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 334
... inscriptions , M. Beauchamp likewise found several solid cylinders , three inches in diameter , composed of a white substance , and covered with very small writing , resembling the inscrip- tions of Persepolis , as described by Chardin ...
... inscriptions , M. Beauchamp likewise found several solid cylinders , three inches in diameter , composed of a white substance , and covered with very small writing , resembling the inscrip- tions of Persepolis , as described by Chardin ...
Page 337
... Inscriptions ; he had , therefore , never proba- bly seen the very entertaining Life of Peiresc , written by Gassendi , from which I shall beg leave to extract the fol- lowing curious passage : - He exceedingly desired , that some ...
... Inscriptions ; he had , therefore , never proba- bly seen the very entertaining Life of Peiresc , written by Gassendi , from which I shall beg leave to extract the fol- lowing curious passage : - He exceedingly desired , that some ...
Page 342
... inscriptions of Persepolis , mentioned by Chardin . Black stones , which have also inscriptions , on them , are also met with . These , I was told , were found at Broufrd , which is separat- ed from Makloube by the river . " From the ...
... inscriptions of Persepolis , mentioned by Chardin . Black stones , which have also inscriptions , on them , are also met with . These , I was told , were found at Broufrd , which is separat- ed from Makloube by the river . " From the ...
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