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Side 309
... desert of the South extends above a thousand miles to the banks of the Niger . The ancients , who had a very faint and imperfect knowledge of the great peninfula of Africa , were fometimes tempted to believe , that the torrid zone must ...
... desert of the South extends above a thousand miles to the banks of the Niger . The ancients , who had a very faint and imperfect knowledge of the great peninfula of Africa , were fometimes tempted to believe , that the torrid zone must ...
Side 310
... desert of The- bais ( Jerom . in Vit . Paul . Eremit . tom . i . p . 238 ) . 129 St. Anthony likewife met one of theje monsters ; whofe ex- iftence was seriously asserted by the emperor Claudius . The public laughed ; but this præfect ...
... desert of The- bais ( Jerom . in Vit . Paul . Eremit . tom . i . p . 238 ) . 129 St. Anthony likewife met one of theje monsters ; whofe ex- iftence was seriously asserted by the emperor Claudius . The public laughed ; but this præfect ...
Side 364
... deserts , where it is impoffible to form magazines , and difficult to tranfport a fufficient fupply of pro- vifions , the armies of Vouti were repeatedly ex- pofed to intolerable hardships : and , of one hun- dred and forty thoufand ...
... deserts , where it is impoffible to form magazines , and difficult to tranfport a fufficient fupply of pro- vifions , the armies of Vouti were repeatedly ex- pofed to intolerable hardships : and , of one hun- dred and forty thoufand ...
Side 368
... deserts of Tartary ( tom . ii . p . 123. 277 , & c . 325 , & c . 46 Mohammed , Sultan of Carizme , reigned in Sogdiana , when it was invaded ( A. D. 1218. ) by Zingis and his moguls . The Oriental hiftorians ( fee d'Herbelot , Petit de ...
... deserts of Tartary ( tom . ii . p . 123. 277 , & c . 325 , & c . 46 Mohammed , Sultan of Carizme , reigned in Sogdiana , when it was invaded ( A. D. 1218. ) by Zingis and his moguls . The Oriental hiftorians ( fee d'Herbelot , Petit de ...
Side 370
... desert . Their independent fpirit foon rejected the hereditary fucceffion of the Tanjous ; and while each hord was governed by its peculiar Murfa , their tumultuary council di- rected the public measures of the whole nation . As late as ...
... desert . Their independent fpirit foon rejected the hereditary fucceffion of the Tanjous ; and while each hord was governed by its peculiar Murfa , their tumultuary council di- rected the public measures of the whole nation . As late as ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
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