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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... wood on the shore was sufficiently abundant to supply them with fuel and with the materials for a house . They calmly pre- pared to meet the difficulties of their situation ; and the jour- nal of their sufferings is rendered doubly ...
... wood on the shore was sufficiently abundant to supply them with fuel and with the materials for a house . They calmly pre- pared to meet the difficulties of their situation ; and the jour- nal of their sufferings is rendered doubly ...
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... wood of the wild vine . And 1 From Pliny's Natural History . 1 Now I will speak of another thing that is beyond Babylon . above the Nile , towards the de- sert , between Africa and Egypt ; that is , of the granaries of Joseph that he ...
... wood of the wild vine . And 1 From Pliny's Natural History . 1 Now I will speak of another thing that is beyond Babylon . above the Nile , towards the de- sert , between Africa and Egypt ; that is , of the granaries of Joseph that he ...
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... woods . Bethlehem is a little city , long and narrow , and well walled , and on each side enclosed with good ditches . It was formerly called Ephrata , as Holy Writ says , ' Lo , we heard it at Ephrata . ' And towards the east end of ...
... woods . Bethlehem is a little city , long and narrow , and well walled , and on each side enclosed with good ditches . It was formerly called Ephrata , as Holy Writ says , ' Lo , we heard it at Ephrata . ' And towards the east end of ...
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... wood , and therefore they warm and boil their meat with horse - dung , and cow - dung , and that of other beasts , dried by the sun ; and princes and others eat but once a day , and that but little ; and they are very foul people , and ...
... wood , and therefore they warm and boil their meat with horse - dung , and cow - dung , and that of other beasts , dried by the sun ; and princes and others eat but once a day , and that but little ; and they are very foul people , and ...
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... wood or trees bearing fruit , or others . They lie in tents ; and they burn the dung of beasts for want of wood . This land of Cathay is in Central Asia ; and after , on this side , is Asia the Greater . The kingdom of Cathay borders ...
... wood or trees bearing fruit , or others . They lie in tents ; and they burn the dung of beasts for want of wood . This land of Cathay is in Central Asia ; and after , on this side , is Asia the Greater . The kingdom of Cathay borders ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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.