Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 32
... probably have omitted . He pretends , for example , 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 reproaches ...
... probably have omitted . He pretends , for example , 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 reproaches ...
Pàgina 41
... probably appeared to him that any ordinary form of death was preferable to the one which here menaced him . He returned and presented himself before Xerxes , giving a doleful description of the hard- ships which he had encountered ...
... probably appeared to him that any ordinary form of death was preferable to the one which here menaced him . He returned and presented himself before Xerxes , giving a doleful description of the hard- ships which he had encountered ...
Pàgina 44
... probably with too flattering hopes , seem to have anticipated only a smooth and holiday excursion . When , therefore , they saw them- selves ranging along an unknown and dreary shore , against which beat the waves of the mighty Atlantic ...
... probably with too flattering hopes , seem to have anticipated only a smooth and holiday excursion . When , therefore , they saw them- selves ranging along an unknown and dreary shore , against which beat the waves of the mighty Atlantic ...
Pàgina 45
... to the Spaniards and Gaditanians for farther information ; but profound silence reigns on their part , and the world probably must remain for ever in darkness as to the issue of this last expedition . It AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 45.
... to the Spaniards and Gaditanians for farther information ; but profound silence reigns on their part , and the world probably must remain for ever in darkness as to the issue of this last expedition . It AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 45.
Pàgina 47
... probably a century later , gives the more remote position of Prasum as a promontory , port , and city , to which in his time merchants were accustomed to sail . We have no fact to guide us to the locality of that town , except that it ...
... probably a century later , gives the more remote position of Prasum as a promontory , port , and city , to which in his time merchants were accustomed to sail . We have no fact to guide us to the locality of that town , except that it ...
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