A Geographical View of the World: Embracing the Manners, Customs, and Pursuits, of Every NationE. Hopkins and W. Reed, 1826 - 452 Seiten |
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... civilized na- tion of the earth , and Paris the metropolis of Europe . The unreserved freedom of conversation in France leads people into a habit of trumpeting their own praise , in a manner that seems not a little strange to those who ...
... civilized na- tion of the earth , and Paris the metropolis of Europe . The unreserved freedom of conversation in France leads people into a habit of trumpeting their own praise , in a manner that seems not a little strange to those who ...
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... civilized nation . Man is exhibited to his view as oppressed and insulted ; he will perceive the hand of ty- ranny pressing upon him heavily and unsparingly , and find an accu- mulation of human beings , without any other use than for ...
... civilized nation . Man is exhibited to his view as oppressed and insulted ; he will perceive the hand of ty- ranny pressing upon him heavily and unsparingly , and find an accu- mulation of human beings , without any other use than for ...
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... civilized , while the other half are pastoral wanderers , ranging over extensive wastes . This laxity of government renders travelling in Turkey or Asia Minor very unsafe , and has proved a great impedi- ment to any exact geographical ...
... civilized , while the other half are pastoral wanderers , ranging over extensive wastes . This laxity of government renders travelling in Turkey or Asia Minor very unsafe , and has proved a great impedi- ment to any exact geographical ...
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... civilized people . Each proprietor has his own mark , which is burnt into the thighs of the horses , oxen , and dromedaries , and paint- ed with colours on the wool of the sheep . The latter are kept in all seasons near the owner's ...
... civilized people . Each proprietor has his own mark , which is burnt into the thighs of the horses , oxen , and dromedaries , and paint- ed with colours on the wool of the sheep . The latter are kept in all seasons near the owner's ...
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... civilized people can contend . The dress of the Tartars consists of large shirts and drawers ; their habits are commonly made of calico , or some other slight stuff which they line with sheep skin ; and sometimes they wear entire ...
... civilized people can contend . The dress of the Tartars consists of large shirts and drawers ; their habits are commonly made of calico , or some other slight stuff which they line with sheep skin ; and sometimes they wear entire ...
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Seite 4 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Seite 4 - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Seite 201 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Seite 171 - Hence the English, of any people in the universe, have the least of a national character, unless this very singularity may pass for such.
Seite 205 - AND it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Seite 312 - Europeans so frequently confounded ; the latter have been stationary at least as long as we have known them, while the slightest impulse seems sufficient to give a determination to the Japanese character, which would progressively improve until it attained the same height of civilization with the European.
Seite 321 - Antshar is one of the largest trees in the forests of Java. The stem is cylindrical, perpendicular, and rises completely naked to the height of sixty, seventy or eighty feet. Near the surface of the ground it spreads obliquely...
Seite 353 - Banderilla, the nutritive fruit of the banana tree comes no longer to maturity. In this foggy and cold region, therefore, want spurs on the Indian to labour and excites his industry. At the height of San Miguel pines begin to mingle with the oaks, which...
Seite 206 - Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left.
Seite 348 - Of these, what may be considered as the Darcotas are the Mindawarcarton, or Minowakanton, known to the French by the name of the Gens du Lac, or People of the Lake.