New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 102Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Thomas Hood, Theodore Edward Hook, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1854 |
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... speak of it as existing in their day . ( Robinson's " Biblical Researches , " vol . ii . p . 480 ; Abulfed . Tab . Syr . ed . Köhler , pp . 8 , 9 , 11 , 12 , & c .; Ibn el Wardi , ibid . p . 178. ) delta which they were traversing as ...
... speak of it as existing in their day . ( Robinson's " Biblical Researches , " vol . ii . p . 480 ; Abulfed . Tab . Syr . ed . Köhler , pp . 8 , 9 , 11 , 12 , & c .; Ibn el Wardi , ibid . p . 178. ) delta which they were traversing as ...
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... speaking of the salt collected on the banks of the Lake Asphaltites , says : " They call this salt , salt of Sodom ... speak to its submergence ; while the conclusions to be arrived at , from the balancing of all known statements upon ...
... speaking of the salt collected on the banks of the Lake Asphaltites , says : " They call this salt , salt of Sodom ... speak to its submergence ; while the conclusions to be arrived at , from the balancing of all known statements upon ...
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... speak of other travellers , have also passed across this plain ; and , indeed , were I to mistrust my own eyes , I would have perfect confidence in the eagle - eyed scrutiny of the American travellers , whom the ruins of Sodom ( if ...
... speak of other travellers , have also passed across this plain ; and , indeed , were I to mistrust my own eyes , I would have perfect confidence in the eagle - eyed scrutiny of the American travellers , whom the ruins of Sodom ( if ...
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... speaking of ruins on the crest of the Salt Mountains , which he does not appear to have ever examined . They are also strengthened by the fact of so many capable observers having traversed the same districts without having noticed them ...
... speaking of ruins on the crest of the Salt Mountains , which he does not appear to have ever examined . They are also strengthened by the fact of so many capable observers having traversed the same districts without having noticed them ...
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... speak of than " The Tatler , " " The Specta- tor , " and " The Guardian ; " yet what were the avowed purposes with which they were written ? " To correct , " says the opening address of " The Tatler , " " the follies , foibles , and ...
... speak of than " The Tatler , " " The Specta- tor , " and " The Guardian ; " yet what were the avowed purposes with which they were written ? " To correct , " says the opening address of " The Tatler , " " the follies , foibles , and ...
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