A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Τόμος 1Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... supposed to be an island in the German Ocean , called by Timæus , Basilio , and by Xenophon Lampsa- cenus , Baltia . Here , according to Pliny , amber dropped from the trees ; and sacrifices were offered to the manes of the drowned if ...
... supposed to be an island in the German Ocean , called by Timæus , Basilio , and by Xenophon Lampsa- cenus , Baltia . Here , according to Pliny , amber dropped from the trees ; and sacrifices were offered to the manes of the drowned if ...
Σελίδα 35
... supposed to be the Avon ; also a town in Albion , supposed by Camden to be Abingdon , and by others , who argue from the distance , ( 9 miles from Venta Silurum ) to be Porshut , upon Avon , opposite Bristol . ABONY , a flourishing ...
... supposed to be the Avon ; also a town in Albion , supposed by Camden to be Abingdon , and by others , who argue from the distance , ( 9 miles from Venta Silurum ) to be Porshut , upon Avon , opposite Bristol . ABONY , a flourishing ...
Σελίδα 47
... Supposed to be formed from ab and sur- dus , a deaf person , who from not hearing , frequent- ly replies altogether unsuitably to the question proposed . Foolish , nonsensical , not to the pur- pose . There was never proud man thought ...
... Supposed to be formed from ab and sur- dus , a deaf person , who from not hearing , frequent- ly replies altogether unsuitably to the question proposed . Foolish , nonsensical , not to the pur- pose . There was never proud man thought ...
Σελίδα 50
... supposed to be an island , formed by the union of the Nile with the Astaboras and the Astapus , ( Blue River and Tacazze . ) Its me tropolis of the same name stood upon the Nile , in lat . 16o . 26 ′ . Mr. Bruce in passing through ...
... supposed to be an island , formed by the union of the Nile with the Astaboras and the Astapus , ( Blue River and Tacazze . ) Its me tropolis of the same name stood upon the Nile , in lat . 16o . 26 ′ . Mr. Bruce in passing through ...
Σελίδα 78
... supposed to be Guadix , to the east of the city of Granada , now greatly decayed . It is the Colonia Accitana of some repute among the Roman colonies . The people were called Gemellenses , because the colony was formed from the third ...
... supposed to be Guadix , to the east of the city of Granada , now greatly decayed . It is the Colonia Accitana of some repute among the Roman colonies . The people were called Gemellenses , because the colony was formed from the third ...
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