Letters to a Child, on the Subject of Maritime Discovery, Volumes 2-6Harvey and Darton, 1820 - 270 pagina's |
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Pagina 18
... take you to see one ; but I will just tell you that it is a small rod of iron , or needle , as it is called , which has been touched with a loadstone , so as to become a magnet . It had been discovered , long before , 18 LETTER IV. ...
... take you to see one ; but I will just tell you that it is a small rod of iron , or needle , as it is called , which has been touched with a loadstone , so as to become a magnet . It had been discovered , long before , 18 LETTER IV. ...
Pagina 25
... tell you that Prince Henry procured some slips of the vine from the island of Cyprus , and had them planted at Madeira ; and these grapes have ever since supplied Europe with the wine called Madeira wine . The Portuguese planted sugar ...
... tell you that Prince Henry procured some slips of the vine from the island of Cyprus , and had them planted at Madeira ; and these grapes have ever since supplied Europe with the wine called Madeira wine . The Portuguese planted sugar ...
Pagina 28
... telling you something more , which will make you love him better still . It was his great wish to make Christians of the poor people of the countries which he discovered , and he sent ministers among them to teach and instruct them . I ...
... telling you something more , which will make you love him better still . It was his great wish to make Christians of the poor people of the countries which he discovered , and he sent ministers among them to teach and instruct them . I ...
Pagina 42
... - known country to be part of the conti- nent of India . But ancient geographers , I must tell you , had imagined this con- tinent to be much larger than it really is ; so that it was perfectly natural in Co- lumbus to 42.
... - known country to be part of the conti- nent of India . But ancient geographers , I must tell you , had imagined this con- tinent to be much larger than it really is ; so that it was perfectly natural in Co- lumbus to 42.
Pagina 55
... tell you about the inhabitants of this new- discovered land in my next . Your affectionate aunt . LETTER IX . MY DEAR JANE , WHEN the people of San Salvador saw the ships in which Colum- bus and his men sailed towards their island , no ...
... tell you about the inhabitants of this new- discovered land in my next . Your affectionate aunt . LETTER IX . MY DEAR JANE , WHEN the people of San Salvador saw the ships in which Colum- bus and his men sailed towards their island , no ...
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Letters to a Child, on the Subject of Maritime Discovery, Volumes 2-6 Emily Taylor Volledige weergave - 1820 |
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Pagina 122 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Pagina 172 - ... marching two and two, in deep silence, barefooted, with their eyes fixed on the ground. These were followed by a company of higher rank, in their most showy apparel, in the midst of whom was Montezuma, in a chair or litter richly ornamented with gold, and feathers of various colours. Four of his principal favourites carried him on their shoulders, others supported a canopy of curious workmanship over his head.
Pagina 53 - There — in the west ! and now, alas, 'tis gone ! — 'Twas all a dream ! we gaze and gaze in vain ! But mark and speak not, there it comes again ! It moves ! — what form unseen, what being there With torch-like lustre fires the murky air ? His instincts, passions, say, how like our own ! Oh, when will day reveal a world unknown...
Pagina 53 - Twas the hour of day, When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory, opening in the west To golden climes, and islands of the blest; And human voices, on the silent air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there ! 6.
Pagina 91 - Europe, with regard to trade, before the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope and America was discovered.
Pagina 174 - Montezuma conducted Cortes to the quarters which he had prepared for his reception, and immediately took leave of him, with a politeness not unworthy of a court more refined. " You are now," says he, " with your brothers in your own house ; refresh yourselves after your fatigue, and be happy until I return.
Pagina 102 - No,' replied Columbus, with a generous indignation, ' I wear these irons in consequence of an order from my sovereigns. They shall find me as obedient to this as to their other injunctions. By their command I have been confined, and their command alone shall set me at liberty.
Pagina 54 - When he had taken formal possession of the country in the name of the king and queen of Spain, his followers rendered him homage as viceroy, and the inhabitants, regarding the Spaniards as a superior race, prostrated themselves at his feet.
Pagina 173 - Cortes dismounted, advancing towards him with officious haste, and in a respectful posture. At the same time Montezuma alighted from his chair, and leaning on the arms of two of his near relations, approached with a slow and stately pace, his attendants covering the street with cotton cloths, that he might not touch the ground. Cortes accosted him with profound reverence, after the European fashion. He returned the salutation, according to the mode of his country, by touching the earth with his hand,...
Pagina 173 - Four of his principal favourites carried him on their shoulders, others supported a canopy of curious workmanship over his head. Before him marched three officers with rods of gold in their hands, which they lifted up on high at certain intervals...