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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... tion of wine is very great in Sweden , but people seldom drink to excess . Travelling . As there are no stage - coaches , it is necessary for every traveller to be provided with a carriage of his own . It ought to be light , and in ...
... tion of wine is very great in Sweden , but people seldom drink to excess . Travelling . As there are no stage - coaches , it is necessary for every traveller to be provided with a carriage of his own . It ought to be light , and in ...
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... tion . The birth of a child , the appointment to an office , the pur- chase of a house , in short , every fortunate occurrence furnishes an occasion for domestic festivity . At these times the same ease and freedom prevail , that so ...
... tion . The birth of a child , the appointment to an office , the pur- chase of a house , in short , every fortunate occurrence furnishes an occasion for domestic festivity . At these times the same ease and freedom prevail , that so ...
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... tion . In order to render frozen food fit for dressing , it must be first thawed in cold water . Moscow , the Ancient Capital . We arrived , says Dr. Clark , at the season of the year in which this city is most interesting to strangers ...
... tion . In order to render frozen food fit for dressing , it must be first thawed in cold water . Moscow , the Ancient Capital . We arrived , says Dr. Clark , at the season of the year in which this city is most interesting to strangers ...
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... tion . The Inhabitants of Tobolsk , Kurgan , & c . in Siberia . The streets of Tobolsk are paved , or rather planked , with timber . The market - place is very spacious , where , besides provisions and ar- ticles of the first necessity ...
... tion . The Inhabitants of Tobolsk , Kurgan , & c . in Siberia . The streets of Tobolsk are paved , or rather planked , with timber . The market - place is very spacious , where , besides provisions and ar- ticles of the first necessity ...
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... tion , except to rekindle the pipe . In Holland , says Sir John Carr , every traveller naturally becomes amphibious ! the constant contemplation of so much water quickly en- genders all the inclinations of a web - footed animal , and he ...
... tion , except to rekindle the pipe . In Holland , says Sir John Carr , every traveller naturally becomes amphibious ! the constant contemplation of so much water quickly en- genders all the inclinations of a web - footed animal , and he ...
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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.