 ... the seeds of all mischief, have no place with them. They are content with so little, that in so large a country they have rather superfluity than scarceness ; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens ; not...  History of the Indians of North and South America - Seite 30von Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 320 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | JOHN R. MUSICK - 1907 - 610 Seiten
...the conversations of the admiral himself. "It is certain," says he, "that the land among these people is as common as the sun and water; and that-' mine...superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, dwelling in open gardens; not intrenched with dikes, divided with hedges,... | |
 | Cardinal Leonidas Goodwin - 1922 - 1082 Seiten
...wolves in sheep's clothing as Columbus. " It is certain," he writes, " that the land among these people is as common as the sun and water ; and, that ' mine and thine,' the seeds of all misery, have no place with them. They are content with so little that, in so large a country, they... | |
 | Marius André - 1928 - 328 Seiten
...delectable bit. "It is certain," says he, "that the land among these people is as common as the sun and the water; and that 'mine and thine,' the seeds of all...superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens; not entrenched with dikes, divided with hedges,... | |
 | Robert A. Williams Jr. - 1992 - 365 Seiten
...experiences also affirmed Vespucci's observations on the simplicity of the natives' laws, manners, and wants: Mine and Thine, the seeds of all mischief, have no...superfluity than scarceness. So that they seem to live in the Golden World, without toil. . . . They deal truly one with another, without laws, without books,... | |
 | Cheryl Walker - 1997 - 284 Seiten
...these people is as common as the sun and water, and that 'mine and thine.' the seed of all misery, have no place with them. They are content with so...little, that in so large a country they have rather a superfluity than a scarceness: so that they seem to live in the golden world without toil, living... | |
 | Susan Harris Smith, Melanie Dawson - 2000 - 488 Seiten
...among these people is as common as sun and water, and that 'mine and thine,' the seed of all misery, have no place with them. They are content with so little that in so large a country they have rather a superfluity than a scarceness, so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2013 - 497 Seiten
...conversations of the admiral himself. " It is certain," says he, " that the land among these people is as common as the sun and water ; and that ' mine...superfluity than scarceness ; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens ; not intrenched with dykes, divided with hedges,... | |
 | Alma M. Reed, Michael K. Schuessler - 2007 - 364 Seiten
...certain," wrote the erudite churchman, "that the land among these people is as common as the sun and the water; and that 'mine' and 'thine,' the seeds of all mischief, have no place among them. They are content with so little that in so large a country they have rather superfluity... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1828 - 802 Seiten
...admiral himself. ' It is certain,' says he, ' that the land among these people is as common as tlie sun and water; and that " mine and thine," the seeds...superfluity than scarceness ; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens; not entrenched with dykes, divided with hedges,... | |
 | James Serpell - 1996 - 320 Seiten
...a 'Golden World'. Pietro's 1511 account of the second voyage of Columbus expounds the latter view. 'Mine and thine, the seeds of all mischief, have no place with them' he said: they seem to live in the Golden World, without toil, living in open gardens, not entrenched... | |
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