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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... 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 barrenness and desolation . Sometimes it con- verts the 2 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
... 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 barrenness and desolation . Sometimes it con- verts the 2 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
Pàgina 4
... covered as with a deluge , and the dry beds of the rivulets are converted into tor- rents ; yet so intense are the sun's rays , that the mois- ture thus lavished upon the surface is quickly dried up . Great rivers which , swollen by the ...
... covered as with a deluge , and the dry beds of the rivulets are converted into tor- rents ; yet so intense are the sun's rays , that the mois- ture thus lavished upon the surface is quickly dried up . Great rivers which , swollen by the ...
Pàgina 11
... covered with rich har- vests and brilliant verdure , are left without a leaf or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tem- pest they cover immense tracts , exhaling the most noxious stench . Yet they may be used as food , and are ...
... covered with rich har- vests and brilliant verdure , are left without a leaf or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tem- pest they cover immense tracts , exhaling the most noxious stench . Yet they may be used as food , and are ...
Pàgina 14
... covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at that early period taken the lead , in these very particu- lars , of all other nations . It included Egypt ...
... covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at that early period taken the lead , in these very particu- lars , of all other nations . It included Egypt ...
Pàgina 15
... covered with magnificent monuments , erected at an era when the faintest dawn of science had not yet illumined the regions of Europe . While Egypt was thus pre - eminent in science and art , Carthage equally excelled in commerce and in ...
... covered with magnificent monuments , erected at an era when the faintest dawn of science had not yet illumined the regions of Europe . While Egypt was thus pre - eminent in science and art , Carthage equally excelled in commerce and in ...
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