The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
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... becomes difficult to procure that food , they eat daily a large portion of clay , for the purpose of allaying hunger . Humboldt found in their huts heaps of it in the form of balls , piled up in pyramids three or four feet high . The ...
... becomes difficult to procure that food , they eat daily a large portion of clay , for the purpose of allaying hunger . Humboldt found in their huts heaps of it in the form of balls , piled up in pyramids three or four feet high . The ...
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... become fixed and permanent in the race , and are so optically striking , as in several cases to suggest the idea of a specific difference , where the species is identical . Now , the question to be considered in relation to man is ...
... become fixed and permanent in the race , and are so optically striking , as in several cases to suggest the idea of a specific difference , where the species is identical . Now , the question to be considered in relation to man is ...
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... becomes more striking here than in our own country . Two observations , " he elsewhere observes , " struck me for- cibly ; first , that the deep bronze is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than the fair skins of Europe , since ...
... becomes more striking here than in our own country . Two observations , " he elsewhere observes , " struck me for- cibly ; first , that the deep bronze is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than the fair skins of Europe , since ...
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... become permanent , from which a sim- ilar phenomon may be inferred in relation to the human race . " In the My- sore there are three varieties of color in the sheep ; they are red , black , and white , and these are not distinct breeds ...
... become permanent , from which a sim- ilar phenomon may be inferred in relation to the human race . " In the My- sore there are three varieties of color in the sheep ; they are red , black , and white , and these are not distinct breeds ...
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... become permanent , is involved in great obscurity ; but we have good reason to suppose that differences of cli- mate ... becomes of a lighter caste , till , approaching the poles , white is their common livery . The same remark is true ...
... become permanent , is involved in great obscurity ; but we have good reason to suppose that differences of cli- mate ... becomes of a lighter caste , till , approaching the poles , white is their common livery . The same remark is true ...
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Стр. 183 - ... from half an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and two or three feet in length...
Стр. 85 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Стр. 91 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron: and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Стр. 180 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Стр. 426 - He who has sought renown about the world, and has reaped a full harvest of worldly favour, will find, after all, that there is no love, no admiration, no applause, so sweet to the soul as that which springs up in his native place.
Стр. 63 - Tis certain they have very fine natural voices; these were very agreeable. When the dance was over, four fair slaves came into the room with silver censers in their hands, and perfumed the air with amber, aloes-wood, and other scents. After this they served me coffee upon their knees in the finest japan china, with soucoups of silver, gilt. The lovely Fatima entertained me all this while in the most polite agreeable manner, calling me often Guzel sultanum, or the beautiful sultana...
Стр. 101 - One day, whilst lying down, a mocking-thrush alighted on the edge of a pitcher, made of the shell of a tortoise, which I held in my hand, and began very quietly to sip the water; it allowed me to lift it from the ground whilst seated on the vessel: I often tried, and very nearly succeeded, in catching these birds by their legs.
Стр. 412 - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
Стр. 63 - ... four basins with a pleasing sound. The roof was painted with all sorts of flowers, falling out of gilded baskets, that seemed tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the...