buntings - Colius - Beef - eaters ...
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... Egypt and Carthage , which , as the first seats of government and commerce , were the admiration of the ancient world . In the patriarchal ages , when Scripture history represents the Mesopotamian Plain , the scene of the future empires ...
... Egypt and Carthage , which , as the first seats of government and commerce , were the admiration of the ancient world . In the patriarchal ages , when Scripture history represents the Mesopotamian Plain , the scene of the future empires ...
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... Egypt was illustrious also among the ancients as producing the first elements of learning and abstract science , the first approach to alphabetical writing by hieroglyphic em- blems , the first great works in sculpture , painting , and ...
... Egypt was illustrious also among the ancients as producing the first elements of learning and abstract science , the first approach to alphabetical writing by hieroglyphic em- blems , the first great works in sculpture , painting , and ...
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... Egypt , and an intimate communication with the native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that was incorrect and exaggerated , re- specting the wide region which extends from the Nile to the Atlantic . He ...
... Egypt , and an intimate communication with the native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that was incorrect and exaggerated , re- specting the wide region which extends from the Nile to the Atlantic . He ...
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