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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... young ; this probably inspired him with an early passion for travel . He was of a family that came into England with the Conqueror . He was a man of learning and substance , had studied Physic and Natural Philosophy . He was a con ...
... young ; this probably inspired him with an early passion for travel . He was of a family that came into England with the Conqueror . He was a man of learning and substance , had studied Physic and Natural Philosophy . He was a con ...
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... young woman in his own position of life . Three sons and two daughters blessed this union . We are granted a glimpse in his Missionary Travels of part of the mental food at least which perhaps in lieu of the much condemned modern novel ...
... young woman in his own position of life . Three sons and two daughters blessed this union . We are granted a glimpse in his Missionary Travels of part of the mental food at least which perhaps in lieu of the much condemned modern novel ...
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... young geese , and swim there out of the water ; but those that fall upon the land burst in sunder and are lost . ' Thus the fable of the barnacles was supposed to be for the first time experimentally refuted . berg , which soon after ...
... young geese , and swim there out of the water ; but those that fall upon the land burst in sunder and are lost . ' Thus the fable of the barnacles was supposed to be for the first time experimentally refuted . berg , which soon after ...
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... young man that knew not of the dra- gon , went out of a ship , and proceeded through the isle un- til he came to the castle and 1 Cos , where Hippocrates was born . entered the cave , and went so far that he found a chamber : and there ...
... young man that knew not of the dra- gon , went out of a ship , and proceeded through the isle un- til he came to the castle and 1 Cos , where Hippocrates was born . entered the cave , and went so far that he found a chamber : and there ...
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... young , are all yellow ; and when they grow older that yellowness turns to black . In Ethiopia is the city of Saba and the land where one of the three kings reigned who came to our Lord in Bethlehem . which was in the time that Ninus ...
... young , are all yellow ; and when they grow older that yellowness turns to black . In Ethiopia is the city of Saba and the land where one of the three kings reigned who came to our Lord in Bethlehem . which was in the time that Ninus ...
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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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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page xiv - ' solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every " ' one, American, English, or Turk, who will help to heal this "
Page 21 - I will not forsake my little company going homeward, with whom I have passed so many storms and perils.