Alexandria

(noun.) the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt.

(noun.) a town in Louisiana on the Red River.

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• Something has already been said of the early astronomers and mathematicians of Alexandria . 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I can recommend them, for I have them especially prepared by Ionides, of Alexandria. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The vision of another world is ascribed to Er, the son of Armenius, who is said by Clement of Alexandria to have been Zoroaster. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Arius, for example, is accused of heretical opposition because he was not appointed Bishop of Alexandria. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The ruins of Caesar's Palace, Pompey's Pillar, Cleopatra's Needle, the Catacombs, and ruins of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the visit. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• During the night, General Banks continued his retrograde movement to Grand Ecore, and thence to Alexandria, which he reached on the 27th of April. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• No attempt seems to have been made at Alexandria to print anything at all. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He wrote himself a history of Alexander's campaigns, and instituted the famous library of Alexandria. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He collected vast numbers of manuscripts, had strange animals brought from distant land s to Alexandria, and otherwise promoted scientific research. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Well, uncle, and what did you do after Alexandria? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Alexandria, however, for her town affairs, and subject to the divine overlordship of Pharaoh, had a constitution of the Greek city type. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In the time of Julius C?sar the larger of the famous libraries of Alexandria, containing, i t is computed, some 490,000 rolls, caught fire from ships burning in the harbor, and perished. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Of course, at that time, there was no canal, and no Suez; but I managed somehow to get across the isthmus to Alexandria. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• But Rome never produced a very considerable industrial population, and her warehouses never rivalled those of Alexandria. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Alexandria was too much like a European city to be novel, and we soon tired of it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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