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... fufficient examples for the purpose . " P. 1 . " The Emperor Charles the Fifth was the first that prefixed to his draw- ings a mark or ffamp ; a custom that has been fince followed by many col- lectors , and which is fometimes no in ...
... fufficient examples for the purpose . " P. 1 . " The Emperor Charles the Fifth was the first that prefixed to his draw- ings a mark or ffamp ; a custom that has been fince followed by many col- lectors , and which is fometimes no in ...
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... fufficient to make for one perfon a wrapper , a fhirt , a pair of leggings , or whatever elfe it was in- tended for ; and the portions of the different articles intended for each tribe were thrown together in a heap at the bottom of the ...
... fufficient to make for one perfon a wrapper , a fhirt , a pair of leggings , or whatever elfe it was in- tended for ; and the portions of the different articles intended for each tribe were thrown together in a heap at the bottom of the ...
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... fufficient to make them fly with speed from the threatener . This bent , how- ever , must be chiefly afcribed to the influence of their religion , which inftils into them the greatest abhorrence of bloodthed , from their childhood ...
... fufficient to make them fly with speed from the threatener . This bent , how- ever , must be chiefly afcribed to the influence of their religion , which inftils into them the greatest abhorrence of bloodthed , from their childhood ...
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... fufficient to rend the ear . The tune was a kind of fonata , divided into three parts . Smith requested me to pay my whole attention to the mufic , and to explain to him afterwards the impreffion it made upon me . " But I confefs that ...
... fufficient to rend the ear . The tune was a kind of fonata , divided into three parts . Smith requested me to pay my whole attention to the mufic , and to explain to him afterwards the impreffion it made upon me . " But I confefs that ...
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... fufficient to intereft honest peaceable men , whom ftate policy , and the crimes which it engenders , have not yet corrupted , and who abhor the hedding of blood in any way but for legitimate defence . I do not know the antiquity of ...
... fufficient to intereft honest peaceable men , whom ftate policy , and the crimes which it engenders , have not yet corrupted , and who abhor the hedding of blood in any way but for legitimate defence . I do not know the antiquity of ...
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Page 205 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man; no mother has he, &c.
Page 340 - I'll venture my life She has drunk of the Well of St. Keyne ." "I have left a good woman who never was here...
Page 340 - For from cock-crow he had been travelling, And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the water so cool and clear, For thirsty and hot was he, And he sat down upon the bank Under the willow-tree.
Page 340 - If the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, ,For he shall be master for life.
Page 266 - Pizarro ; a tragedy, in five acts ; as performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane : taken from the German drama of Kotzebue ; and adapted to the English stage by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Page 202 - I found myself stretched upon the sand with the bridle still in my hand, and the sun just sinking behind the trees. I now summoned all my resolution, and determined to make another effort to prolong my existence. And as the evening was somewhat cool, I resolved to travel as far as my limbs would carry me, in hopes of reaching (my only resource) a wateringplace.
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Page 205 - About sunset, however, as I was preparing to pass the night in this manner, and had turned my horse loose that he might graze at liberty, a woman, returning from the labours of the field, stopped to observe me, and perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle and told me to follow her. Having conducted me into her hut, she lighted...
Page 297 - Every one of the divers, and even the moft expert, entertain a great dread cf the (harks, and will not, on any account, defcend until the conjurer has performed his ceremonies. This prejudice is fo deeply rooted in their minds, that the government was obliged to keep two fuch conjurers always in their pay, to remove the fears of their divers.