Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 359 pàgines |
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... granite so strongly resembled the remains of a Gothic abbey , with its niches and ruined staircase , that it required some time to satisfy him that it was composed wholly of natural stone . The crossing of the rivers , now swelled to a ...
... granite so strongly resembled the remains of a Gothic abbey , with its niches and ruined staircase , that it required some time to satisfy him that it was composed wholly of natural stone . The crossing of the rivers , now swelled to a ...
Pàgina 122
... granite , fragments of which have fallen down and blocked up the stream . Yet this obstruction rendered it quite im- possible for the boats to pass ; nor could they be carried across the precipices and deep ravines by which the coun ...
... granite , fragments of which have fallen down and blocked up the stream . Yet this obstruction rendered it quite im- possible for the boats to pass ; nor could they be carried across the precipices and deep ravines by which the coun ...
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... granite by which they were surrounded , and produced a picturesque and somewhat awful appearance . " A baleful joy gleamed in the visage of the Arabs as they eyed these abodes of their future victims , whom they already fancied ...
... granite by which they were surrounded , and produced a picturesque and somewhat awful appearance . " A baleful joy gleamed in the visage of the Arabs as they eyed these abodes of their future victims , whom they already fancied ...
Pàgina 166
... granite . The manners of the people , too , were pleasing and pastoral . At many clear springs gushing from the rocks young women were drawing water . As an excuse for engaging in talk , our traveller asked several times for the means ...
... granite . The manners of the people , too , were pleasing and pastoral . At many clear springs gushing from the rocks young women were drawing water . As an excuse for engaging in talk , our traveller asked several times for the means ...
Pàgina 173
... granite 600 or 700 feet high , sometimes fearfully overhanging the road . The valley varied in breadth from 100 yards to half a mile ; but every level spot , extending along the foot of these mountains , or even suspended amid their ...
... granite 600 or 700 feet high , sometimes fearfully overhanging the road . The valley varied in breadth from 100 yards to half a mile ; but every level spot , extending along the foot of these mountains , or even suspended amid their ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
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