North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge University of Northern Iowa, 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 329
... Euphrates , up which river he penetrated a long distance in his boat . As these bricks have excited considerable curiosity , and their inscriptions have long puzzled the learned , a collec- tion of opinions respecting them cannot be ...
... Euphrates , up which river he penetrated a long distance in his boat . As these bricks have excited considerable curiosity , and their inscriptions have long puzzled the learned , a collec- tion of opinions respecting them cannot be ...
Page 342
... Euphrates , where we still find it . The master- mason told me , that he found some in a spot which he was digging about twenty years ago ; which is by no means strange , as it is com- mon enough on the banks of the Euphrates . I have ...
... Euphrates , where we still find it . The master- mason told me , that he found some in a spot which he was digging about twenty years ago ; which is by no means strange , as it is com- mon enough on the banks of the Euphrates . I have ...
Page 357
... Euphrates , or even the Tigris , either as conquerors , prisoners , teachers , or artists ; or that any Mesopotamians ever travelled to Chi- na or even to Chinese Tartary , attracted by the fame of the Chinese , in order to learn and ...
... Euphrates , or even the Tigris , either as conquerors , prisoners , teachers , or artists ; or that any Mesopotamians ever travelled to Chi- na or even to Chinese Tartary , attracted by the fame of the Chinese , in order to learn and ...
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