The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 44A. Constable, 1826 |
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... quarters of the Continent . We dis- cover even the lake or marsh dividing the city into two parts , described by Edrisi , but to which our maps allow an unautho- rized magnitude . In Edrisi's time the glass windows of the palace were ...
... quarters of the Continent . We dis- cover even the lake or marsh dividing the city into two parts , described by Edrisi , but to which our maps allow an unautho- rized magnitude . In Edrisi's time the glass windows of the palace were ...
Page 217
... quarters , may have become the exclusive market for gold ; while the Tripolitan caravans , as Major Denham informs us , have only one call , which is always for slaves . 6 In We need not dwell long on the subsequent accounts . the ...
... quarters , may have become the exclusive market for gold ; while the Tripolitan caravans , as Major Denham informs us , have only one call , which is always for slaves . 6 In We need not dwell long on the subsequent accounts . the ...
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... quarter , an excellent route to Kassina , with a positive assurance that the direction was south - west , which , had it been followed , would have placed that city and Ghana nearly in their true positions ; but though this direction ...
... quarter , an excellent route to Kassina , with a positive assurance that the direction was south - west , which , had it been followed , would have placed that city and Ghana nearly in their true positions ; but though this direction ...
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... quarter the wind was . " The wind gathered additional force each instant as we left the land ; but the wind was nothing compared with our arch - enemy the sea , which having been agitated many days , to the astonishment of the sailors ...
... quarter the wind was . " The wind gathered additional force each instant as we left the land ; but the wind was nothing compared with our arch - enemy the sea , which having been agitated many days , to the astonishment of the sailors ...
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... quarter where the shops are situated , you would think you could walk upon the heads of thousands . The daily throng is there so immense , that unable to squeeze a passage through it you ask , What has conven- ' ed such a multitude ...
... quarter where the shops are situated , you would think you could walk upon the heads of thousands . The daily throng is there so immense , that unable to squeeze a passage through it you ask , What has conven- ' ed such a multitude ...
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