The North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge Wells and Lilly., 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 342
... Babylon , most examined by modern travellers . ] Note of the Editor . * " The quantity of bitumen that must have been employed in building Babylon , is scarcely credible . Most probably it was procured from Hit , on the Euphrates ...
... Babylon , most examined by modern travellers . ] Note of the Editor . * " The quantity of bitumen that must have been employed in building Babylon , is scarcely credible . Most probably it was procured from Hit , on the Euphrates ...
Page 345
... Babylon , are reported pretty much alike by Beauchamp and Niebuhr . The first gives them at one foot and three lines square , by three inches in thickness ; the latter at a foot square , but omitting to state the thickness , otherwise ...
... Babylon , are reported pretty much alike by Beauchamp and Niebuhr . The first gives them at one foot and three lines square , by three inches in thickness ; the latter at a foot square , but omitting to state the thickness , otherwise ...
Page 349
... Babylon become an object of curiosity amongst the learned , there is little doubt but that it might be abundantly gratified , if researches were diligently pursued for that purpose . The position and extent of the city walls might ...
... Babylon become an object of curiosity amongst the learned , there is little doubt but that it might be abundantly gratified , if researches were diligently pursued for that purpose . The position and extent of the city walls might ...
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Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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| Title | The North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4 Volumes 177-180 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Editors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Contributors | John Savage, James S. Amory |
| Publisher | Wells and Lilly., 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2020 |
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