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Page 122
... side to the thickness of about half a foot . The side of the hill , where the water runs , is covered with a white incrustation , and the channels which conveyed it through the city into the plain are entirely filled up , as well as the ...
... side to the thickness of about half a foot . The side of the hill , where the water runs , is covered with a white incrustation , and the channels which conveyed it through the city into the plain are entirely filled up , as well as the ...
Page 138
... side of it , having a spacious and delightful plain before it , watered with several streams that flow from the ... side of Sardis than from any other . It rises at an angle of about 22 ° , and is a conspicuous object on all sides . It ...
... side of it , having a spacious and delightful plain before it , watered with several streams that flow from the ... side of Sardis than from any other . It rises at an angle of about 22 ° , and is a conspicuous object on all sides . It ...
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... side of which are windows opening into large tombs . On one side of the portico is carved a figure , which we may recognise as Bellerophon , mounted on Pegasus , and galloping up a rocky hill , which may represent Mount Cragus , to ...
... side of which are windows opening into large tombs . On one side of the portico is carved a figure , which we may recognise as Bellerophon , mounted on Pegasus , and galloping up a rocky hill , which may represent Mount Cragus , to ...
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