 Instead of pomp and splendor, vast palaces and magnificent temples, of which he had before heard, he saw little better than the huts of Indians, and a parcel of people with their faces blacker than his own.  Lydia: Or, Filial Piety. A Novel - Side 154af John Shebbeare - 1763Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Benjamin Hezekiah Bissell - 1925 - 262 sider
...'Instead of pomp and splendor, vast palaces and magnificent temples, of which he had before heard, he saw little better than the huts of Indians, and a parcel...of people with their faces blacker than his own.' He is astonished when he learns that they are colliers just come from the mine, and asks if all the... | |
 | Benjamin Hezekiah Bissell - 1925 - 256 sider
...'Instead of pomp and splendor, vast palaces and magnificent temples, of which he had before heard, he saw little better than the huts of Indians, and a parcel...of people with their faces blacker than his own.' He is astonished when he learns that they are colliers just come from the mine, and asks if all the... | |
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