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  • Nevertheless he calls the Alexandrians a contumacious and good-for-nothing community, with sharp and evil tongues that had spared neither Verus nor Antinous.

    The Emperor — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • Nevertheless he calls the Alexandrians a contumacious and good-for-nothing community, with sharp and evil tongues that had spared neither Verus nor Antinous.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • Nevertheless he calls the Alexandrians a contumacious and good-for-nothing community, with sharp and evil tongues that had spared neither Verus nor Antinous.

    The Emperor — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Nevertheless he calls the Alexandrians a contumacious and good-for-nothing community, with sharp and evil tongues that had spared neither Verus nor Antinous.

    The Emperor — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Nevertheless he calls the Alexandrians a contumacious and good-for-nothing community, with sharp and evil tongues that had spared neither Verus nor Antinous.

    The Emperor — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The skill of the Egyptians in the use of musical instruments is also noticed by Athenæus, who says that both the Greeks and barbarians were taught by refugees from Egypt, and that the Alexandrians were the most scientific and skillful players on pipes and other instruments.

    Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

  • The last of the Alexandrians was a remarkable man, Paul of Ægina, a great name in medicine and in surgery, who lived in the early part of the seventh century.

    The Evolution of Modern Medicine 1921

  • The last of the Alexandrians was a remarkable man, Paul of AEgina, a great name in medicine and in surgery, who lived in the early part of the seventh century.

    The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 William Osler 1884

  • It outnumbered Caesar's, and the Alexandrians were the best seamen in the Mediterranean.

    Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856

  • Jews could be called Alexandrians, this is another like instance of his ignorance; for all such as are called out to be colonies, although they be ever so far remote from one another in their original, receive their names from those that bring them to their new habitations.

    Against Apion Flavius Josephus 1709

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