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Pagina 12
... Africa ; that is , a country without wood and water ; while by the opposite term , Changgae , is to be understood a fertile , hilly , wooded , and well - watered country . In the True Gobi , or the Mo of the Chinese , which , however ...
... Africa ; that is , a country without wood and water ; while by the opposite term , Changgae , is to be understood a fertile , hilly , wooded , and well - watered country . In the True Gobi , or the Mo of the Chinese , which , however ...
Pagina 103
... Africa , or that part of the African conti- nent which is crossed by the Equinoctial or Equa- torial Line , and is properly Nigritia or Negroland , and the region of the Quorra , or Quarra , or the river Niger : " To the north of this ...
... Africa , or that part of the African conti- nent which is crossed by the Equinoctial or Equa- torial Line , and is properly Nigritia or Negroland , and the region of the Quorra , or Quarra , or the river Niger : " To the north of this ...
Pagina 104
... Africa ever was , and still conti- nues , the ' terra incognita ' — the unknown country of the world ; and therefore ... Africa ! From Africa we have the chimpanzee , or western oran - otang , the nearest brute approach to the human ...
... Africa ever was , and still conti- nues , the ' terra incognita ' — the unknown country of the world ; and therefore ... Africa ! From Africa we have the chimpanzee , or western oran - otang , the nearest brute approach to the human ...
Pagina 105
... Africa , we have the hippopotamus , or river - horse ; and an African horse ( or at least the account of one ) which , like the ass , bears the mark of a cross upon its back and shoulders . But the latest , and truly African ( or mar ...
... Africa , we have the hippopotamus , or river - horse ; and an African horse ( or at least the account of one ) which , like the ass , bears the mark of a cross upon its back and shoulders . But the latest , and truly African ( or mar ...
Pagina 106
... Africa , ' has been the cry , ever since Africa was first known to the good people of ancient Rome ; and though many new and uncouth things have confessedly come out of Africa , I am not yet satisfied of the truth of this latest of its ...
... Africa , ' has been the cry , ever since Africa was first known to the good people of ancient Rome ; and though many new and uncouth things have confessedly come out of Africa , I am not yet satisfied of the truth of this latest of its ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 326 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
Pagina 324 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Pagina 462 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Pagina 296 - Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone, The redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th...
Pagina 249 - Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke, When round the ruins of their ancient oak The peasants flocked to hear the minstrel play, And games and carols closed the busy day. Her wheel at rest, the matron thrills no more With treasured tales, and legendary lore.
Pagina 330 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Pagina 24 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth...
Pagina 95 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Pagina 383 - For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
Pagina 95 - Midst gloomy glades, in warbles clear, Wild Nature's sweetest notes they hear : On green untrodden banks they view The hyacinth's neglected hue ; In their lone haunts, and woodland rounds, They spy the squirrel's airy bounds ; And startle from her ashen spray, Across the glen, the screaming jay : Each native charm their steps explore Of solitude's sequester'd store. For them the moon with cloudless ray Mounts, to illume their homeward way: Their weary spirits to relieve, The meadows incense breathe...