A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, Bind 2Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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... land could be perceived even from the top - gallant - mast head . This morning the sea was still more muddy , of a yellowish colour , and com- paratively very shallow . Land was unquestionably near , but still not visible . In the ...
... land could be perceived even from the top - gallant - mast head . This morning the sea was still more muddy , of a yellowish colour , and com- paratively very shallow . Land was unquestionably near , but still not visible . In the ...
Side 4
... land- ing on the morning . of the 21st , the troops were ordered to proceed on shore , with the earliest tide , and the frigates , with the Grenada and the slave ship , were directed to take their stations before the fort , at the ...
... land- ing on the morning . of the 21st , the troops were ordered to proceed on shore , with the earliest tide , and the frigates , with the Grenada and the slave ship , were directed to take their stations before the fort , at the ...
Side 5
... land the troops ; and as no orders were given to advance to the attack of the fort , it was presumed that the answer had not been hostile . ' Between 10 and 11 o'clock the flag of truce again returned , and it was then announced that ...
... land the troops ; and as no orders were given to advance to the attack of the fort , it was presumed that the answer had not been hostile . ' Between 10 and 11 o'clock the flag of truce again returned , and it was then announced that ...
Side 6
... land appeared as one wide flat intersected with dykes and canals --- the roads mere banks of mud and clay , thrown from the ditches at their sides -- and the houses bedaubed and painted in tawdry colours , like Dutch toys , giving the ...
... land appeared as one wide flat intersected with dykes and canals --- the roads mere banks of mud and clay , thrown from the ditches at their sides -- and the houses bedaubed and painted in tawdry colours , like Dutch toys , giving the ...
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... land , and his court . Happy and contented , the slave of " Profit " sees all his wants supplied . Having never been in a state of freedom , he has no desire for it . Not having known liberty , he feels not the privation of it ; nor is ...
... land , and his court . Happy and contented , the slave of " Profit " sees all his wants supplied . Having never been in a state of freedom , he has no desire for it . Not having known liberty , he feels not the privation of it ; nor is ...
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