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... various colours , some of them such as sing in the fields , came flying about the ships , and then continued towards the south - west , and others were heard also flying by in the night . Tunny- fish played about the smooth sea , and a ...
... various colours , some of them such as sing in the fields , came flying about the ships , and then continued towards the south - west , and others were heard also flying by in the night . Tunny- fish played about the smooth sea , and a ...
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... various colours , landing upon the beach , they fled in affright to their woods . Finding , however , that there was no at- tempt to pursue nor molest them , they gradually recovered from their terror , and approached the Spaniards with ...
... various colours , landing upon the beach , they fled in affright to their woods . Finding , however , that there was no at- tempt to pursue nor molest them , they gradually recovered from their terror , and approached the Spaniards with ...
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... various tribes of insects that people every plant , displaying brilliant coats of mail , which sparkle to the eye like precious gems . Such is the splendour of animal and vegetable creation in these tropical climates , where an ardent ...
... various tribes of insects that people every plant , displaying brilliant coats of mail , which sparkle to the eye like precious gems . Such is the splendour of animal and vegetable creation in these tropical climates , where an ardent ...
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... various parts by day , all showed it to be populous . It rose before them in all the splendour of tropical vegetation , one of the most beautiful islands in the world , and doomed to be one of the most unfortunate . ' The first ...
... various parts by day , all showed it to be populous . It rose before them in all the splendour of tropical vegetation , one of the most beautiful islands in the world , and doomed to be one of the most unfortunate . ' The first ...
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... various kinds of live parrots , together with stuffed birds and animals of unknown species , and rare plants , sup- posed to be of precious qualities ; while great care was taken to make a conspicuous display of Indian coronets ...
... various kinds of live parrots , together with stuffed birds and animals of unknown species , and rare plants , sup- posed to be of precious qualities ; while great care was taken to make a conspicuous display of Indian coronets ...
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Side 193 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Side 15 - London's Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 31s. 6d. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening : comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Side 282 - Are we a piece of machinery, which, like the /Eolian harp, passive, takes the impression of the passing accident ; or do these workings argue something within us above the trodden clod ? I own myself partial to such proofs of those awful and important realities : a God that made all things, man's immaterial and immortal nature, and a world of weal or wo beyond death and the grave.
Side 289 - A wish (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Side 9 - The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the waves at a rapid rate, the Pinta keeping the lead, from her superior sailing. The greatest animation prevailed throughout the ships ; not an eye was closed that night. As the evening darkened, Columbus took his station on the top of the castle or cabin on the high poop of his vessel.
Side 178 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarcely be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Side 61 - LANZI'S History of Painting In Italy, from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the i8th Century.
Side 297 - ... their time and country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, but without the least intrusive forwardness ; and when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate to express it firmly, yet at the same time with modesty. I do not remember any part of his conversation distinctly enough to be quoted ; nor did I ever see him again, except in the street, where he did not recognise me, as I could not expect he should. He was much caressed in Edinburgh : but (considering what literary emoluments...
Side 297 - I never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I was told, but did not observe it, that his address to females was extremely deferential, and always with a turn either to the pathetic or humorous, which engaged their attention particularly. I have heard the late Duchess of Gordon remark this. — I do not know anything I can add to these recollections of forty years since...
Side 282 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.