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... river flows away to the lake ; and above them are figures with uplifted hands , as though they praised the god of Gotat waters . Letters , May 7 , 1907 It was a Hittite sculpture that occasioned her first meeting with William Ramsay ...
... river flows away to the lake ; and above them are figures with uplifted hands , as though they praised the god of Gotat waters . Letters , May 7 , 1907 It was a Hittite sculpture that occasioned her first meeting with William Ramsay ...
Page 176
... river of that name . The other horses were to wait our return . We had no sooner entered the place of tombs , than objects of such high interest to the antiquarian , sculptor , and artist appeared , that I determined to send for the ...
... river of that name . The other horses were to wait our return . We had no sooner entered the place of tombs , than objects of such high interest to the antiquarian , sculptor , and artist appeared , that I determined to send for the ...
Page 177
... river Xanthus is one of the most powerful , wild , and unmanageable streams I ever saw : the volume of water is very great , far exceeding that of the Thames at Richmond ; the stream rushes probably at the rate of five miles an hour ...
... river Xanthus is one of the most powerful , wild , and unmanageable streams I ever saw : the volume of water is very great , far exceeding that of the Thames at Richmond ; the stream rushes probably at the rate of five miles an hour ...
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