 Is there any one so foolish," he asks, " as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their heels upward, and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part of the world in which all things are topsyturvy...  The life and voyages of Christopher COlumbus - Seite 25von Washington Irving - 1882Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 574 Seiten
...there any one so foolish/' he asks, " as to believe that there are Chap. IV.] COUNCIL OF SALAMANCA. I23 antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people...with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails, and snows upward ? The idea of the roundness of the earth," he adds, " was the cause of inventing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 Seiten
...of gross ridicule, unworthy of so grave a theologian.- « Is there any one so foolish,» he asks, « as to believe that there are antipodes with their...there is a part of the world in which all things are topsyturvv; where the trees grow with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails, and snows... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 346 Seiten
...learning. " Is there any one so foolish," asks Lactantius, " as to believe that there arcantipodes with their feet opposite to ours; people who walk...their heads hanging down? That there is a part of the.world in which all things are topsy-turvy; where the trees grow with their branches downward, and... | |
 | Alexander Copland - 1832 - 586 Seiten
...on the authority of Lactantius and St. Augustine. ' Is there any one so foolish,' asks Lactantius, ' as to believe that there are antipodes, with their...opposite to ours ; people who walk with their heels upwards and their heads hanging down ? — That there is a part of the world in which all things are... | |
 | 596 Seiten
...Lactantius, "as to believe that there are antipodes opposite to ours, men who walk with their feet upwards and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part of the world in which all things are topsy turvy ; where the trees grow with their branches downwards, and where it rains, hails, and snows... | |
 | 1833 - 480 Seiten
...antipodes, with their fret opposite to ours ; people who walk with their heels upwards, and their heads down ; that there is a part of the world in which all things are topsy-- turvy ; where the trees grow with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails, and snows... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester, Andrew Foster - 1846 - 488 Seiten
...that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their feet upwards and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part...with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails and snows upward ? The idea of the roundness of the earth,' he adds, ' was the cause of inventing... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester, Andrew Foster - 1846 - 504 Seiten
...strain of gross ridicule, unworthy of so gfave a theologian. ' Is there any one so foolish,' he asks, ' as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their feet upwards and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part of the world in which all things are... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 756 Seiten
...strain of gross ridicule, unworthy of so grave a theologian. " Is there any one so foolish," he asks, " as to believe that there are antipodes with their...with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails and snows upward ? The idea of the roundness of the earth," he adds, " was the cause of inventing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 276 Seiten
...strain of gross ridicule, unworthy of so grave a theologian. " Is there any one so foolish," he asks, " as to believe that there are antipodes with their...with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails and snows upward ? The idea of the roundness of the earth," he adds, " was the cause of inventing... | |
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