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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... Greek church . The TUNGUSIANS are free and open , and despise deccit : they are satisfied with the poorest fare , and the want of food for several days does not dishearten them . Their women are the prettiest in Siberia , and the men ...
... Greek church . The TUNGUSIANS are free and open , and despise deccit : they are satisfied with the poorest fare , and the want of food for several days does not dishearten them . Their women are the prettiest in Siberia , and the men ...
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... Greek bishop . The hair of married women is tucked under this cap , which is covered with pearls and gold , or adorned with flowers . The dress of a Cossack girl is elegant ; a silk tunic , with trowsers fastened by a girdle of solid ...
... Greek bishop . The hair of married women is tucked under this cap , which is covered with pearls and gold , or adorned with flowers . The dress of a Cossack girl is elegant ; a silk tunic , with trowsers fastened by a girdle of solid ...
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... Greeks , and enjoy the full exercise of their reli- The proper Hungarians are a people of a peculiar origin , entirely distinct from the other inhabitants of Hungary . See Appendix , p . 13 , P. 74 Economy , & c . of German Gipsies . 7 ...
... Greeks , and enjoy the full exercise of their reli- The proper Hungarians are a people of a peculiar origin , entirely distinct from the other inhabitants of Hungary . See Appendix , p . 13 , P. 74 Economy , & c . of German Gipsies . 7 ...
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... Greeks , embracing all that portion of Turkey which lies south of the parallel of 41 ° 30 ' N. lat . , is a peninsula , jutting out into the Mediter- ranean and separated by the Ionian sea from Italy on the west , and by the Archipelago ...
... Greeks , embracing all that portion of Turkey which lies south of the parallel of 41 ° 30 ' N. lat . , is a peninsula , jutting out into the Mediter- ranean and separated by the Ionian sea from Italy on the west , and by the Archipelago ...
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... Greeks.- Such , at least , as far as inanimate bodies are concerned is the picture presented by the interesting ruins of Herculaneum , Pompeii , and Stabiæ . With regard to the costume of its inhabitants , we have only to view the ...
... Greeks.- Such , at least , as far as inanimate bodies are concerned is the picture presented by the interesting ruins of Herculaneum , Pompeii , and Stabiæ . With regard to the costume of its inhabitants , we have only to view 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.