The Gold-mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour in North-western ArabiaC.K. Paul & Company, 1878 - 395 pagini |
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Pagina ix
... stone , or noticed an atom of metal . It is not easy to explain how a naturalist like Rüppell could overlook the structure of the rocks , and pass through the old Ophir without suspecting the existence of the masses of metal around and ...
... stone , or noticed an atom of metal . It is not easy to explain how a naturalist like Rüppell could overlook the structure of the rocks , and pass through the old Ophir without suspecting the existence of the masses of metal around and ...
Pagina 5
... stone , his critique malveillante at her . I have even heard her charged with the I vulgarity of the West . " Viewed from the sea , the great emporium commands a respect which we indignantly refuse to Karáchi ; and yet the essen- tials ...
... stone , his critique malveillante at her . I have even heard her charged with the I vulgarity of the West . " Viewed from the sea , the great emporium commands a respect which we indignantly refuse to Karáchi ; and yet the essen- tials ...
Pagina 6
... stone . The inner space reserved for promena- ders , where the turbaned Napoleon sits his Arab steed , in the presence of growing trees and flowing waters , is girt by posts and by chains which sin only in profusion of metal : they are ...
... stone . The inner space reserved for promena- ders , where the turbaned Napoleon sits his Arab steed , in the presence of growing trees and flowing waters , is girt by posts and by chains which sin only in profusion of metal : they are ...
Pagina 15
... stone , set in mud and bad lime . As the obelisk is raised some eight inches clear of the socle , the whole weight rests upon the masonry and the metal support ; hence the needle has a " cant " seawards , or to the north and west ; the ...
... stone , set in mud and bad lime . As the obelisk is raised some eight inches clear of the socle , the whole weight rests upon the masonry and the metal support ; hence the needle has a " cant " seawards , or to the north and west ; the ...
Pagina 19
... stone quarries ; and winding through pottery mounds , montes testacei , the Kerámia of the Greeks . Few finds have been made , probably because there has been no regular search ; and what is found is not preserved . For instance , the ...
... stone quarries ; and winding through pottery mounds , montes testacei , the Kerámia of the Greeks . Few finds have been made , probably because there has been no regular search ; and what is found is not preserved . For instance , the ...
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The Gold-mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour ... Sir Richard Francis Burton Vizualizare completă - 1878 |
The Gold-mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour ... Sir Richard Francis Burton Vizualizare completă - 1878 |
The Gold-mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour ... Sir Richard Francis Burton Vizualizare completă - 1878 |
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