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 4Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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Side 8
... appearance . He had been to Rangoon , and brought down a pilot with him : our cautious visitor offered no farther objections , but took his leave with as little ceremony as he had entered . • About two o'clock a small boat from Rangoon ...
... appearance . He had been to Rangoon , and brought down a pilot with him : our cautious visitor offered no farther objections , but took his leave with as little ceremony as he had entered . • About two o'clock a small boat from Rangoon ...
Side 12
... appearance . The first personages of rank that passed by were three children of the maywoon , astride upon men's shoulders ; the eldest , a boy about eight years of age ; the youngest , a girl not more than five ; the latter only was ...
... appearance . The first personages of rank that passed by were three children of the maywoon , astride upon men's shoulders ; the eldest , a boy about eight years of age ; the youngest , a girl not more than five ; the latter only was ...
Side 15
... , and from two to three feet in circumference ; these were bound by strong ligatures to thick bamboos , 18 or 20 feet in length ; they rose to a great height , and in descending emitted various appearances of AN EMBASSY TO AVA . 15.
... , and from two to three feet in circumference ; these were bound by strong ligatures to thick bamboos , 18 or 20 feet in length ; they rose to a great height , and in descending emitted various appearances of AN EMBASSY TO AVA . 15.
Side 16
... appearances of fire that were very beautiful . The time appointed for the amusement considerably diminished the effect , but it was chosen from a humane apprehension of injury to the people by the fall of extinguished rockets , which ...
... appearances of fire that were very beautiful . The time appointed for the amusement considerably diminished the effect , but it was chosen from a humane apprehension of injury to the people by the fall of extinguished rockets , which ...
Side 19
... appearance at the door , and gave us to understand that she did not mean to join in the sport herself , but made her eldest daughter , a pretty child , in the nurse's arms , pour from a golden cup some rose - water mixed with sandal ...
... appearance at the door , and gave us to understand that she did not mean to join in the sport herself , but made her eldest daughter , a pretty child , in the nurse's arms , pour from a golden cup some rose - water mixed with sandal ...
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