 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 Seiten
...their presence ; a rare honour in this proud and punctilious court. At the request of their majesties, Columbus now gave an account of the most striking...animals ; of rare plants of medicinal and aromatic virtue ; of native gold in dust, in crude masses, or laboured into barbaric ornaments ; and above all,... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 Seiten
...their presence ; a rare honour in this proud and punctilious court. At the request of their majesties, Columbus now gave an account of the most striking...unknown birds and other animals ; of rare plants of medicirlal and, aromatic virtue ; of native gold in dust, in crude masses, or laboured into barbaric... | |
 | 1828 - 640 Seiten
...of the most striking events of his voyage, and a description of the Islands be had discovered. " lie displayed the specimens he had brought of unknown...animals; of rare plants of medicinal and aromatic virtue ; of native gold in dust, in crude masses, or laboured into barbaric ornaments ; and above all,... | |
 | 1828 - 638 Seiten
...gold, in a vast and splendid saloon." Vol. i. pp. 267-268. Columbus was seated in their presence, and gave an account of the most striking events of his voyage, and a description of the Islands he had discovered. " He displayed the specimens he had brought of unknown birds and other animals ;... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1829 - 306 Seiten
...their presence; a rare honour in this proud and punctilious court." "At the request of their majesties, Columbus now gave an account of the most striking...animals; of rare plants of medicinal and aromatic virtue; of native gold in dust, in crude masses, or laboured into barbaric ornaments ; and above all,... | |
 | 1831 - 460 Seiten
...their presence ; a rare honour in this proud and punctilious court. At the request of their majesties, Columbus now gave an account of the most striking...brought of unknown birds, and other animals; of rare plant; of medicinal and aromatic virtues ; of native gold in dust, in crude masses, or laboured into... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...their presence; a rare honor in this proud and punctilious court. At the request of their majesties, Columbus now gave an account of the most striking...animals; of rare plants, of medicinal and aromatic virtue ; of native gold, in dust, in crude masses, or labored into barbaric ornaments; and, above all,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 Seiten
...the admiration and gratitude of a nation, or rather of a world. At the request of their majesties, Columbus now gave an account of the most striking...animals; of rare plants, of medicinal and aromatic virtue; of native gold, in dust, in crude masses, or labored into barbaric ornaments; and, above all,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 Seiten
...presence ; | a rare honour in this proud and punctilious court. | At the request of their majesties, | Columbus now gave an account of the most striking...animals ; | of rare plants, of medicinal and aromatic virtue ; | of native gold, | in dust, | in crude masses, | or laboured into barbaric ornaments ; |... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 296 Seiten
...their presence; a rare honor in this proud and punctilious court. At the request of their majesties, Columbus now gave an account of the most striking...animals} of rare plants, of medicinal and aromatic virtue; of native gold, in dust, in crude masses, or labored into barbaric ornaments; and, above all,... | |
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... into barbaric ornaments; and, above all, the natives of these countries, who were objects of intense and inexhaustible interest; since there is nothing to man so curious as the varieties of his own species. 
