The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
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34. oldal
... by the care of the islanders of Aur , they were soon restored to perfect health . Their dis- tance from home , in a direct line was one thousand five hundred miles . SUBJECT II . MANNERS AND CUSTOMS . T is scarcely 34 MAN .
... by the care of the islanders of Aur , they were soon restored to perfect health . Their dis- tance from home , in a direct line was one thousand five hundred miles . SUBJECT II . MANNERS AND CUSTOMS . T is scarcely 34 MAN .
35. oldal
... thousand - fold tribes of dwellers , impelled by thou- sand - fold instincts , " which exist in such profusion and variety in every part of the globe . There is some- thing in the " life and conversation " of the commonest thing to ...
... thousand - fold tribes of dwellers , impelled by thou- sand - fold instincts , " which exist in such profusion and variety in every part of the globe . There is some- thing in the " life and conversation " of the commonest thing to ...
36. oldal
... thousand seven hundred square miles ; and now about two hundred thousand square miles are covered with their flocks and herds . The number of Europeans , or the descendants of Europeans , in South Af- rica , does not exceed one hundred ...
... thousand seven hundred square miles ; and now about two hundred thousand square miles are covered with their flocks and herds . The number of Europeans , or the descendants of Europeans , in South Af- rica , does not exceed one hundred ...
37. oldal
... thousand in 1834 . The whole country for many and herds of the children and We have now to consider the The boors are exceedingly hospitable and very inquisitive . They are large in stature , but not possessing great muscular strength ...
... thousand in 1834 . The whole country for many and herds of the children and We have now to consider the The boors are exceedingly hospitable and very inquisitive . They are large in stature , but not possessing great muscular strength ...
42. oldal
... thousand acres , in each of which , one , two , or more villages , were formed . A The arable land was divided into allotments of from four to six acres . family obtaining one of these allotments was required to build a substantial ...
... thousand acres , in each of which , one , two , or more villages , were formed . A The arable land was divided into allotments of from four to six acres . family obtaining one of these allotments was required to build a substantial ...
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Africa Albanian America ancient animals appearance Asia Atlantic ocean beautiful birds Bishop bittern Black sea body branches Bremen Bruges building called cathedral cave cavern century Circassians climate coast color common Common Crane considerable Constantinople contains covered distance districts earth east elevation Europe extending extremely feathers flowers four frequently fruit giraffe grebe ground head height Hottentots Humboldt hundred hyæna inches Indian inhabitants interior island king lake land legs length miles mountains native natural nearly negro nest Norway nutmeg ocean orange Orinoco peculiar plants produce quadrupeds race regions remarkable resembling rise river rock seeds seen side Smyrna South America species spot stalactites stone stream surface temple thirty thousand tion town transept tree tribes tropical twenty Val de Bagnes valley vegetable volcano walls whole wild wings young
Népszerű szakaszok
183. oldal - ... from half an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and two or three feet in length...
85. oldal - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
91. oldal - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron: and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
180. oldal - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
426. oldal - He who has sought renown about the world, and has reaped a full harvest of worldly favour, will find, after all, that there is no love, no admiration, no applause, so sweet to the soul as that which springs up in his native place.
63. oldal - Tis certain they have very fine natural voices; these were very agreeable. When the dance was over, four fair slaves came into the room with silver censers in their hands, and perfumed the air with amber, aloes-wood, and other scents. After this they served me coffee upon their knees in the finest japan china, with soucoups of silver, gilt. The lovely Fatima entertained me all this while in the most polite agreeable manner, calling me often Guzel sultanum, or the beautiful sultana...
101. oldal - One day, whilst lying down, a mocking-thrush alighted on the edge of a pitcher, made of the shell of a tortoise, which I held in my hand, and began very quietly to sip the water; it allowed me to lift it from the ground whilst seated on the vessel: I often tried, and very nearly succeeded, in catching these birds by their legs.
412. oldal - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
63. oldal - ... four basins with a pleasing sound. The roof was painted with all sorts of flowers, falling out of gilded baskets, that seemed tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the...