The North American Review, Volume 4University of Northern Iowa, 1965 |
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Page 135
... Persians with those of the Turks , and takes a comprehensive survey of the modern history of Persia from Nadir Sha to the present time , which will tend to correct various erroneous notions , that still prevail in many parts of Europe ...
... Persians with those of the Turks , and takes a comprehensive survey of the modern history of Persia from Nadir Sha to the present time , which will tend to correct various erroneous notions , that still prevail in many parts of Europe ...
Page 295
... Persia , published last year , in two splendid quarto volumes , with maps and plates . ] JEMSHEED , who is celebrated as the founder of Perse- polis , was the first who discovered Wine . He was immo- derately fond of grapes , and ...
... Persia , published last year , in two splendid quarto volumes , with maps and plates . ] JEMSHEED , who is celebrated as the founder of Perse- polis , was the first who discovered Wine . He was immo- derately fond of grapes , and ...
Page 333
... Persia , called , by the Greek writers , Persepolis . Among others , this opinion is advanced by the learned M. Heessen , professor at Göttingen , in a work lately pub- lished on that subject ; an opinion , however , which Mr. Tychsen ...
... Persia , called , by the Greek writers , Persepolis . Among others , this opinion is advanced by the learned M. Heessen , professor at Göttingen , in a work lately pub- lished on that subject ; an opinion , however , which Mr. Tychsen ...
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