The English explorers, comprising details of the more famous travels by Mandeville, Bruce, Park and Livingstone, with chapter on Arctic explorations |
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... kind , there is an aptness to overlook the homely , sincere , and earnest elements which go to make up such a character . Something more wonderful is half expected than this simple manly greatness . An out- line X INTRODUCTION .
... kind , there is an aptness to overlook the homely , sincere , and earnest elements which go to make up such a character . Something more wonderful is half expected than this simple manly greatness . An out- line X INTRODUCTION .
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... kind of sweating , which is neither like oil nor balm , but is very sweet of smell ; and of that they give a little to the pilgrims , for there issues but a small quantity of the liquor . They next show the head of St. Catherine , and ...
... kind of sweating , which is neither like oil nor balm , but is very sweet of smell ; and of that they give a little to the pilgrims , for there issues but a small quantity of the liquor . They next show the head of St. Catherine , and ...
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... kind , both above and beneath , without work of man's hand ; and they grow together , male and female , and are nour- ished by the dew of heaven ; and they engender commonly and bring forth small children , that multiply and grow all ...
... kind , both above and beneath , without work of man's hand ; and they grow together , male and female , and are nour- ished by the dew of heaven ; and they engender commonly and bring forth small children , that multiply and grow all ...
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... kind of sickness that he has ; and they that dwell there , and drink often of that well , never have sickness , but appear always young . I have drunk thereof three or four times , and me- thinks I still fare the better . Some men call ...
... kind of sickness that he has ; and they that dwell there , and drink often of that well , never have sickness , but appear always young . I have drunk thereof three or four times , and me- thinks I still fare the better . Some men call ...
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... kind , for they breed great dogs , and teach them to strangle their friends when they are sick , for they will not let them die of natural death ; for they say that they should suffer great pain if they abide to die by themselves , as ...
... kind , for they breed great dogs , and teach them to strangle their friends when they are sick , for they will not let them die of natural death ; for they say that they should suffer great pain if they abide to die by themselves , as ...
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Abyssinia Africa afterwards appeared Arabs arrived Aylo Ayto baggage Bambarra beasts Begemder brought Cairo called camels carried Chaldea Christians church cloth coast coffle corn Damel desert dooty drink east Egypt Fasil favour feet Foulahs friends Gambia gold Gondar Gusho hand head heard hill horse hyæna inhabitants isle Jidda journey Kaarta kafirs Kamalia Karfa king king's kingdom lake land leave Lord Mahomet Mandingo manner Manyema Masuah ment Metical miles Moors morning mountains natives Naybe negroes never Niger night Nile o'clock Ozoro Ozoro Esther passed plain present priest Ras Michael reached river round sailed saphies seemed seen Sego Sennaar sent servants Shekh side sitting slaves soon stone strangers tain tent thought Tigré tion told took town travellers trees village wards women woods Yasine
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 286 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
Seite 507 - Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed.
Seite 229 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Seite 229 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Seite 62 - Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Seite 538 - I could learn, is never found in any matrix or vein, but always in small grains, nearly in a pure state, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea; scattered through a large body of sand or clay; and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo mttnko, "gold powder...
Seite 229 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Seite 482 - He therefore advised me to lodge at a distant village, to which he pointed, for the night ; and raid, that in the morning he would give me further instructions how to conduct myself. This was very discouraging. However, as there was no remedy, I set off for the village, where I found, to my great mortification, that no person would admit me into his house.
Seite xiv - ' solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every " ' one, American, English, or Turk, who will help to heal this "
Seite 21 - I will not forsake my little company going homeward, with whom I have passed so many storms and perils.