The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
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... remains to be mentioned that many colonies of Albanians who , though they have lost the language and speak Greek , retain the dress , manners , and features , of the great Slavonic stock , have been settled for many ages in the plains ...
... remains to be mentioned that many colonies of Albanians who , though they have lost the language and speak Greek , retain the dress , manners , and features , of the great Slavonic stock , have been settled for many ages in the plains ...
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... remains . In 1271 , all the corn - fields of Milan were destroyed ; and in 1339 , all those of Lombardy . In 1541 , an incredible host afflicted Poland , Wallachia , and the adjoining countries , darkening the sky with their numbers ...
... remains . In 1271 , all the corn - fields of Milan were destroyed ; and in 1339 , all those of Lombardy . In 1541 , an incredible host afflicted Poland , Wallachia , and the adjoining countries , darkening the sky with their numbers ...
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... remains observable in some of the more re- cent deposites . The gavial of the Ganges , likewise de- scends below the delta of the river into the bay of Bengal , and it is not unlike- ly , that in such circumstan- ces , the currents of ...
... remains observable in some of the more re- cent deposites . The gavial of the Ganges , likewise de- scends below the delta of the river into the bay of Bengal , and it is not unlike- ly , that in such circumstan- ces , the currents of ...
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... remains of large mammalia in the European tertiary strata , with those of the rhinoceroses discovered in the Siberian steppes , do not necessarily require the supposition that a vegetation bearing the charac- ter of tropical luxuriance ...
... remains of large mammalia in the European tertiary strata , with those of the rhinoceroses discovered in the Siberian steppes , do not necessarily require the supposition that a vegetation bearing the charac- ter of tropical luxuriance ...
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... remains of another order of things - the living relics of that pre - existing nature , the ruins of which are elsewhere discovered only in the interior of the earth ; and we might conjecture that these creatures have escaped by some ...
... remains of another order of things - the living relics of that pre - existing nature , the ruins of which are elsewhere discovered only in the interior of the earth ; and we might conjecture that these creatures have escaped by some ...
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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...