Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. "Beagle" Under Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.J. Murray, 1909 - Всего страниц: 537 |
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... houses are often large , and are built of thick upright posts , with boughs interwoven , and after- wards plastered . They seldom have floors , and never glazed windows ; but are generally pretty well roofed . Universally the front part ...
... houses are often large , and are built of thick upright posts , with boughs interwoven , and after- wards plastered . They seldom have floors , and never glazed windows ; but are generally pretty well roofed . Universally the front part ...
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... houses and their persons are often filthily dirty ; the want of the accommodation of forks , knives , and spoons is common ; and I am sure no cottage or hovel in England could be found in a state so utterly destitute of every comfort ...
... houses and their persons are often filthily dirty ; the want of the accommodation of forks , knives , and spoons is common ; and I am sure no cottage or hovel in England could be found in a state so utterly destitute of every comfort ...
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... house was simple , and , though like a barn in form , was well suited to the climate . In the sitting- room gilded chairs and sofas were oddly contrasted with the whitewashed walls , thatched roof , and windows without glass . The house ...
... house was simple , and , though like a barn in form , was well suited to the climate . In the sitting- room gilded chairs and sofas were oddly contrasted with the whitewashed walls , thatched roof , and windows without glass . The house ...
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... house in which I lived was seated close beneath the well - known mountain of the Corcovado . It has been remarked , with much truth , that abruptly conical hills are characteristic of the formation which Humboldt designates as gneiss ...
... house in which I lived was seated close beneath the well - known mountain of the Corcovado . It has been remarked , with much truth , that abruptly conical hills are characteristic of the formation which Humboldt designates as gneiss ...
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... houses within the tropics are surrounded by the most beautiful forms of vegetation , because many of them are at the same time most useful to man . Who can doubt that these qualities are united in the banana , the cocoa - nut , the many ...
... houses within the tropics are surrounded by the most beautiful forms of vegetation , because many of them are at the same time most useful to man . Who can doubt that these qualities are united in the banana , the cocoa - nut , the many ...
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