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 3Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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... appeared magnificently dressed , with a kind of round cap of solid gold upon the crown of her head , all beat very thin , and hung round with sequins ; with a variety of gold chains , soli- taires , and necklaces of the same metal ...
... appeared magnificently dressed , with a kind of round cap of solid gold upon the crown of her head , all beat very thin , and hung round with sequins ; with a variety of gold chains , soli- taires , and necklaces of the same metal ...
Side 8
... considerable swiftness upon us , the wind being very strong at north . Eleven of them ranged alongside of us about the distance of three miles . The great est diameter of the largest appeared to me at that 8 BRUCE'S TRAVELS .
... considerable swiftness upon us , the wind being very strong at north . Eleven of them ranged alongside of us about the distance of three miles . The great est diameter of the largest appeared to me at that 8 BRUCE'S TRAVELS .
Side 9
... appeared to me at that distance as if it would measure 10 feet . They retired from us with a wind at S. E. leaving ... appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves , only they seemed to be more in number , and less in size ...
... appeared to me at that distance as if it would measure 10 feet . They retired from us with a wind at S. E. leaving ... appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves , only they seemed to be more in number , and less in size ...
Side 10
... appearance of pillars of fire . Our people now became desperate : the Greeks shrieked out , and said it was the day of judgment . Ismael pronounced it to be hell , and the Tucorories , ( the name of the people that joined us ) that the ...
... appearance of pillars of fire . Our people now became desperate : the Greeks shrieked out , and said it was the day of judgment . Ismael pronounced it to be hell , and the Tucorories , ( the name of the people that joined us ) that the ...
Side 14
... appeared insuperable , could damp the energy of his mind , or deter him from his grand design of rendering the geography of Africa more familiar to Englishmen , and opening to them . new sources of wealth , and new channels of commerce ...
... appeared insuperable , could damp the energy of his mind , or deter him from his grand design of rendering the geography of Africa more familiar to Englishmen , and opening to them . new sources of wealth , and new channels of commerce ...
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