| 1842 - 592 sidor
...America were not savages. With an interest perhaps stronger Iban we had ever felt in wandering- amonu: the ruins of Egypt, we followed our guide, who, sometimes...constant and vigorous use of his machete conducted ns through the thick forest, amnn^ half buried fragments, to fourteen monuments of the same character... | |
| 1842 - 574 sidor
...emblematical devices, which he called an altar. The sight of this monument put at rest at once and for ever, in our minds, all uncertainty in regard to the character...guide, who, sometimes missing his way, with a constant use of his machete conducted us through the thick forest, among half-buried fragments, to fourteen... | |
| 1842 - 594 sidor
...not only as the remains of an unknown people, but as works of art — proving, like newlv discovered historical records, that the people who once occupied...machete conducted us through the, thick forest, among half buried fragments, to fourteen monuments of the same character and appearance ; some with more... | |
| 1842 - 1008 sidor
...interesting, not only as the remains of an unknown people, but as works of art, proving like newly -discovered historical records, that the people who once occupied...missing his way, with a constant and vigorous use of his matchete, con ucted us through the thick forest, among half-buried fragments, to fourteen monuments... | |
| 1842 - 630 sidor
...people, but as works of art, proving, like newly-discovered historical records, that the people who pace occupied the Continent of America were not savages....guide, who, sometimes missing his way, with a constant use of his machete conducted us through the thick forest, among half-buried fragments, to fourteen,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 354 sidor
...not only as the remains of an unknown people, but as works of art ; proving, like newly discovered historical records, that the people who once occupied...guide, who, sometimes missing his way, with a constant use of his machete, conducted us through the thick forest, among half buried fragments, to fourteen... | |
| Henry Brown - 1844 - 526 sidor
...art; provintr like newly discovered historical records, that the people who once occupied the Contment of America, were not savages. With an interest, perhaps...among the ruins of Egypt, we followed our guide, who conducted us through the forest, among halfburied fragments, to fourteen monuments, of the same character... | |
| Henry Brown - 1844 - 524 sidor
...the Continent of America, were not savages. With an interest, perhaps stronger than we had ever folt in wandering among the ruins of Egypt, we followed our guide, who conducted us through the forest, among halfburied fragments, to fourteen monuments, of the same character... | |
| 1855 - 878 sidor
...proving, like newly-dis1 covered historical records, that the ' people who once occupied the ccn1 tinent of America were not savages. ' With an interest perhaps...sometimes missing ' his way, with a constant and vigorous 1 use of his machete, ^conducted us ' through the thick forest, among half 1 buried fragments, to fourteen... | |
| Sir Arthur Helps - 1857 - 544 sidor
...different design, unlike any thing we had ever seen before, and the Hides were covered with hieroglyphics With an interest perhaps stronger than we had ever felt in wandering over the ruins of Egypt, we followed our guide, who, sometimes missing his way, with a constant and... | |
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