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... probably no equal , when Mehemet Ali called us to him . We took our seats with him upon his divan . He gave me , through his dragoman , the heartiest welcome , but said to the consul - general that he did not think it requisite to ...
... probably no equal , when Mehemet Ali called us to him . We took our seats with him upon his divan . He gave me , through his dragoman , the heartiest welcome , but said to the consul - general that he did not think it requisite to ...
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... Probably , this pyramid had originally no platform but ran up to a point ; yet the supposition that originally a colossus stood upon its summit , as upon other similar monuments of Egypt , contradicts this opinion . * Besides the whole ...
... Probably , this pyramid had originally no platform but ran up to a point ; yet the supposition that originally a colossus stood upon its summit , as upon other similar monuments of Egypt , contradicts this opinion . * Besides the whole ...
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... probably with Oriental exaggeration , would have filled in their transcription ten thousand leaves , although , subsequently , they have been so frequently overlooked , will also , it is expected , be opened to the learned world by ...
... probably with Oriental exaggeration , would have filled in their transcription ten thousand leaves , although , subsequently , they have been so frequently overlooked , will also , it is expected , be opened to the learned world by ...
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... probably been the case for ages ; for Sicard mentions , at the com- mencement of the last century , that then six and thirty thousand hundred weight of nitre was broken annually for the Grand Signior , to whom it yielded thirty - six ...
... probably been the case for ages ; for Sicard mentions , at the com- mencement of the last century , that then six and thirty thousand hundred weight of nitre was broken annually for the Grand Signior , to whom it yielded thirty - six ...
Page 48
... probably none of the specimens , either at Paris , Berlin , or Frankfurt , were obtained from the Macarius desert , or from any portion of the Libyan desert . Laborde says it is of frequent occurrence in the peninsula of Sinai . Arabian ...
... probably none of the specimens , either at Paris , Berlin , or Frankfurt , were obtained from the Macarius desert , or from any portion of the Libyan desert . Laborde says it is of frequent occurrence in the peninsula of Sinai . Arabian ...
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