The Quarterly review, Band 57Murray, 1836 |
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... Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic , crossing the Andes in the Northern Provinces of Peru , and descending the River Marañon , or Amazon . By Henry Lister Maw , Lieut . R.N. II . - 1 . Der Fall des Heidenthums . Von Dr. H. G. ...
... Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic , crossing the Andes in the Northern Provinces of Peru , and descending the River Marañon , or Amazon . By Henry Lister Maw , Lieut . R.N. II . - 1 . Der Fall des Heidenthums . Von Dr. H. G. ...
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... Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic , cross- ing the Andes in the Northern Provinces of Peru , and descend- ing the River Marañon , or Amazon . By Henry Lister Maw , Lieut . R.N. 8vo . London . 1829 . IT is at least something to be ...
... Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic , cross- ing the Andes in the Northern Provinces of Peru , and descend- ing the River Marañon , or Amazon . By Henry Lister Maw , Lieut . R.N. 8vo . London . 1829 . IT is at least something to be ...
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The merit of the discovery of a passage from the shores of the Pacific to those of the Atlantic , by means of this grand river , and one of its numerous affluents , belongs undoubtedly to Orel- lana , whose name ought , therefore , to ...
The merit of the discovery of a passage from the shores of the Pacific to those of the Atlantic , by means of this grand river , and one of its numerous affluents , belongs undoubtedly to Orel- lana , whose name ought , therefore , to ...
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... passage round Cape Horn by sixty - seven days , or very nearly double it . Had the party accomplished their object by the Pachitea , by Padre Plaza's estimate , they would have gained only three days . So much for this new road to ...
... passage round Cape Horn by sixty - seven days , or very nearly double it . Had the party accomplished their object by the Pachitea , by Padre Plaza's estimate , they would have gained only three days . So much for this new road to ...
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... passage across the Montaña , that , had I not been a witness to the contrary , I could scarcely have believed it possible for any animal to have carried a human being over it alive ; and I think any other person who had seen the track ...
... passage across the Montaña , that , had I not been a witness to the contrary , I could scarcely have believed it possible for any animal to have carried a human being over it alive ; and I think any other person who had seen the track ...
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Seite 358 - Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread : And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb...
Seite 296 - Scotchman's, who refused to be cured of the itch because it made him unco' thoughtful of his wife and bonny Inverary. " But, now, to be serious : let me ask myself what gives me a wish to see Ireland again. The country is a fine one, perhaps ? no. There are good company in Ireland ? no. The conversation there is generally made up of a smutty toast or a bawdy song ; the vivacity supported by some humble cousin, who had just folly enough to earn his dinner.
Seite 356 - Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime, Pealed their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade ! When all the sister planets have decayed ; When...
Seite 284 - ... my father at the head of his table. He told the story of the ivy-tree, and that was laughed at; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches, and the company laughed at that; but the story of Taffy in the sedan-chair, was sure to set the table in a roar.
Seite 359 - Upon the stage of men. Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again: Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretched in disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe.
Seite 302 - Frugality, and even avarice, in the lower orders of mankind, are true ambition. These afford the only ladder for the poor to rise to preferment. Teach then, my dear sir, to your son, thrift and economy. Let his poor wandering uncle's example be placed before his eyes.
Seite 305 - I hear that Goldsmith, who is a very great sloven, justifies his disregard of cleanliness and decency by quoting my practice; and I am desirous this night to show him a better example.
Seite 156 - The executive power in our government is not the only, perhaps not even the principal object of my solicitude. The tyranny of the legislature is really the danger most to be feared, and will continue to be so for many years to come. The tyranny of the executive power will come in its turn, but at a more distant period.
Seite 319 - Why,' said Burke, did you not exclaim, as you were looking up at those women, what stupid beasts the...
Seite 296 - Before Charles came hither, my thoughts sometimes found refuge from severer studies among my friends in Ireland. I fancied strange revolutions at home; but I find it was the rapidity of my own motion that gave an imaginary one to objects really at rest.