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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Pàgina 20
... probably have omitted . He pretends , for ex- ample , that none of them bear proper names ; that they neither eat animal food nor dream dreams ; and , what is not quite so improbable , that , on seeing the sun rise , they pour ...
... probably have omitted . He pretends , for ex- ample , that none of them bear proper names ; that they neither eat animal food nor dream dreams ; and , what is not quite so improbable , that , on seeing the sun rise , they pour ...
Pàgina 30
... dreary shore of the Sahara , that scene of frequent and terrible shipwreck , it probably appear- ed to him that any ordinary form of death was pre- ferable to the one which here menaced him . He 30 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
... dreary shore of the Sahara , that scene of frequent and terrible shipwreck , it probably appear- ed to him that any ordinary form of death was pre- ferable to the one which here menaced him . He 30 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
Pàgina 35
... probably with too flattering hopes , seem to have anticipated only a smooth and holi- day excursion . When , therefore , they saw them- selves ranging along an unknown and dreary shore , against which the waves of the mighty Atlantic ...
... probably with too flattering hopes , seem to have anticipated only a smooth and holi- day excursion . When , therefore , they saw them- selves ranging along an unknown and dreary shore , against which the waves of the mighty Atlantic ...
Pàgina 36
... probably must remain for ever in darkness as to the issue of this last ex- pedition . It must not be concealed that authors of great name , not excepting Strabo himself , have branded Eudoxus as a decided impostor , -a reproach which ...
... probably must remain for ever in darkness as to the issue of this last ex- pedition . It must not be concealed that authors of great name , not excepting Strabo himself , have branded Eudoxus as a decided impostor , -a reproach which ...
Pàgina 38
... probably a century later , gives the more remote position of Prasum as a promontory , port , and city , to which in his time navigators were accustom- ed to sail . We have no fact to guide us to the loca- lity of that town , except that ...
... probably a century later , gives the more remote position of Prasum as a promontory , port , and city , to which in his time navigators were accustom- ed to sail . We have no fact to guide us to the loca- lity of that town , except that ...
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