| 1790 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...harveib, poifon the waters, and render people incapable of propagating their fpecies. • The Abyffinians, to a man, are fearful of the night, unwilling to travel, and, above all, to fight in that fea fon, when they imagine the xvorld is in poflcffion of certain genii, averfe to intercourfe with... | |
| James Bruce - 1798 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...exigencies of the Hate require on the return of fair weather. The Aby ffinians are every one of them fearful of the night, unwilling to travel, and, above all, to fight in that leafon, when they imagine the world is in pofleffiou of certain genii, averfe to intercourfe with men,... | |
| William Dwight Whitney - 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...affecting human beings in certain ways, but not as connected with any one individually. The Abyssiniens, to a man, are fearful of the night, unwilling to travel,...of certain genii, averse to intercourse with men. Kruce, Source of the Nile, II. 26. 3. A type or symbol ; a concrete representative, as of an influence... | |
| 1902 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...well— this night attack was impossible for Abyssinians. I quote the passage : " The Abvssinians, to a man, are fearful of the night, unwilling to travel,...fight in that season, when they imagine the world in possession of certain genii, averse to intercourse with men, and very vindictive, if even by accident... | |
| Richard Stephen Whiteway - 1902 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...Abyssinians. I quote the passage : " The Abyssinians, to a man, are fearful of the night, unw1lling to travel, and, above all, to fight in that season, when they imagine the world in possession of certain genii, averse to intercourse with men, and very vindictive, if even by accident... | |
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