American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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Page 11
... appear to be so only in a very small degree . " The height , " says he , " to which the tide rises , varies but a few inches during the whole year ; and at no time is it elevated more than a foot or a foot and a half . The sea , however ...
... appear to be so only in a very small degree . " The height , " says he , " to which the tide rises , varies but a few inches during the whole year ; and at no time is it elevated more than a foot or a foot and a half . The sea , however ...
Page 12
... . Graham , to whom , unaccountable as it may appear , the task was assigned of preparing the narrative of a voyage performed in a public hardly be called " similar " to that of Captain 12 [ September , South Sea Islands .
... . Graham , to whom , unaccountable as it may appear , the task was assigned of preparing the narrative of a voyage performed in a public hardly be called " similar " to that of Captain 12 [ September , South Sea Islands .
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... appear extraordinary , that any doubt can exist as to the mere fact , whether a language is , or is not , polysyllabic . But an illustration from our own language will make the matter intelligible . Every one will immediately perceive ...
... appear extraordinary , that any doubt can exist as to the mere fact , whether a language is , or is not , polysyllabic . But an illustration from our own language will make the matter intelligible . Every one will immediately perceive ...
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... appear in the Transac- tions of the Philosophical Society . He has also engaged to prepare grammars of the Huastecan and some other idioms . The Othomi language , then , according to Mr. Najera , is strictly monosyllabic ; and , what ...
... appear in the Transac- tions of the Philosophical Society . He has also engaged to prepare grammars of the Huastecan and some other idioms . The Othomi language , then , according to Mr. Najera , is strictly monosyllabic ; and , what ...
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... appears like a mere speck of earth , a mere lighting place for human beings , out of sight of all other land , and containing three or four hundred miserable , half - famished savages , who have never seen any other country , and have ...
... appears like a mere speck of earth , a mere lighting place for human beings , out of sight of all other land , and containing three or four hundred miserable , half - famished savages , who have never seen any other country , and have ...
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