A History of the Character and Achievements of the So-called Christopher Columbus |
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... become his convictions that some proclamation of the truth should be made , some protest entered against the further propagation of a falsehood under the name of history . If , in his attempt to do this , he should appear too solely to ...
... become his convictions that some proclamation of the truth should be made , some protest entered against the further propagation of a falsehood under the name of history . If , in his attempt to do this , he should appear too solely to ...
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... become a temple for the worship of Baal , which worship was that of the sun , moon , stars , light , heat . Astronomy was long a study in the East ; we have read how , even in an antediluvian period , the sons of Seth had made and ...
... become a temple for the worship of Baal , which worship was that of the sun , moon , stars , light , heat . Astronomy was long a study in the East ; we have read how , even in an antediluvian period , the sons of Seth had made and ...
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... become a den of wild beasts ; flocks fold on the area of the temple , and unclean reptiles and creeping things inhabit the sanctuary of the Most High . " Thus it is with the glorious cities of the past , thus must it also be with those ...
... become a den of wild beasts ; flocks fold on the area of the temple , and unclean reptiles and creeping things inhabit the sanctuary of the Most High . " Thus it is with the glorious cities of the past , thus must it also be with those ...
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... become a standard meas- ure of weight ; the filtered water of the Nile , drawn up from a reservoir in this cool , invariable temperature , would serve the purpose , as does distilled water at the present day ; the standard measure of ...
... become a standard meas- ure of weight ; the filtered water of the Nile , drawn up from a reservoir in this cool , invariable temperature , would serve the purpose , as does distilled water at the present day ; the standard measure of ...
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... become totally ignorant of that art ? These ruins appear , indeed , throughout , of Egyptian , Phoenician , or perhaps Asiatic origin , and show signs of great wealth having been expended upon them . Some of the cities are declared to ...
... become totally ignorant of that art ? These ruins appear , indeed , throughout , of Egyptian , Phoenician , or perhaps Asiatic origin , and show signs of great wealth having been expended upon them . Some of the cities are declared to ...
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Page 28 - Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 60 - Oh that my words were now written ! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page 179 - Pent in this fortress of the North, Think'st thou we will not sally forth, To spoil the spoiler as we may, And from the robber rend the prey ? Ay, by my soul!
Page 61 - Accordingly, when they were some hundred miles asunder, each of them shut himself up in his closet at the time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate.
Page 135 - Vast honour is paid him ; he dresses in silk, and these English run after him like mad people, so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases and a number of our own rogues besides.
Page iv - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 61 - Upon their separating from one another into distant countries, they agreed to withdraw themselves punctually into their closets at a certain hour of the day, and to converse with one another by means of this their invention.
Page 221 - To receive him with suitable pomp and distinction, the sovereigns had ordered their throne to be placed in public, under a rich canopy of brocade of gold, in a vast and splendid saloon. Here the king and queen awaited his arrival, seated in state, with the prince Juan beside them, and attended by the dignitaries of their court, and the principal nobility of Castile...
Page 186 - India, to see the said princes, and the people and lands, and discover the nature and disposition of them all, and the means to be taken for the conversion of them to our holy faith ; and ordered that I should not go by land to the east, by which it is the custom to go, but by a voyage to the west, by which course, unto the present time, we do not know for certain that any one hath passed.
Page 220 - The fame of his discovery had resounded throughout the nation, and as his route lay through several of the finest and most populous provinces of Spain, his journey appeared like the progress of a sovereign. Wherever he passed, the surrounding country poured, forth its inhabitants, who lined the road and thronged the villages.