The North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge Wells and Lilly., 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 342
... Babylon , most examined by modern travellers . ] Note of the Editor . * " The quantity of bitumen that must have been employed in building Babylon , is scarcely credible . Most probably it was procur- ed from Hit , on the Euphrates ...
... Babylon , most examined by modern travellers . ] Note of the Editor . * " The quantity of bitumen that must have been employed in building Babylon , is scarcely credible . Most probably it was procur- ed from Hit , on the Euphrates ...
Page 346
... Babylon . ) And this reminds us of a passage in Genesis , ( xi . 3. ) relat- ing to the building of the tower of Babel , which might possibly have been a part of the original city of Babylon ; perhaps the very tower of Belus so often ...
... Babylon . ) And this reminds us of a passage in Genesis , ( xi . 3. ) relat- ing to the building of the tower of Babel , which might possibly have been a part of the original city of Babylon ; perhaps the very tower of Belus so often ...
Page 349
... Babylon become an object of curiosity amongst the learned , there is little doubt but that it might be abundantly gratified , if researches were diligently pursued for that purpose . The position and ex- tent of the city walls might ...
... Babylon become an object of curiosity amongst the learned , there is little doubt but that it might be abundantly gratified , if researches were diligently pursued for that purpose . The position and ex- tent of the city walls might ...
Contents
Adams President letter from | 48 |
A Reflection | 111 |
Childe Harold third canto | 205 |
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