The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
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... present advances , that mental capacity would have remained largely undeveloped , and the career of man exhibited a succession of melancholy oscillation , between intemperate ferocity and selfish indolence . The sense of his weakness ...
... present advances , that mental capacity would have remained largely undeveloped , and the career of man exhibited a succession of melancholy oscillation , between intemperate ferocity and selfish indolence . The sense of his weakness ...
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... present themselves in every dark - haired race , and we gather from Homer , that it was not uncom- mon among the ... present . The difference in the cases is chiefly one of degree and of duration ; but this presents no difficulty when we ...
... present themselves in every dark - haired race , and we gather from Homer , that it was not uncom- mon among the ... present . The difference in the cases is chiefly one of degree and of duration ; but this presents no difficulty when we ...
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... present at the laying of the corner - stone , which ceremony took place one hundred and sixteen years ago . She also stated that she was a young woman grown when the president Sharp assumed the administration of the island , which was ...
... present at the laying of the corner - stone , which ceremony took place one hundred and sixteen years ago . She also stated that she was a young woman grown when the president Sharp assumed the administration of the island , which was ...
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... present , to pronounce certain tribes of men to be dis- tinct species from the whites , constituted upon a type physically and mentally inferior to that of the Caucasian nations . This assumption has been embraced in order to excuse the ...
... present , to pronounce certain tribes of men to be dis- tinct species from the whites , constituted upon a type physically and mentally inferior to that of the Caucasian nations . This assumption has been embraced in order to excuse the ...
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... present dignified position , and thus be led to cling to and appreciate more highly those blessings and advantages on which civilization must permanently stand . The study of man is also advan- tageous in another sense ; by arousing ...
... present dignified position , and thus be led to cling to and appreciate more highly those blessings and advantages on which civilization must permanently stand . The study of man is also advan- tageous in another sense ; by arousing ...
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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...