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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... Four Volumes R. P. Forster. and the following brief sketch will evince , that a better selection could scarcely have been made . Having received my commissions , ' says he , from the governor - general , one appointing me agent ...
... Four Volumes R. P. Forster. and the following brief sketch will evince , that a better selection could scarcely have been made . Having received my commissions , ' says he , from the governor - general , one appointing me agent ...
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... four fathoms . At 12 o'clock we entered the Rangoon river ; the land on each side appeared low and swampy , and the banks skirted with high reeds and brushwood . Four miles within the extremes we came abreast of a small village , whence ...
... four fathoms . At 12 o'clock we entered the Rangoon river ; the land on each side appeared low and swampy , and the banks skirted with high reeds and brushwood . Four miles within the extremes we came abreast of a small village , whence ...
Side 18
... Four Volumes R. P. Forster. 7 I of the principal performers were showy and becoming . was told that the best actors were natives of Siam , a nation which , though unable to contend with the Birmans and Peguers in war , have cultivated ...
... Four Volumes R. P. Forster. 7 I of the principal performers were showy and becoming . was told that the best actors were natives of Siam , a nation which , though unable to contend with the Birmans and Peguers in war , have cultivated ...
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... Four Volumes R. P. Forster. extensive and picturesque ; but it is a prospect of nature in her rudest state ; there are few inhabitants , and scarcely any cultivation . ' Not being able to procure any satisfactory information respecting ...
... Four Volumes R. P. Forster. extensive and picturesque ; but it is a prospect of nature in her rudest state ; there are few inhabitants , and scarcely any cultivation . ' Not being able to procure any satisfactory information respecting ...
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... Four Volumes R. P. Forster. when I one evening lent him a gun to shoot wild pigeons . In this , as well as many other particulars , their disposition is strikingly contrasted with the habits of apathy and indolence that characterize the ...
... Four Volumes R. P. Forster. when I one evening lent him a gun to shoot wild pigeons . In this , as well as many other particulars , their disposition is strikingly contrasted with the habits of apathy and indolence that characterize the ...
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