Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 23
... usual means by which his capture is effected . Instead of the tiger , Africa has the leopard and the panther , belonging , however , only to certain of its districts . In the large and broad rivers of this continent , and through the ...
... usual means by which his capture is effected . Instead of the tiger , Africa has the leopard and the panther , belonging , however , only to certain of its districts . In the large and broad rivers of this continent , and through the ...
Pàgina 34
... usual among their neigh- bours . Nor were these the only fierce and warlike women who spread terror through Africa . Diodorus places here the Gorgons , who caused death by the mere hideousness of their aspect , and the serpents hissing ...
... usual among their neigh- bours . Nor were these the only fierce and warlike women who spread terror through Africa . Diodorus places here the Gorgons , who caused death by the mere hideousness of their aspect , and the serpents hissing ...
Pàgina 65
... usual potent instrument of conversion ; yet Vulcan , deserted in this extremity by all his votaries , made still a firm stand for his celestial dignity , till the blood began to stream from his back and shoulders , when he finally ...
... usual potent instrument of conversion ; yet Vulcan , deserted in this extremity by all his votaries , made still a firm stand for his celestial dignity , till the blood began to stream from his back and shoulders , when he finally ...
Pàgina 78
... usual means of sailing up the Gambia . On the 7th October , this navigator arrived at James ' Island , the English settlement , about thirty miles from the mouth of the river , whence he immediately wrote to Mr Willy , the governor ...
... usual means of sailing up the Gambia . On the 7th October , this navigator arrived at James ' Island , the English settlement , about thirty miles from the mouth of the river , whence he immediately wrote to Mr Willy , the governor ...
Pàgina 82
... usual fate of such associations , one was involved in bankruptcy , another immediately supplied its place . Thus four successive copartneries rose and fell ; till at length they all merged in that greatest and most fatal delusion , the ...
... usual fate of such associations , one was involved in bankruptcy , another immediately supplied its place . Thus four successive copartneries rose and fell ; till at length they all merged in that greatest and most fatal delusion , the ...
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