Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1833 - 444 pàgines |
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... carried him from Venice to London , he had attained some knowledge of the sphere ; and when about this period the great discovery of Colum- bus began to be talked of in England as a thing almost more divine than human , the effect of it ...
... carried him from Venice to London , he had attained some knowledge of the sphere ; and when about this period the great discovery of Colum- bus began to be talked of in England as a thing almost more divine than human , the effect of it ...
Pàgina 26
... carried along with them when he was little more than an infant . He fitted out two ships in England at his own charges , and first with three hundred men directed his course so far towards the North Pole , that even in the month of July ...
... carried along with them when he was little more than an infant . He fitted out two ships in England at his own charges , and first with three hundred men directed his course so far towards the North Pole , that even in the month of July ...
Pàgina 37
... carrying into captivity these unfortunate natives ; and it is diffi- cult to repress our indignation at the heartless and calculating spirit with which the Portuguese monarch entered into the adventure , contemplating the rich supplies ...
... carrying into captivity these unfortunate natives ; and it is diffi- cult to repress our indignation at the heartless and calculating spirit with which the Portuguese monarch entered into the adventure , contemplating the rich supplies ...
Pàgina 45
... carried him to a little distance from the sea , where it was some time be- fore he recovered his recollection ; and great was his terror when he found himself entirely in their power . Stretching his hands towards the ship , he uttered ...
... carried him to a little distance from the sea , where it was some time be- fore he recovered his recollection ; and great was his terror when he found himself entirely in their power . Stretching his hands towards the ship , he uttered ...
Pàgina 47
... carrying with them a little boy , who could make no resistance . The people of this country possessed fairer complexions than those whom they had just left , and were clad with large leaves sewed together with threads of wild hemp ...
... carrying with them a little boy , who could make no resistance . The people of this country possessed fairer complexions than those whom they had just left , and were clad with large leaves sewed together with threads of wild hemp ...
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Pàgina 290 - The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
Pàgina 203 - I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial - 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.
Pàgina 246 - Each of us thought the other weaker in intellect than himself, and more in need of advice and assistance.
Pàgina 148 - ... do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country without...
Pàgina 163 - ... so cruelly wounded. On this request being made, one of the Indians hastily drew his spear from the place where it was first lodged, and pierced it through her breast near the heart. The love of life, however, even in this most miserable state, was so predominant, that though this might...
Pàgina 355 - By his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension in the air he knows him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour,...
Pàgina 391 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Pàgina 355 - Tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of Ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful Cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous Crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
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Pàgina 148 - Women were made for labour; one of them can carry or haul as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night ; and in fact there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance...