Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 492 pàgines |
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... of the world , fre- quently found their efforts checked , and their career arrested , by the operation of causes which , although equally powerful , were yet extremely different in their nature . In the Northern Seas , they suffered from.
... of the world , fre- quently found their efforts checked , and their career arrested , by the operation of causes which , although equally powerful , were yet extremely different in their nature . In the Northern Seas , they suffered from.
Pàgina 31
... extremely accurate . In the tract westward from Egypt , behind the hilly range of Cyrene , the first object was the celebrated shrine of Ammon , dedicated to the Theban Jove , and to which the Greeks were wont to ascribe a higher pro ...
... extremely accurate . In the tract westward from Egypt , behind the hilly range of Cyrene , the first object was the celebrated shrine of Ammon , dedicated to the Theban Jove , and to which the Greeks were wont to ascribe a higher pro ...
Pàgina 55
... extremely opulent , and two of them had obtained princesses in marriage . Literature was cultivated with ardour , and manuscripts bore a higher price than any other commodity . Izchia , the king , who had subdued all the neighbouring ...
... extremely opulent , and two of them had obtained princesses in marriage . Literature was cultivated with ardour , and manuscripts bore a higher price than any other commodity . Izchia , the king , who had subdued all the neighbouring ...
Pàgina 59
... extremely tragical , for , a quarrel having arisen between Bemoy and the commander , the latter stabbed the prince on board of his vessel . Whether this violent deed was prompted by the heat of passion , or by well - grounded suspicions ...
... extremely tragical , for , a quarrel having arisen between Bemoy and the commander , the latter stabbed the prince on board of his vessel . Whether this violent deed was prompted by the heat of passion , or by well - grounded suspicions ...
Pàgina 63
... extremely rare and valued commodity ; and the missionaries were not a little disconcerted to find that the very form by which the natives expressed the holy or- dinance was " to eat salt . " Thus an immense body of the people were very ...
... extremely rare and valued commodity ; and the missionaries were not a little disconcerted to find that the very form by which the natives expressed the holy or- dinance was " to eat salt . " Thus an immense body of the people were very ...
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