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... regarded as not exceeding three hundred miles . The width varied from eight or ten miles to thirty . We must regard as the eastern boundary of Phoenicia the high ridge which forms the watershed between 1 Pomp . Mel . De Situ Orbis , i ...
... regarded as not exceeding three hundred miles . The width varied from eight or ten miles to thirty . We must regard as the eastern boundary of Phoenicia the high ridge which forms the watershed between 1 Pomp . Mel . De Situ Orbis , i ...
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... regarded as a part of it , 2 extends from a little north of Sarepta to the Ras - el - Jajunieh , a distance of about ten miles , and resembles that of Tyre in its principal features . It is long and narrow , never more than about two ...
... regarded as a part of it , 2 extends from a little north of Sarepta to the Ras - el - Jajunieh , a distance of about ten miles , and resembles that of Tyre in its principal features . It is long and narrow , never more than about two ...
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... regarded as constituting Northern Phoenicia . ' The axis of the range is almost due north and south , but with a slight deflection towards the south - east . Bargylus is not a chain comparable to Lebanon , but still it is a romantic and ...
... regarded as constituting Northern Phoenicia . ' The axis of the range is almost due north and south , but with a slight deflection towards the south - east . Bargylus is not a chain comparable to Lebanon , but still it is a romantic and ...
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... regarded as comparatively late introductions . The lime is not often noticed , but obtains mention in the work of Mr. Walpole . The peach and apricot are for the most part standard trees , though sometimes trained on trellises . " They ...
... regarded as comparatively late introductions . The lime is not often noticed , but obtains mention in the work of Mr. Walpole . The peach and apricot are for the most part standard trees , though sometimes trained on trellises . " They ...
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... regarded as more or less employed in the manufacture , and it seems to be certain , at any rate , that the Phoenicians derived the dye from more shell - fish than one . The four are the Buccinum lapillus of Pliny , which is the Purpura ...
... regarded as more or less employed in the manufacture , and it seems to be certain , at any rate , that the Phoenicians derived the dye from more shell - fish than one . The four are the Buccinum lapillus of Pliny , which is the Purpura ...
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