The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 93Archibald Constable and Company, 1824 - English literature |
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... contain many flourishing towns and villages . There are also several con- siderable towns on the plains on the sea - coast . In two of the vallies which lie between the parallel ridges of the Andes , the two great rivers Cauca and ...
... contain many flourishing towns and villages . There are also several con- siderable towns on the plains on the sea - coast . In two of the vallies which lie between the parallel ridges of the Andes , the two great rivers Cauca and ...
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... containing 40,000 inhabitants , and situated on a spacious and luxuriant plain , on the eastern ridge of the Andes . It is only four degrees north from the Equator ; but being elevated 8694 feet , or a bout a mile and three - quarters ...
... containing 40,000 inhabitants , and situated on a spacious and luxuriant plain , on the eastern ridge of the Andes . It is only four degrees north from the Equator ; but being elevated 8694 feet , or a bout a mile and three - quarters ...
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... containing 8000 inhabitants , 95 miles west - north - west of Truxillo . Truxillo , on the coast , 480 miles south of Quito , 268 miles north- north - west of Lima , surrounded with a low brick wall , and containing 5800 inhabitants ...
... containing 8000 inhabitants , 95 miles west - north - west of Truxillo . Truxillo , on the coast , 480 miles south of Quito , 268 miles north- north - west of Lima , surrounded with a low brick wall , and containing 5800 inhabitants ...
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... containing little else but tales of so trivial a nature , as neither to improve the heart nor instruct the mind ... contain the master - pieces of the Russian stage , translated by Count Alexis de St. Priest , being the first ...
... containing little else but tales of so trivial a nature , as neither to improve the heart nor instruct the mind ... contain the master - pieces of the Russian stage , translated by Count Alexis de St. Priest , being the first ...
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... containing most valuable materials towards the history of his own times , but more particularly throwing a great light on the intrigues and systems pursued at the Russian Court under the Em- presses Anna and Elizabeth . The style of ...
... containing most valuable materials towards the history of his own times , but more particularly throwing a great light on the intrigues and systems pursued at the Russian Court under the Em- presses Anna and Elizabeth . The style of ...
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