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... island by the Cory- bantes , and they could shew his tomb . 515 And Ida known . A mountain in the Island of Crete , famous for being the birth - place of Jupiter . 516 Of cold Olympus . Mount Olympus , ( as the poets say , ) was the ...
... island by the Cory- bantes , and they could shew his tomb . 515 And Ida known . A mountain in the Island of Crete , famous for being the birth - place of Jupiter . 516 Of cold Olympus . Mount Olympus , ( as the poets say , ) was the ...
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... island , is of various degrees of consistence : sometimes it is in a liquid form , when it boils over and runs in a continued stream ; and sometimes solid and black , like pitch . If accidentally kindled , the whole course of the ...
... island , is of various degrees of consistence : sometimes it is in a liquid form , when it boils over and runs in a continued stream ; and sometimes solid and black , like pitch . If accidentally kindled , the whole course of the ...
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... island of Trinidad , in the West Indies . 731 And some the Architect . Vulcan , whom they feigned to have been thrown by Jupiter from heaven , to the Isle of Lemnos in the Ęgeon Sea , where he constructed immense forges ; likewise in ...
... island of Trinidad , in the West Indies . 731 And some the Architect . Vulcan , whom they feigned to have been thrown by Jupiter from heaven , to the Isle of Lemnos in the Ęgeon Sea , where he constructed immense forges ; likewise in ...
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... island in the Ęgean Sea , between Tenedos , Imbros , and Samothrace . It was sacred to Vulcan , called Lamnius pater , who fell there when kicked from heaven by Jupiter . Lemnos is one hundred and twelve miles in cir- cumference ...
... island in the Ęgean Sea , between Tenedos , Imbros , and Samothrace . It was sacred to Vulcan , called Lamnius pater , who fell there when kicked from heaven by Jupiter . Lemnos is one hundred and twelve miles in cir- cumference ...
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... island in Asia , in the Gulf of Persia . Asia may be esteemed the richest and most fruitful part of the world : it supplies us with the richest spices , drugs , diamonds and other precious stones ; with silks , muslins , coffee , tea ...
... island in Asia , in the Gulf of Persia . Asia may be esteemed the richest and most fruitful part of the world : it supplies us with the richest spices , drugs , diamonds and other precious stones ; with silks , muslins , coffee , tea ...
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