 ... the seeds of all mischief, have no place with them. They are content with so little, that in so large a country they have rather superfluity than scarceness ; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens ; not...  Merry's Museum - Seite 1411842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1827 - 552 Seiten
...the conversations of the admiral himself. 'It is certain," says he, 'that the land among these people is as common as the sun and water; and that " mine...have no place with them. They are content with so liule, that in so large a country they have rather superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 Seiten
...conversations of the Admiral himself. «It is certain,» says he, «that the land among these people is as common as the sun and water; and that' mine...superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens; not entrenched with dykes, divided with hedges,... | |
 | Barbara Anne Simon - 1829 - 348 Seiten
...who gathered it he says, of the Admiral himself. ' It is certain that the land among these people, is as common as the sun and water ; and that mine...they seem to live in a golden world without toil. They deal truly one with another, without laws, without books, and without judges. They take him for... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1830 - 258 Seiten
...food."—" It is certain," observes a cotemporary historian,* " that the land amongst these people is as common as the sun and water; and that' mine...superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world without toil, living in open gardens, not intrenched with dykes, divided with hedges,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1833 - 290 Seiten
...missionary to the Indians m the West Indies, describes them in similar terms. " They are content," says he " with so little, that in so large a country they have...superfluity than scarceness ; so that they seem to live in the golden worid, without toil, living in open gardens not entrenched with dykes, divided with hedges,... | |
 | Trelawney Wentworth - 1834 - 350 Seiten
...habits and language from the Caribs. " It is certain," says he, " that the laud among these people is as common as the sun and water, and that ' mine...content with so little, that in so large a country o2 they have rather superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 436 Seiten
...people is as common as the sun and waterjTind that 'mine and thine,' the seeds of all mischief, have,no place with them. They are content with so little,...superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil; living in open gardens, not entrenched with dykes, divided with hedges,... | |
 | Barbara Anne Simon, Barbara Allan Simon - 1836 - 420 Seiten
...thine, those seeds of all mischief, have no place with them. They are contented with so little, and have so large a country, they have rather Superfluity than...they seem to live in a golden world without toil. They deal truly one with another without laws, without books, and without judges. They take him for... | |
 | Barbara Anne Simon, Barbara Allan Simon - 1836 - 418 Seiten
...thine, those seeds of all mischief, have no place with them. They are contented with so little, and have so large a country, they have rather superfluity than...they seem to live in a golden world without toil. They deal truly one with another without laws, without books, and without judges. They take him for... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - 1842 - 418 Seiten
...ornaments of gold, which they readily exchanged for the merest trifle of European manufacture. 140 141 These poor, simple people little thought that...little, that, in so large a country, they have rather L superfluity than scarceness ; so -that they seem to live in a golden world, without toil, in open... | |
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