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... Ancient Inhabitants - The Plains of Actium - Zante - Curious Method of catching ✓ Fish 469 473 III . Mountains of Arcadia - the Terrific Mainiotes - Maina Manners - The Heroine - Capitanessa IV . Mountain of Tegetus - Extraordinary ...
... Ancient Inhabitants - The Plains of Actium - Zante - Curious Method of catching ✓ Fish 469 473 III . Mountains of Arcadia - the Terrific Mainiotes - Maina Manners - The Heroine - Capitanessa IV . Mountain of Tegetus - Extraordinary ...
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... " Not at all , Sir . I am very glad I have been able to accommodate you . I am sorry you could not take your walk , for I should have been proud of pointing out to you the scite of the ancient town of Alcestre , 12 ENGLAND .
... " Not at all , Sir . I am very glad I have been able to accommodate you . I am sorry you could not take your walk , for I should have been proud of pointing out to you the scite of the ancient town of Alcestre , 12 ENGLAND .
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... ancient town of Alcestre , which formerly stood close to this place . I have got some coins that were dug up there in a field of mine , which are quite fresh ; per- haps you would like to see them . " DR . WALKER.- " Very much indeed ...
... ancient town of Alcestre , which formerly stood close to this place . I have got some coins that were dug up there in a field of mine , which are quite fresh ; per- haps you would like to see them . " DR . WALKER.- " Very much indeed ...
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... ancient Britons fled for refuge during the invasion of the Danes , Romans , and Saxons . How these ancient inhabitants disappeared has been matter of much specu- lation ; to which it has been answered , the manifest en- croachments of ...
... ancient Britons fled for refuge during the invasion of the Danes , Romans , and Saxons . How these ancient inhabitants disappeared has been matter of much specu- lation ; to which it has been answered , the manifest en- croachments of ...
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... ancient connection of the Land's End and Scilly , or at least of their proximity to each other , yet that the cause of that inundation , which destroyed much of these islands , might reach also to the Cornish shore , is ex- tremely ...
... ancient connection of the Land's End and Scilly , or at least of their proximity to each other , yet that the cause of that inundation , which destroyed much of these islands , might reach also to the Cornish shore , is ex- tremely ...
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