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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... hands of Na- ture . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking and surprising contrasts , yet , on a general view , a certain uniformity , approaching al- most to monotony , appears to pervade it . From one end to the ...
... hands of Na- ture . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking and surprising contrasts , yet , on a general view , a certain uniformity , approaching al- most to monotony , appears to pervade it . From one end to the ...
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... hands were employed in throwing stones against each other with such fury that several were common- ly left dead on the spot . The fate of these sufferers was peculiarly hard , since it was supposed to justify the most unfavourable ...
... hands were employed in throwing stones against each other with such fury that several were common- ly left dead on the spot . The fate of these sufferers was peculiarly hard , since it was supposed to justify the most unfavourable ...
Pàgina 28
... hand , —a statement which the historian himself rejects as impossible . Such is all the ac- count transmitted to us of this extraordinary voyage , which has given rise to a learned and voluminous controversy . Rennel in his Geography of ...
... hand , —a statement which the historian himself rejects as impossible . Such is all the ac- count transmitted to us of this extraordinary voyage , which has given rise to a learned and voluminous controversy . Rennel in his Geography of ...
Pàgina 60
... hands the un- fortunate smith , to be converted into a mortal in any manner they might judge efficacious . After a short and unsuccessful argument , they had recourse to the above potent instrument of conversion ; yet Vulcan , deserted ...
... hands the un- fortunate smith , to be converted into a mortal in any manner they might judge efficacious . After a short and unsuccessful argument , they had recourse to the above potent instrument of conversion ; yet Vulcan , deserted ...
Pàgina 64
... hands of these bold and successful rivals ; and at present the boasted lords and rulers of Guinea have not an acre left of their extensive dominions along the whole western coast they retain only the Madeiras , Ca- naries , and other ...
... hands of these bold and successful rivals ; and at present the boasted lords and rulers of Guinea have not an acre left of their extensive dominions along the whole western coast they retain only the Madeiras , Ca- naries , and other ...
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