The Works of William Robertson, D. D...: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life and Writings, Band 7T. Cadell, 1821 |
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... climate are no longer confined to itself alone , but the enjoyment of them is communicated to the most distant regions . In proportion as the knowledge of the advantages derived from navigation and commerce continued to spread , the ...
... climate are no longer confined to itself alone , but the enjoyment of them is communicated to the most distant regions . In proportion as the knowledge of the advantages derived from navigation and commerce continued to spread , the ...
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... climates , and in seas the least tempestuous , it was only during the summer months that the ancients ventured out of their harbours . The remainder of the year was lost in inactivity . It would have been deemed most in- considerate ...
... climates , and in seas the least tempestuous , it was only during the summer months that the ancients ventured out of their harbours . The remainder of the year was lost in inactivity . It would have been deemed most in- considerate ...
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... climate of Egypt produced the necessaries and com- forts of life with such profusion , as rendered its in- habitants so independent of other countries , that it became an established maxim among that people , whose ideas and ...
... climate of Egypt produced the necessaries and com- forts of life with such profusion , as rendered its in- habitants so independent of other countries , that it became an established maxim among that people , whose ideas and ...
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... climate and fer- tility of the soil would prove favourable to the rear- ing of other productions , he procured slips of the vine from the island of Cyprus , the rich wines of which were then in great request , and plants of the sugar ...
... climate and fer- tility of the soil would prove favourable to the rear- ing of other productions , he procured slips of the vine from the island of Cyprus , the rich wines of which were then in great request , and plants of the sugar ...
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... climate , even to the Spaniards , felt warm , though extremely delightful . The inhabitants appeared in the simple innocence of nature , entirely naked . Their black hair , long and uncurled , floated upon their shoulders , or was bound ...
... climate , even to the Spaniards , felt warm , though extremely delightful . The inhabitants appeared in the simple innocence of nature , entirely naked . Their black hair , long and uncurled , floated upon their shoulders , or was bound ...
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Seite 103 - As soon as morning dawned, all doubts and fears were dispelled. From every ship an island was seen about two leagues to the north, whose flat and verdant fields, well stored with wood, and watered with many rivulets, presented the aspect of a delightful country.
Seite 106 - Spaniards ; and with transports of joy received from them hawks' bells, glass beads, or other baubles, in return for which they gave such provisions as they had, and some cotton yarn, the only commodity of value that they could produce.
Seite 104 - They implored him to pardon their ignorance, incredulity, and insolence, which had created him so much unnecessary disquiet, and had so often obstructed the prosecution of his well-concerted plan; and passing, in the warmth of their admiration, from one extreme to another^ they now pronounced the man whom they had so lately reviled and threatened, to be a person inspired by heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than. human, in order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conceptions...
Seite 102 - Enraged as the sailors were, and impatient to turn their faces again towards their native country, this proposition did not appear to them unreasonable. Nor did Columbus hazard much in confining himself to a term so short. The presages of discovering land were now so numerous and promising, that he deemed them infallible.
Seite 102 - Nina took up the branch of a tree with red berries, perfectly fresh. The clouds around the setting sun assumed a new appearance ; the air was more mild and warm, and, during night, the wind became unequal and variable.
Seite 101 - Even with seditious sailors, the words of a man whom they had been accustomed to reverence, were weighty and persuasive, and not only restrained them from those violent excesses, which they meditated, but prevailed with them to accompany their admiral for some time longer.
Seite 96 - Happily for himself, and for the country by which he was employed, he joined to the ardent temper and inventive genius of a projector, virtues of another species, which are rarely united with them. He possessed a thorough knowledge of mankind, an insinuating address, a patient perseverance in executing...
Seite 97 - There they were struck with an appearance no less astonishing than new. They observed that the magnetic needle in their compasses did« not point exactly to the polar star, but varied towards the west, and as they proceeded this variation increased. This...
Seite 105 - The Spaniards, while thus employed, were surrounded by many of the natives, who gazed in silent admiration upon actions which they could not comprehend, and of which they did not foresee the consequences.
Seite 103 - Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight, the joyful sound of land/ land!