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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... considerable distance from the town of Chittagong , the seat of provincial government , and residence of the English magistrate . The banks of this river are covered with deep jungles , interspersed with scanty spots of cultivation ...
... considerable distance from the town of Chittagong , the seat of provincial government , and residence of the English magistrate . The banks of this river are covered with deep jungles , interspersed with scanty spots of cultivation ...
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... considerable skill in the management of their vessels , which were of unequal dimensions , from . 28 to 40 oars : we judged the longest to be between 60 and 70 feet , and from 6 to 8 in breadth : in this manner we proceeded until the ...
... considerable skill in the management of their vessels , which were of unequal dimensions , from . 28 to 40 oars : we judged the longest to be between 60 and 70 feet , and from 6 to 8 in breadth : in this manner we proceeded until the ...
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... considerably diminished the effect , but it was chosen from a humane apprehension of injury to the people by the fall of extinguished rockets , which must have rendered the diversion , during the night , extremely dangerous ...
... considerably diminished the effect , but it was chosen from a humane apprehension of injury to the people by the fall of extinguished rockets , which must have rendered the diversion , during the night , extremely dangerous ...
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... considerable height , above which are ornaments in stucco not unlike the leaves of a Corinthian capital , and the whole is crowned by a tee , or umbrella , of open iron - work , from which rises a rod with a gilded pennant . The ...
... considerable height , above which are ornaments in stucco not unlike the leaves of a Corinthian capital , and the whole is crowned by a tee , or umbrella , of open iron - work , from which rises a rod with a gilded pennant . The ...
Side 21
... considerable dexterity ; the thread is well spun , and the texture of the web is close and strong ; it is mostly checquered like the Scotch tartan . They make no more than what suffices their own consumption . ' We had now spent nearly ...
... considerable dexterity ; the thread is well spun , and the texture of the web is close and strong ; it is mostly checquered like the Scotch tartan . They make no more than what suffices their own consumption . ' We had now spent nearly ...
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