A Geographical View of the World: Embracing the Manners, Customs, and Pursuits, of Every NationE. Hopkins and W. Reed, 1826 - 452 sidor |
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... Chinese empire , Tartary , Persia and Turkey on the south . It lies between 39 ° 30 ′ and 76 ° Ñ . lat . and between 18o and 192 " E. lon . The area is estimated at 7,595,000 square miles , being one ninth part of the surface of the ...
... Chinese empire , Tartary , Persia and Turkey on the south . It lies between 39 ° 30 ′ and 76 ° Ñ . lat . and between 18o and 192 " E. lon . The area is estimated at 7,595,000 square miles , being one ninth part of the surface of the ...
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... China ; cabarets from Spain ; dungeons , prisons and public offices from France ; architec- tural ruins from Rome ; terraces and ... Chinese and European goods are exposed to sale . Fish of all kinds are in great abundance here . In the ...
... China ; cabarets from Spain ; dungeons , prisons and public offices from France ; architec- tural ruins from Rome ; terraces and ... Chinese and European goods are exposed to sale . Fish of all kinds are in great abundance here . In the ...
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... Chinese sweetmeats , and a dry conserve of apples cut into slices . The mistress of the house , a young and charming woman , now made her appearance , and with her the ladies and daughters of the guests . Tea , French brandy , and punch ...
... Chinese sweetmeats , and a dry conserve of apples cut into slices . The mistress of the house , a young and charming woman , now made her appearance , and with her the ladies and daughters of the guests . Tea , French brandy , and punch ...
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... Chinese awnings hung with small bells , and in chimneys with weather - cocks capped in the same taste . A Dutchman always wishes to know which way the wind blows ; for he is often either a miller , sailor , waterman , or merchant . The ...
... Chinese awnings hung with small bells , and in chimneys with weather - cocks capped in the same taste . A Dutchman always wishes to know which way the wind blows ; for he is often either a miller , sailor , waterman , or merchant . The ...
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... Chinese fortifications , give it an eastern air ; which forms a contrast with that of every other capital in Europe . I also recollect to have heard Venice compared to an inundated city , a resemblance still more increased by the ...
... Chinese fortifications , give it an eastern air ; which forms a contrast with that of every other capital in Europe . I also recollect to have heard Venice compared to an inundated city , a resemblance still more increased by the ...
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Sida 4 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Sida 4 - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Sida 201 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Sida 171 - Hence the English, of any people in the universe, have the least of a national character, unless this very singularity may pass for such.
Sida 205 - AND it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Sida 312 - Europeans so frequently confounded ; the latter have been stationary at least as long as we have known them, while the slightest impulse seems sufficient to give a determination to the Japanese character, which would progressively improve until it attained the same height of civilization with the European.
Sida 321 - Antshar is one of the largest trees in the forests of Java. The stem is cylindrical, perpendicular, and rises completely naked to the height of sixty, seventy or eighty feet. Near the surface of the ground it spreads obliquely...
Sida 353 - Banderilla, the nutritive fruit of the banana tree comes no longer to maturity. In this foggy and cold region, therefore, want spurs on the Indian to labour and excites his industry. At the height of San Miguel pines begin to mingle with the oaks, which...
Sida 206 - Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left.
Sida 348 - Of these, what may be considered as the Darcotas are the Mindawarcarton, or Minowakanton, known to the French by the name of the Gens du Lac, or People of the Lake.