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... and pomegranate , and olive . Hence they called the tract Phoenicia , or the Land of Palms ; and the people who inhabited it the Phoenicians , or the Palm - tree people . ' 6 B The term was from the first applied with a good.
... and pomegranate , and olive . Hence they called the tract Phoenicia , or the Land of Palms ; and the people who inhabited it the Phoenicians , or the Palm - tree people . ' 6 B The term was from the first applied with a good.
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... tract , ' 2 must anciently have been among its chief ornaments . As the Grecian know- ledge of the coast extended southward , and a richer and still richer growth of the palm was continually noticed , almost every town and every village ...
... tract , ' 2 must anciently have been among its chief ornaments . As the Grecian know- ledge of the coast extended southward , and a richer and still richer growth of the palm was continually noticed , almost every town and every village ...
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... tract being moun- tainous , and spurs from Bargylus and Casius running down into the sea and forming a succession of head- lands , of which Cape Posideium is the most remark- able . But while the name Phoenicia is applied geogra ...
... tract being moun- tainous , and spurs from Bargylus and Casius running down into the sea and forming a succession of head- lands , of which Cape Posideium is the most remark- able . But while the name Phoenicia is applied geogra ...
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... tract was one of a remarkably diversified character . Lofty mountain , steep wooded hill , chalky slope , rich alluvial plain , and sandy shore succeeded each other , each having its own charm , which was enhanced by contrast . The sand ...
... tract was one of a remarkably diversified character . Lofty mountain , steep wooded hill , chalky slope , rich alluvial plain , and sandy shore succeeded each other , each having its own charm , which was enhanced by contrast . The sand ...
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... tract at their foot ; while on the west , in fine contrast , the glittering waves of the Mediterranean Sea associated our thoughts . with Europe . Towards the north and south , as far as the eye could reach , the beautiful plain was ...
... tract at their foot ; while on the west , in fine contrast , the glittering waves of the Mediterranean Sea associated our thoughts . with Europe . Towards the north and south , as far as the eye could reach , the beautiful plain was ...
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