Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time : with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, Tweeddale-Court, 1832 - 503 pàgines |
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... islands destined to be the mansions of the blessed . In like manner , in the bosom of its wildest woods and mountains , there lurk , in many an unsuspected retreat , scenes of the most soft and pastoral beauty . Even amid its moral ...
... islands destined to be the mansions of the blessed . In like manner , in the bosom of its wildest woods and mountains , there lurk , in many an unsuspected retreat , scenes of the most soft and pastoral beauty . Even amid its moral ...
Pàgina 45
... islands which bespangle the Desert . Here they saw trees laden with agreeable fruit , and had begun to pluck , when there suddenly appeared a band of little black men , who seized and carried them off as captives . They were led along ...
... islands which bespangle the Desert . Here they saw trees laden with agreeable fruit , and had begun to pluck , when there suddenly appeared a band of little black men , who seized and carried them off as captives . They were led along ...
Pàgina 47
... island , which they named Cerne , situated in a recess of the sea , where they established their last colony ... islands . The inha- bitants were timid , and fled at their approach ; but the coast presented some remarkable phenomena ...
... island , which they named Cerne , situated in a recess of the sea , where they established their last colony ... islands . The inha- bitants were timid , and fled at their approach ; but the coast presented some remarkable phenomena ...
Pàgina 48
... island in a bay , where they found a most singular race , bearing the human form indeed , but covered with shaggy hair , resem- bling those satyrs and sylvan deities with which pa- gan mythology peopled the woods . These monsters whom ...
... island in a bay , where they found a most singular race , bearing the human form indeed , but covered with shaggy hair , resem- bling those satyrs and sylvan deities with which pa- gan mythology peopled the woods . These monsters whom ...
Pàgina 49
... Island and Sound ; while the other terminates the voyage on the frontier of Morocco , at the entrance of the river Nun . The one supposes a run along the western coast of nearly 3000 miles , the other one of about 600 ; and yet each ...
... Island and Sound ; while the other terminates the voyage on the frontier of Morocco , at the entrance of the river Nun . The one supposes a run along the western coast of nearly 3000 miles , the other one of about 600 ; and yet each ...
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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 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1846 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1836 |
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