Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 1. köide,2. number1810 - 399 pages |
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... ancient Tufca , which divides it from Tunis ; on the west , by the Mulvya , and the mountains of Tra- va , which feparate it from Morocco ; and on the fouth by the Sahara , Zaara , or Numidian defert . ALGHIER , or ALGERI , a town in ...
... ancient Tufca , which divides it from Tunis ; on the west , by the Mulvya , and the mountains of Tra- va , which feparate it from Morocco ; and on the fouth by the Sahara , Zaara , or Numidian defert . ALGHIER , or ALGERI , a town in ...
Page 453
... ancient king- doms of Cuco and Labez , though independent of the Algerine government , to whofe forces their country ... ancient inhabitants of the country ; and are fuppofed to be defcended from the ancient Sabeans , who came hither ...
... ancient king- doms of Cuco and Labez , though independent of the Algerine government , to whofe forces their country ... ancient inhabitants of the country ; and are fuppofed to be defcended from the ancient Sabeans , who came hither ...
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... ancient fortress and refidence of the Moorish monarchs of Granada . It derives its name from the red colour of the materials which it was originally built with , Alhambra fignifying a red house . It appears to a traveller a huge heap of ...
... ancient fortress and refidence of the Moorish monarchs of Granada . It derives its name from the red colour of the materials which it was originally built with , Alhambra fignifying a red house . It appears to a traveller a huge heap of ...
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... ancient Jews , lands could only be alienated for the fpace of 50 years . At each return of the jubilee all returned again to the primitive owners , or their de- fcendants , to whom the lands were originally allotted at the firft ...
... ancient Jews , lands could only be alienated for the fpace of 50 years . At each return of the jubilee all returned again to the primitive owners , or their de- fcendants , to whom the lands were originally allotted at the firft ...
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... ancient Greece or Rome ; nor any of the works of the established fchools of Rome and Venice . But Nature was his guide ; and Corregio was one of her favourite pupils . To exprefs the facility with which he painted , he used to fay that ...
... ancient Greece or Rome ; nor any of the works of the established fchools of Rome and Venice . But Nature was his guide ; and Corregio was one of her favourite pupils . To exprefs the facility with which he painted , he used to fay that ...
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