History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Abbott Jacob

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that will infinitely exceed the ancient city of the Ptolemies in splendor and renown. The nation, too, would, in such a case, pay for its metropolis the same price, precisely, that the ancient Egyptians paid for theirs.

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      See Map of the Delta of the Nile, page 29; also the View of Alexandria, page 162.

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      See map; frontispiece.

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      It will be sufficiently accurate for the general reader of history to consider the Greek tale

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See Map of the Delta of the Nile, page 29; also the View of Alexandria, page 162.

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See map; frontispiece.

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It will be sufficiently accurate for the general reader of history to consider the Greek talent, referred to in such transactions as these, as equal in English money to two hundred and fifty pounds, in American to a thousand dollars. It is curious to observe that, large as the total was that was paid for the liberation of these slaves, the amount paid for each individual was, after all, only a sum equal to about five dollars.

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