The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, المجلد 10J. Walker, 1804 |
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... hundred , and the hundreds by ten to a thousand ; but beyond this they cannot go . " Their principal amusements are the game of the dish , the game of the straws , and that of the bat , besides a variety of dances . - The game of the ...
... hundred , and the hundreds by ten to a thousand ; but beyond this they cannot go . " Their principal amusements are the game of the dish , the game of the straws , and that of the bat , besides a variety of dances . - The game of the ...
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... hundred and one small reeds , about the size of a wheat straw and six inches long , are shuffled together ; and the players after many contortions and invokings of their genii , separate them into nine parcels of ten each , and one of ...
... hundred and one small reeds , about the size of a wheat straw and six inches long , are shuffled together ; and the players after many contortions and invokings of their genii , separate them into nine parcels of ten each , and one of ...
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... hundred and ten feet , the lines spreading continually from each other , so as to be two hundred feet apart at the distance of one hundred feet from the pound . These lines of trees are lengthened out by a number of poles about fifteen ...
... hundred and ten feet , the lines spreading continually from each other , so as to be two hundred feet apart at the distance of one hundred feet from the pound . These lines of trees are lengthened out by a number of poles about fifteen ...
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... to clear a little meadow ground , and plant an orchard of two or three hundred apple trees . His stable is likewise enlarged ; and in the course of a year or two , he P builds a large log barn , the roof of which 32 NORTH AMERICA .
... to clear a little meadow ground , and plant an orchard of two or three hundred apple trees . His stable is likewise enlarged ; and in the course of a year or two , he P builds a large log barn , the roof of which 32 NORTH AMERICA .
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... hundred years . With respect to their doctrinal tenets , and the practical inferences thence deduced , they seem to be essentially right , and such as cannot be ex- cepted against by any candid and liberal person who takes CUSTOMS ...
... hundred years . With respect to their doctrinal tenets , and the practical inferences thence deduced , they seem to be essentially right , and such as cannot be ex- cepted against by any candid and liberal person who takes CUSTOMS ...
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الصفحة 179 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
الصفحة 55 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
الصفحة 179 - Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life In nature and all things : which these soft fires Not only...
الصفحة 58 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
الصفحة 179 - These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
الصفحة 173 - The instant the animal perceives itself attacked, it throws itself on its back, and with its claws pinches most terribly whatever it happens to fasten on. But the dexterous crab-catcher takes them by the hinder legs, in such a manner that the nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws them into his bag. Sometimes also they are caught when they take refuge in the bottoms of holes in rocks by...
الصفحة 172 - The most of them, therefore, are obliged to continue in the flat parts of the country till they recover, making holes in the earth, which they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt, so that no air may enter.
الصفحة 48 - This denomination seem to have obtained their name from their baptizing their new converts by plunging. They are also called Tumblers, from the manner in which they perform baptism, which is by putting the person, while kneeling, head first under water, so as to resemble the motion of the body in the action of tumbling.
الصفحة 38 - The climate and external appearance of the country conspire to make them indolent, easy, and good-natured; extremely fond of society, and much given to convivial pleasures. In consequence of this, they seldom show any spirit of enterprise, or expose themselves willingly to fatigue. Their authority over their slaves renders them vain and imperious, and entire strangers to that elegance of sentiment, which is so peculiarly characteristic of ref1ned and polished nations.
الصفحة 85 - In this solitude he continued four years' and four months, during which time only two incidents happened which he thought worth relating, the occurrences of every day being in his circumstances nearly similar. The one was, that...