The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
Результаты поиска по книге
Результаты 1 – 5 из 100
Стр. 30
... ground . Among domesticated animals no species afford more striking specimens of modification in structure than the . hog - tribe . The external forms which the race has assumed surpass in mon- strosity the most extraordinary ...
... ground . Among domesticated animals no species afford more striking specimens of modification in structure than the . hog - tribe . The external forms which the race has assumed surpass in mon- strosity the most extraordinary ...
Стр. 33
... ground , do not bear so directly on the question as many may suppose : for , in the first place , we know not precisely the extert to which these have mingled with the dark and native races ; and secondly , the emigrants from Spain and ...
... ground , do not bear so directly on the question as many may suppose : for , in the first place , we know not precisely the extert to which these have mingled with the dark and native races ; and secondly , the emigrants from Spain and ...
Стр. 48
... ground and milk the cows , but the actual cultivators are the women , who likewise construct their huts . Polygamy is common , but it is confined to the most wealthy , as the wives are always purchased by cattle . The women take their ...
... ground and milk the cows , but the actual cultivators are the women , who likewise construct their huts . Polygamy is common , but it is confined to the most wealthy , as the wives are always purchased by cattle . The women take their ...
Стр. 58
... ground , and those for summer with fine Indian quilting em- broidered with gold . The houses of the great Turkish ladies are kept clean with as much nicety as those in Holland . This was situated in a high part of the town , and from ...
... ground , and those for summer with fine Indian quilting em- broidered with gold . The houses of the great Turkish ladies are kept clean with as much nicety as those in Holland . This was situated in a high part of the town , and from ...
Стр. 85
... ground ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots , of many horses run- ning to battle ; ' or rather , I should say , like a strong breeze passing through the rigging of a ship . The sky , seen through the advanced ...
... ground ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots , of many horses run- ning to battle ; ' or rather , I should say , like a strong breeze passing through the rigging of a ship . The sky , seen through the advanced ...
Содержание
188 | |
191 | |
194 | |
198 | |
200 | |
204 | |
207 | |
210 | |
59 | |
92 | |
94 | |
100 | |
108 | |
111 | |
114 | |
119 | |
125 | |
130 | |
131 | |
139 | |
145 | |
151 | |
157 | |
163 | |
165 | |
169 | |
174 | |
179 | |
181 | |
185 | |
216 | |
217 | |
222 | |
223 | |
246 | |
252 | |
258 | |
259 | |
265 | |
267 | |
274 | |
295 | |
301 | |
307 | |
374 | |
383 | |
390 | |
396 | |
405 | |
420 | |
517 | |
527 | |
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
Africa Albanian America ancient animals appearance Asia Atlantic ocean beautiful birds Bishop bittern Black sea body branches Bremen Bruges building called cathedral cave cavern century Circassians climate coast color common Common Crane considerable Constantinople contains covered distance districts earth east elevation Europe extending extremely feathers flowers four frequently fruit giraffe grebe ground head height Hottentots Humboldt hundred hyæna inches Indian inhabitants interior island king lake land legs length miles mountains native natural nearly negro nest Norway nutmeg ocean orange Orinoco peculiar plants produce quadrupeds race regions remarkable resembling rise river rock seeds seen side Smyrna South America species spot stalactites stone stream surface temple thirty thousand tion town transept tree tribes tropical twenty Val de Bagnes valley vegetable volcano walls whole wild wings young
Популярные отрывки
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...