New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 19Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth E. W. Allen, 1827 |
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Page 124
... ruins of ancient buildings in the country traversed . Shortly afterwards , we came upon some extensive ruins on the left bank of the river , which we landed to examine : indeed , from hence to Bagdad , this now desert tract bears the ...
... ruins of ancient buildings in the country traversed . Shortly afterwards , we came upon some extensive ruins on the left bank of the river , which we landed to examine : indeed , from hence to Bagdad , this now desert tract bears the ...
Page 126
... ruins of the once mighty Babylon are distinctly visible , presenting the appearance of a number of irregular and mis - shapen hills . Fourteen miles to the N. N. E. is the Tower of Babel , now known by the name of Nimrod's Tower . Since ...
... ruins of the once mighty Babylon are distinctly visible , presenting the appearance of a number of irregular and mis - shapen hills . Fourteen miles to the N. N. E. is the Tower of Babel , now known by the name of Nimrod's Tower . Since ...
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... ruins of the once mighty Babylon , " is un- questionably to the south , or south - south - west of those ruins ; and Mr. Buck- ingham makes its distance from the Mujillebe no more than ten miles . It is locally called El Birs , or ...
... ruins of the once mighty Babylon , " is un- questionably to the south , or south - south - west of those ruins ; and Mr. Buck- ingham makes its distance from the Mujillebe no more than ten miles . It is locally called El Birs , or ...
Contents
Conversations of Paley By the Author of Four Years in France | 21 |
Opinions for 1827 | 33 |
Captain Sherwills Visit to Mont Blanc | 41 |
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