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... seems never to have passed beyond Cape Posideium ( Possidi ) at the foot of Mount Casius , the tract between this and the range of Taurus being always known as Syria , never as Phoenicia or Phoenicé . The entire length of the coast ...
... seems never to have passed beyond Cape Posideium ( Possidi ) at the foot of Mount Casius , the tract between this and the range of Taurus being always known as Syria , never as Phoenicia or Phoenicé . The entire length of the coast ...
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... seems entitled to separate description . Rising up abruptly from the Mediterranean to the height of 5,318 feet , it dominates the entire region in its vicinity , and from the sea forms a landmark that is extraordinarily conspicuous ...
... seems entitled to separate description . Rising up abruptly from the Mediterranean to the height of 5,318 feet , it dominates the entire region in its vicinity , and from the sea forms a landmark that is extraordinarily conspicuous ...
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... seems to be barred by a rocky ridge stretching across the valley from east to west , when lo suddenly , the ridge is cut , as if by a knife , and a deep and narrow chasm opens in it , down Such outlets are common in Greece , where they ...
... seems to be barred by a rocky ridge stretching across the valley from east to west , when lo suddenly , the ridge is cut , as if by a knife , and a deep and narrow chasm opens in it , down Such outlets are common in Greece , where they ...
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... seems to have possessed but little attraction for man in his primitive condition . Beauties of nature are rarely sung of by early poets ; and it appears to require an educated eye to appreciate them . But productiveness is a quality the ...
... seems to have possessed but little attraction for man in his primitive condition . Beauties of nature are rarely sung of by early poets ; and it appears to require an educated eye to appreciate them . But productiveness is a quality the ...
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... seem sometimes to be mistaken for them . Gazelles are thought to inhabit Carmel , 3 and squirrels , rats , and moles are common . Bats also , if they may be counted among land - animals , are frequent ; they be- long , it is probable ...
... seem sometimes to be mistaken for them . Gazelles are thought to inhabit Carmel , 3 and squirrels , rats , and moles are common . Bats also , if they may be counted among land - animals , are frequent ; they be- long , it is probable ...
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