The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
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... distance of from three to four leagues daily on foot . " Dr. Prichard , from various sources , collected a va riety of remarkable instances of negro longevity , of which the two following are samples : - December 5 , 1830 , died at St ...
... distance of from three to four leagues daily on foot . " Dr. Prichard , from various sources , collected a va riety of remarkable instances of negro longevity , of which the two following are samples : - December 5 , 1830 , died at St ...
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... distance of five hundred and fifty miles ; and Malte Brun relates , that , in 1696 , two canoes containing thirty persons were thrown by storms and contrary winds upon one of the Philippines , eight hundred miles from their own islands ...
... distance of five hundred and fifty miles ; and Malte Brun relates , that , in 1696 , two canoes containing thirty persons were thrown by storms and contrary winds upon one of the Philippines , eight hundred miles from their own islands ...
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... distance from the seat of government , where , as the readiest means of obtaining stock , they could plunder the Hottentots with the least chance of detection . The colonial government was not strong enough to repress these distant ...
... distance from the seat of government , where , as the readiest means of obtaining stock , they could plunder the Hottentots with the least chance of detection . The colonial government was not strong enough to repress these distant ...
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... distance oxen are seen swimming across a river . It has been taken from a drawing made by one of the artists attached to Dr. Smith's expedition . THE TURKS AT CONSTANTINOPLE . - Our engraving on page 51 exhibits som of the peculiarities ...
... distance oxen are seen swimming across a river . It has been taken from a drawing made by one of the artists attached to Dr. Smith's expedition . THE TURKS AT CONSTANTINOPLE . - Our engraving on page 51 exhibits som of the peculiarities ...
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... distance of three or four paces from the throne , and states his complaint . The following preliminaries are always observed : " God preserve thee , O calif , and bless thy head , and the heads of thy children , and add to the ...
... distance of three or four paces from the throne , and states his complaint . The following preliminaries are always observed : " God preserve thee , O calif , and bless thy head , and the heads of thy children , and add to the ...
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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...