Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 18
... seem to depend chiefly on the circumstance , that almost her whole territory is situated within the tropics . The other portions of the earth's surface , which lie directly beneath the solar influence , consist generally either of sea ...
... seem to depend chiefly on the circumstance , that almost her whole territory is situated within the tropics . The other portions of the earth's surface , which lie directly beneath the solar influence , consist generally either of sea ...
Pàgina 19
... seems to open all her windows to pour an un- broken flood upon the earth . The ground is covered as with a deluge , and the dry beds of the rivulets are filled with torrents ; yet so intense are the solar rays , that the moisture thus ...
... seems to open all her windows to pour an un- broken flood upon the earth . The ground is covered as with a deluge , and the dry beds of the rivulets are filled with torrents ; yet so intense are the solar rays , that the moisture thus ...
Pàgina 24
... seem , in the production of extraordinary objects , has filled Africa with a won- derful multitude of those animals which bear the closest alliance to ... seems even to make a nearer approach than any other animal to 24 GENERAL VIEW OF THE.
... seem , in the production of extraordinary objects , has filled Africa with a won- derful multitude of those animals which bear the closest alliance to ... seems even to make a nearer approach than any other animal to 24 GENERAL VIEW OF THE.
Pàgina 33
... seems much more probable , that the warm imagination of the Greeks , attracted by the mysterious grandeur of the region , transported thither the creations of their own fancy . Our author , however , B makes a positive averment as to ...
... seems much more probable , that the warm imagination of the Greeks , attracted by the mysterious grandeur of the region , transported thither the creations of their own fancy . Our author , however , B makes a positive averment as to ...
Pàgina 35
... there was no correspondence in the periods ; observing also , that those winds blew up many other rivers without producing a similar effect . The philosophers of Memphis , it seems , followed even by AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 35.
... there was no correspondence in the periods ; observing also , that those winds blew up many other rivers without producing a similar effect . The philosophers of Memphis , it seems , followed even by AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 35.
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