The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1833 |
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Side 15
... existence of that hero . All authors conduct him to the city of Eetes . That he should carry off the king's daughter is consistent with the manners of the age ; that the proposed object of the enterprise should , at this distance of ...
... existence of that hero . All authors conduct him to the city of Eetes . That he should carry off the king's daughter is consistent with the manners of the age ; that the proposed object of the enterprise should , at this distance of ...
Side 17
... existence was not vouched by the national mythology . And indeed the Phoenician language explains at once the ori- gin of the legend . The word cimrire , ( ) signifying deep darkness , occurs in Job , iii . 5. " Let darkness and the ...
... existence was not vouched by the national mythology . And indeed the Phoenician language explains at once the ori- gin of the legend . The word cimrire , ( ) signifying deep darkness , occurs in Job , iii . 5. " Let darkness and the ...
Side 19
... existence of certain regions situated in the West beyond the bounds of their actual knowledge , and as it appears , of too fugitive a nature to be ever fixed within the circle of authentic geography . Homer describes at the extremity of ...
... existence of certain regions situated in the West beyond the bounds of their actual knowledge , and as it appears , of too fugitive a nature to be ever fixed within the circle of authentic geography . Homer describes at the extremity of ...
Side 31
... existence of a river flowing into the northern sea , and called Eridanus ; nor was he inclined to ac- quiesce in the opinion prevailing in his day , that Europe is en- compassed by the ocean on the north and west . It is remark- able ...
... existence of a river flowing into the northern sea , and called Eridanus ; nor was he inclined to ac- quiesce in the opinion prevailing in his day , that Europe is en- compassed by the ocean on the north and west . It is remark- able ...
Side 32
... existence . But the word ripha sig- nified a mountain in general ; and the circumstance of its be- ing used in Thrace and in Scythia proves an approximation in race and language of the nations which possessed those coun- tries ...
... existence . But the word ripha sig- nified a mountain in general ; and the circumstance of its be- ing used in Thrace and in Scythia proves an approximation in race and language of the nations which possessed those coun- tries ...
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