... when the river has come of its own accord and irrigated their fields, and having ' irrigated them has subsided, then each man sows his own land and turns swine into it ; and when the seed has been trodden in by the swine, he afterwards waits for harvest-time... A Book of the Beginnings - Page 22by Gerald Massey - 2007 - 516 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Herodotus - 1837 - 450 pages
...world, and even than the rest of the Egyptians : they have not the toil of breaking open the furrows with the plough, nor of hoeing, nor of any other work which the rest of men must perform in cultivating a crop. On the contrary, when the river, of its own accord,... | |
| Herodotus - Greece - 1846 - 426 pages
...world, and even than the rest of the Egyptians : they have not the toil of breaking open the furrows with the plough, nor of hoeing, nor of any other work which the rest of men must perform in cultivating a crop. On the contrary, when the river, of its own accord,... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - Greece - 1848 - 634 pages
...other people, and than the rest of the Egyptians, for they have not the toil of breaking up the furrows with the plough, nor of hoeing, nor of any other work...irrigated their fields, and having ' irrigated them has subsided, then each man sows his own land and turns swine into it ; and when the seed has been... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - Greece - 1852 - 642 pages
...«ther people, and than the rest of the Egyptians, for they have not the toil of breaking up the furrows with the plough, nor of hoeing, nor of any other work...to obtain a crop of corn ; but when the river has tome of its own accord and irrigated their fields, and having irrigated them lias subsided, then each... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - Greece - 1868 - 634 pages
...than the rest of the Egyptians, for they have not the toil of breaking up the furrows with the plow, nor of hoeing, nor of any other work which all other men must labor at to obtain a crop of corn ; but when the river has come of its own accord and irrigated their... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - Greece - 1885 - 628 pages
...other people, and than the rest of the Egyptians, for they have not the toil of breaking up the furrows with the plough, nor of hoeing, nor of any other work...irrigated their fields, and having irrigated them has subsided, then each man sows his own land and turns swine into it ; and when the seed has been... | |
| Herodotus - Greece - 1899 - 626 pages
...other people, and than the rest of the Egyptians, for they have not the toil of breaking up the furrows with the plough, nor of hoeing, nor of any other work...other men must labour at to obtain a crop of corn ; for when the river has come of its own accord and irrigated their fields, and having irrigated them... | |
| Will C. Bishop - Colorado - 1917 - 876 pages
...breaking up the furrows with a plow, nor of hoeing, nor of any other work which all men must labor at to obtain a crop of corn, but when the river has...irrigated their fields and, having irrigated them, has subsided, then each man sows his own land and turns swine into it, and when the seed has been trodden... | |
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