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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... visiting spirit when it comes to see them . These priests are the only physicians among the Californians ; and their medicines are always administered with great ostentation and solemnity . When all their prescriptions prove ineffectual ...
... visiting spirit when it comes to see them . These priests are the only physicians among the Californians ; and their medicines are always administered with great ostentation and solemnity . When all their prescriptions prove ineffectual ...
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... visits , they often suffer a negli- gence in their dress which borders on slovenliness ; whilst the disconsolate wildness of their coun- tenances , and the indolence of their whole beha- viour bespeak the sad effects of solitude and ...
... visits , they often suffer a negli- gence in their dress which borders on slovenliness ; whilst the disconsolate wildness of their coun- tenances , and the indolence of their whole beha- viour bespeak the sad effects of solitude and ...
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... visited the island in a time of great drought , ob- served that the face of the country looked ex- tremely dismal , and the cisterns were almost entirely empty , so that the inhabitants were obliged to send to Guadaloupe and Montserrat ...
... visited the island in a time of great drought , ob- served that the face of the country looked ex- tremely dismal , and the cisterns were almost entirely empty , so that the inhabitants were obliged to send to Guadaloupe and Montserrat ...
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... visited in the year 1784 by Mr. James Anderson , surgeon , who is the only person that ever ascended to its summit , and from whose account in the seventy - fifth vo lume of the Philosophical Transactions , the follow- ing particulars ...
... visited in the year 1784 by Mr. James Anderson , surgeon , who is the only person that ever ascended to its summit , and from whose account in the seventy - fifth vo lume of the Philosophical Transactions , the follow- ing particulars ...
الصفحة 123
... visited it , there were , on an average , two thirds of the time inces- sant torrents of rain ; but from the afternoon be- ing dry with a gentle breeze , ( as is generally the case during the rainy season in this island ) , there ...
... visited it , there were , on an average , two thirds of the time inces- sant torrents of rain ; but from the afternoon be- ing dry with a gentle breeze , ( as is generally the case during the rainy season in this island ) , there ...
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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...