Observations on the Climate in Different Parts of America: Compared with the Climate in Corresponding Parts of the Other Continent. To which are Added, Remarks on the Different Complexions of the Human Race; with Some Account of the Aborigines of America. Being an Introductory Discourse to The History of North-Carolina ...T. & J. Swords, 1811 - 199 Seiten |
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... suffer greatly by the unfavourable light in which they are commonly placed . America is described by writers of great celebrity , as a world lately risen from the ocean ; as a country , in which the frigid temperature of the atmosphere ...
... suffer greatly by the unfavourable light in which they are commonly placed . America is described by writers of great celebrity , as a world lately risen from the ocean ; as a country , in which the frigid temperature of the atmosphere ...
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... suffer occasionally by drought . Our westerly winds are exceed- ingly dry ; but these winds prevail in summer , and in a short time carry off the moisture , so that frequent showers are necessary to the production of good crops . When ...
... suffer occasionally by drought . Our westerly winds are exceed- ingly dry ; but these winds prevail in summer , and in a short time carry off the moisture , so that frequent showers are necessary to the production of good crops . When ...
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... suffering him to wear for the crest of his arms , a Turkey , the bird that we imported from America . " That very gentleman was the ancestor of Sir George Strickland , Bart . of Yorkshire , who wears a turkey for the crest of his arms ...
... suffering him to wear for the crest of his arms , a Turkey , the bird that we imported from America . " That very gentleman was the ancestor of Sir George Strickland , Bart . of Yorkshire , who wears a turkey for the crest of his arms ...
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... suffer the beast to run away with the man , may be distinguished by their coun- tenance . Monks and nuns , in a short time , acquire the monastic countenance , and may be distinguished from other subjects of the same nation . I have ...
... suffer the beast to run away with the man , may be distinguished by their coun- tenance . Monks and nuns , in a short time , acquire the monastic countenance , and may be distinguished from other subjects of the same nation . I have ...
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... suffering by cold . We formerly had occasion to ob- serve , and the observation is supported by many experiments , that black substances are the best conductors of heat ; or , in other words , any substance that is black will be found ...
... suffering by cold . We formerly had occasion to ob- serve , and the observation is supported by many experiments , that black substances are the best conductors of heat ; or , in other words , any substance that is black will be found ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
alleged America American savage ancestors animals antiquity Apelachian appears arts Asia Atlantic Atlantic Ocean atmosphere beast become body Brahmans cause coast colder colonies colour complexion covered cultivation degenerate degree of cold degree of latitude discovered earth easterly eastward effect Egypt Egyptians Europe evaporation Falkland islands flood fluid formed formerly greater greatly Greenland Gulf stream habits hair heat Hence it follows Herodotus high latitudes Hindoos historians human race hundred Iceland Indians inhabitants islands Jews land lately lati latitude less live migrated Moses mountains nation natives nature navigation nearly Nootka Sound observed ocean old continent opinion Panonia papillæ Persia philosophers present prevail produced quadrupeds rain reason regions river Siberia Sir William Jones skin snow soil South-America supposed surface Tartars temperate temperature thousand tion trade wind tudes tumuli turkey vernal equinox Vinland warm climates warmer westerly winds winter
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 165 - caused it to rain upon the earth. But there went up a " mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the « ground.
Seite 155 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it " was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
Seite 79 - Quoique le sauvage du nouveau monde soit à peu près " de même stature que l'homme de notre monde, cela ne " suffit pas pour qu'il puisse faire une exception au fait " général du rapetissement de la nature vivante dans tout «' ce continent Le sauvage est foible & petit par les
Seite 155 - The wicked is driven away in his " wickedness, but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Seite 19 - He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes; he casteth forth his ice like morsels: who
Seite ii - and Proprietors of such Copies, during the Time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled,
Seite ii - title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, viz.
Seite ii - Independence of the United States of America, Thomas and James Swords, of the said district, hare deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following,
Seite 161 - This, however, had produced no alteration in the climate of Egypt. The fruits of the earth, and the phenomena of the Nile, had always been the same; nor had any extraordinary or fatal diseases occurred.
Seite 148 - God made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters assuaged.