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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... side of the tablet are also the following inscrip- tions : Tantus amor veri , nihil est quod noscere malim , quam fluvii causas per sæcula tanta latentes ; ' and ' Other sheep I have which are not of this fold : them also I must bring ...
... side of the tablet are also the following inscrip- tions : Tantus amor veri , nihil est quod noscere malim , quam fluvii causas per sæcula tanta latentes ; ' and ' Other sheep I have which are not of this fold : them also I must bring ...
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... side began to melt . The middle of April arrived without any perceptible thaw ; but on the 30th , the tempera- ture of the atmosphere under- went a remarkable change , the thermometer rising to the freez- ing point , or , as in this ...
... side began to melt . The middle of April arrived without any perceptible thaw ; but on the 30th , the tempera- ture of the atmosphere under- went a remarkable change , the thermometer rising to the freez- ing point , or , as in this ...
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... side , exactly as they were placed eleven years before . A quantity of plate marked with the crests or initials of the different offi- cers was also found . A large cairn on Point Vic- tory was discovered by Lieu- tenant Hobson , which ...
... side , exactly as they were placed eleven years before . A quantity of plate marked with the crests or initials of the different offi- cers was also found . A large cairn on Point Vic- tory was discovered by Lieu- tenant Hobson , which ...
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... side of these regions : - ' Before us was the dark sea , with its icebergs resting upon it like pearls . Heavy clouds hung down from above , through which the sun's rays shone straight on the glittering water . Just above the sun was a ...
... side of these regions : - ' Before us was the dark sea , with its icebergs resting upon it like pearls . Heavy clouds hung down from above , through which the sun's rays shone straight on the glittering water . Just above the sun was a ...
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... side . And there are also fig - trees which bear no leaves , but figs grow upon the small branches ; and men call them figs of Pharaoh . Also near Cairo is the field where balm grows ; it comes out on small trees that are no higher than ...
... side . And there are also fig - trees which bear no leaves , but figs grow upon the small branches ; and men call them figs of Pharaoh . Also near Cairo is the field where balm grows ; it comes out on small trees that are no higher than ...
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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
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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.