Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 503 pàgines |
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... carried beyond a certain limit , become its deadliest bane . That parent orb , which cheers and illumines the rest of the earth , glares on Africa with oppressive and malignant beam , blasting the face of Nature , and covering her with ...
... carried beyond a certain limit , become its deadliest bane . That parent orb , which cheers and illumines the rest of the earth , glares on Africa with oppressive and malignant beam , blasting the face of Nature , and covering her with ...
Pàgina 8
... carried by storm fortified enclosures . The elephant roams in vast herds through the densely - wooded tracts of the interior , disputing with the lion the rank of king of the lower creation ; matchless in bulk and strength , yet ...
... carried by storm fortified enclosures . The elephant roams in vast herds through the densely - wooded tracts of the interior , disputing with the lion the rank of king of the lower creation ; matchless in bulk and strength , yet ...
Pàgina 20
... carrying off these poor victims as slaves . Our author comes next to the Atlantes , and relates se- veral things ... carried on trade in a very peculiar manner . This wild and timid race would not approach or hold par- ley with the ...
... carrying off these poor victims as slaves . Our author comes next to the Atlantes , and relates se- veral things ... carried on trade in a very peculiar manner . This wild and timid race would not approach or hold par- ley with the ...
Pàgina 21
... carried away the gold , or left the whole untouched ; in which last case the natives understood that more of the precious me- tal was expected . Thus the parties went backwards and forwards , till the exchange was adjusted . If the ...
... carried away the gold , or left the whole untouched ; in which last case the natives understood that more of the precious me- tal was expected . Thus the parties went backwards and forwards , till the exchange was adjusted . If the ...
Pàgina 25
... carried to so singular a pitch , that , if the king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers pre- sently severed from himself the same member . The priests , however , whose influence in this realm of superstition was always ...
... carried to so singular a pitch , that , if the king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers pre- sently severed from himself the same member . The priests , however , whose influence in this realm of superstition was always ...
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