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An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients Had ... - Page 281
by William Robertson - 1791 - 364 pages
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A Voyage to the East Indies: Began in 1750 with Observations ..., Volume 2

John Henry Grose - 1766 - 496 pages
...fo proportionably of the reft. Each inclofure had four large gates, with a high tower ; which were placed, one in the middle of each fide of the inclofure,...oppofite to the four cardinal points. The outward wall was about four miles in circumference, and its gateway, to the fouth, was ornamented with pillars,...
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A Voyage to the East Indies: Containing Authentic Accounts of the Mogul ...

John Henry Grose - 1772 - 498 pages
...fo proportion ably of the reft. Each inclofure had four large gates, with a high tower ; which were placed, one in the middle of each fide of the inclofure,...oppofite to the four cardinal points. The outward •wall was about four miles in circumference, and its gateway, to the fouth, was ornamented with pillars,...
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The New-York magazine; or, Literary repository, Volume 3

1792 - 822 pages
...twenty-five feet high, and tour thick. J'hèle incloiurej arc three hundred and fifty feet diftant lro:n one another, and each has four large gates with a high tower ; which are pbced, one in the middle of each fide of the incblure, and oppofite to the four cardinal points. The...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History ..., Volume 12

1792 - 724 pages
...four thick. Thefe inclortires 44 are three hundred and fifty feet 14 difhmt from one another, and 14 each has four large gates with a •' high tower ; which are placed, 44 one in the middle of tarh fide of " fhe ¡ndefure, and oppciite to the " four rardinnl points. The...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 17, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 442 pages
...fo proportionally of the reft. Each inclofure had four large gates, with a high tower ; which were placed, one in the middle of each fide of the inclofure,...oppofite to the four cardinal points. The outward wall was about four miles in circumference, and its gateway to the fouth was ornamented with pillars, fome...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 5

Thomas Smith - 1803 - 322 pages
...twenty-five feet high and four thick. These enclosures are about three hundred and fifty feet distant from one another, and each has four large gates, with...tower ; which are placed, one in the middle of each side of the enclosure, and opposite to the four cardinal points. The outward wall is about four miles...
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Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical ...

Thomas Maurice - 1806 - 262 pages
...other, the walls of which are twentyfive feet high and four thick. The inclosures are 350 feet distant from one another, and each has four large gates, with...tower; which are placed, one in the middle of each side of the inclosure, and opposite to the FOUR CARDINAL POINTS." The outward wall is near four miles...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 3

Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 pages
...are twentyfive feet high, and four thick. These enclosures are three hundred and fifty feet distant from one another,, and each has four large gates,...tower; which are placed, one in the middle of each side of the enclosure, and opposite to the four cardinal points. Тфе outward wall is near four miles...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences ..., Volume 19

Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...fu proportionably of the reft. Each inclofure had four large gates, with a high tower ; which were placed, one in the middle of each fide of the inclofure,...oppofite to the four cardinal points. The outward vail was about four miles in circumference, and its gateway to the foulh was ornamented with pillars,...
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The Works of William Robertson: Historical disquisition concerning the ...

William Robertson - 1812 - 430 pages
...walls of which are twenty-five feet high, and " four thick. Thefe inclofures are three hundred V " and fifty feet diftant from one another, and " each...fide " of the inclofure, and oppofite to the four car" dinal points. The outward wall is near four " miles in circumference, and its gateway to the "...
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