A Geographical View of the World: Embracing the Manners, Customs, and Pursuits, of Every NationE. Hopkins and W. Reed, 1826 - Всего страниц: 452 |
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... appearances from the ascent of gaseous vapours . M. Maupertuis says , that " the fine lakes which surround the mountain of Niemi , give it the air of an enchanted isl- and in romance . On one hand you see a grove of trees rise from a ...
... appearances from the ascent of gaseous vapours . M. Maupertuis says , that " the fine lakes which surround the mountain of Niemi , give it the air of an enchanted isl- and in romance . On one hand you see a grove of trees rise from a ...
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... appearance of imbecility , yet they are well shaped , and have limbs very proportionable to their size . Their faces are broad and flat , their eyes , nose , and mouth , common- ly small , and the under lip is somewhat thicker than the ...
... appearance of imbecility , yet they are well shaped , and have limbs very proportionable to their size . Their faces are broad and flat , their eyes , nose , and mouth , common- ly small , and the under lip is somewhat thicker than the ...
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... very strong . Both men and women make a disagreeable appearance , and have swarthy complexions . cards , though some families on the north side of the island still have Dress and Habitations of the Icelanders . 19 them . 18 ...
... very strong . Both men and women make a disagreeable appearance , and have swarthy complexions . cards , though some families on the north side of the island still have Dress and Habitations of the Icelanders . 19 them . 18 ...
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... appearance . season . The Sulphur Mountain . AT the foot of the mountain is a small bank composed chiefly of white clay , and some sulphur , from all parts of which steam issues . Ascending it , says Sir G. S. Mackenzie , we got upon a ...
... appearance . season . The Sulphur Mountain . AT the foot of the mountain is a small bank composed chiefly of white clay , and some sulphur , from all parts of which steam issues . Ascending it , says Sir G. S. Mackenzie , we got upon a ...
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Embracing the Manners, Customs, and Pursuits, of Every Nation Sir Richard Phillips James Gates Percival. The Liesar . Mount & Zola . & Eccland » Mount Hekla . 25 broken and rugged appearance . While.
Embracing the Manners, Customs, and Pursuits, of Every Nation Sir Richard Phillips James Gates Percival. The Liesar . Mount & Zola . & Eccland » Mount Hekla . 25 broken and rugged appearance . While.
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Стр. 201 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Стр. 171 - Hence the English, of any people in the universe, have the least of a national character, unless this very singularity may pass for such.
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Стр. 312 - Europeans so frequently confounded ; the latter have been stationary at least as long as we have known them, while the slightest impulse seems sufficient to give a determination to the Japanese character, which would progressively improve until it attained the same height of civilization with the European.
Стр. 321 - Antshar is one of the largest trees in the forests of Java. The stem is cylindrical, perpendicular, and rises completely naked to the height of sixty, seventy or eighty feet. Near the surface of the ground it spreads obliquely...
Стр. 353 - Banderilla, the nutritive fruit of the banana tree comes no longer to maturity. In this foggy and cold region, therefore, want spurs on the Indian to labour and excites his industry. At the height of San Miguel pines begin to mingle with the oaks, which...
Стр. 206 - Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left.
Стр. 348 - Of these, what may be considered as the Darcotas are the Mindawarcarton, or Minowakanton, known to the French by the name of the Gens du Lac, or People of the Lake.