The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
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... course those who have been transported to the West Indies and America , the natives of HOWLAND New Holland , and various tribes scattered through the islands of the Pacific ocean and the Indian archipelago . Though , for the reason ...
... course those who have been transported to the West Indies and America , the natives of HOWLAND New Holland , and various tribes scattered through the islands of the Pacific ocean and the Indian archipelago . Though , for the reason ...
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... course . The age of puberty announces itself by corresponding symptoms , and that of advanced life by analogous signs of decrepitude , the decrease of the humors , the loss or decay of sight and of the other senses , and a change in the ...
... course . The age of puberty announces itself by corresponding symptoms , and that of advanced life by analogous signs of decrepitude , the decrease of the humors , the loss or decay of sight and of the other senses , and a change in the ...
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... course of ages . In the infancy of society , an increasing population would speedily outstrip the means of subsistence to be found in a limited district , inducing the necessity of emigration to an unoccupied territory - a proceed- ing ...
... course of ages . In the infancy of society , an increasing population would speedily outstrip the means of subsistence to be found in a limited district , inducing the necessity of emigration to an unoccupied territory - a proceed- ing ...
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... course of oppression - degradation , and then its fruits - the vices which enslave the oppressed , and thus do the work of the oppressor . There was scarcely an instance of cruelty said to have been committed against the slaves in the ...
... course of oppression - degradation , and then its fruits - the vices which enslave the oppressed , and thus do the work of the oppressor . There was scarcely an instance of cruelty said to have been committed against the slaves in the ...
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... course of cruelty and oppression at length drove even the Hotten- tots to resistance . They fled into Kaffreland , leaving their families behind them , and succeeded in exciting some of the Kaffre chiefs to join in an irruption which ...
... course of cruelty and oppression at length drove even the Hotten- tots to resistance . They fled into Kaffreland , leaving their families behind them , and succeeded in exciting some of the Kaffre chiefs to join in an irruption which ...
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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...