The Life of Bruce: The African TravellerJ. Murray, 1830 - 535 Seiten |
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... continued . 17. MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS at Briar's Hall ; or , Summer Mornings Improved . 12mo . Price 68. half bound . With Plates . 18. HENRY and EDWARD ; or , Familiar Conversations on the Elements of Science . 2 vols . 18mo . Price 5s ...
... continued . 17. MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS at Briar's Hall ; or , Summer Mornings Improved . 12mo . Price 68. half bound . With Plates . 18. HENRY and EDWARD ; or , Familiar Conversations on the Elements of Science . 2 vols . 18mo . Price 5s ...
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... continued . ) IX . AN EXPLANATION of the TWO SACRAMENTS , and the occasional RITES and CEREMONIES of the CHURCH of ENGLAND , in a series of Dialogues between a Mother and her Daughters ; intended for the use of Young Persons . By a LADY ...
... continued . ) IX . AN EXPLANATION of the TWO SACRAMENTS , and the occasional RITES and CEREMONIES of the CHURCH of ENGLAND , in a series of Dialogues between a Mother and her Daughters ; intended for the use of Young Persons . By a LADY ...
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... continued this course until he came to several large villages , called Metrahenni , all built among date- trees , so as scarcely to be seen from the shore . The people in these villages were of a yellow , sickly colour , with dejected ...
... continued this course until he came to several large villages , called Metrahenni , all built among date- trees , so as scarcely to be seen from the shore . The people in these villages were of a yellow , sickly colour , with dejected ...
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... continued for some days to stem the strong current of the Nile . He passed Regnagie , Zaragara , and a series of pic- turesque villages , which studded the highly culti- vated and verdant country that both on the right and left lay ...
... continued for some days to stem the strong current of the Nile . He passed Regnagie , Zaragara , and a series of pic- turesque villages , which studded the highly culti- vated and verdant country that both on the right and left lay ...
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... very loth to frustrate the attempts of some future traveller , who may add this to the great remains of architecture we have preserved already . ' He therefore continued his course ; Chap . IV . ] 73 SAILS UP THE NILE .
... very loth to frustrate the attempts of some future traveller , who may add this to the great remains of architecture we have preserved already . ' He therefore continued his course ; Chap . IV . ] 73 SAILS UP THE NILE .
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Seite 156 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Seite 140 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Seite 178 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona : because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee : That thou art Peter ; and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Seite 139 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Seite 156 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
Seite 352 - Kings had attempted this discovery at the head of armies, and each expedition was distinguished from ths last only by the difference of the numbers which had perished, and agreed alone in the disappointment which had uniformly and without exception followed them all.
Seite 15 - ... gratification and amusement. It is a book that ought to find its way into every rural drawing-room in the kingdom, and one that may safely be placed in every lady's boudoir, be her rank and station in life what they may."— Quarterly Review. No. LXXVlfi. We think that there are few readers who will not be delighted (we are certain all will be instructed) by the 'Journal of a Naturalist.
Seite 244 - The drivers suddenly tripped up the cow, and gave the poor animal a very rude fall upon the ground, which was but the beginning of her sufferings. One of them sat across her neck, holding down her head by the horns, the other twisted the halter about her...
Seite 466 - NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually...
Seite 355 - It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment, standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry, and inquiry of both ancients and moderns for the course of near three thousand years.