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Side 75
It is admitted that in some instances the original phrase might be translated “
heart ; " and on this ground , their mode of speaking would approach more nearly
to our own idiom , as , when we say , the thoughts , or the desires , or the ...
It is admitted that in some instances the original phrase might be translated “
heart ; " and on this ground , their mode of speaking would approach more nearly
to our own idiom , as , when we say , the thoughts , or the desires , or the ...
Side 234
On the 19th December 1831 , a storm of the most frightful nature , which swept
over Rarotonga , destroyed in a few hours every chapel and school - house ,
nearly all the native dwellings , and the greatest part of the most valuable trees in
the ...
On the 19th December 1831 , a storm of the most frightful nature , which swept
over Rarotonga , destroyed in a few hours every chapel and school - house ,
nearly all the native dwellings , and the greatest part of the most valuable trees in
the ...
Side 354
In the more open land , or what might be properly called the farm , there were
nearly fifty acres sown with wheat , barley , oats , maize , and lucerne . Justly is it
remarked by Mr Yate , that a prospect more pleasing could not meet the eye of a
...
In the more open land , or what might be properly called the farm , there were
nearly fifty acres sown with wheat , barley , oats , maize , and lucerne . Justly is it
remarked by Mr Yate , that a prospect more pleasing could not meet the eye of a
...
Side 379
... separated by three thousand years , and the distance of nearly half the
circumference of the earth , the posterity of Jacob displayed in their idolatrous
worship an affinity to the ignorant hordes who now occupy the islands of the
Pacific .
... separated by three thousand years , and the distance of nearly half the
circumference of the earth , the posterity of Jacob displayed in their idolatrous
worship an affinity to the ignorant hordes who now occupy the islands of the
Pacific .
Side 424
The voyage lasts generally about three years , nearly the whole of which the
sailors are afloat , exposed to all climates and to every vicissitude of weather ; the
tempests of Cape Horn , the squalls of the tropics , the hurricanes of California ,
and ...
The voyage lasts generally about three years , nearly the whole of which the
sailors are afloat , exposed to all climates and to every vicissitude of weather ; the
tempests of Cape Horn , the squalls of the tropics , the hurricanes of California ,
and ...
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| Titel | Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand Bind 33 af Edinburgh cabinet library |
| Forfatter | Michael Russell |
| Udgave | 5 |
| Udgiver | Oliver & Boyd, 1842 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Harvard University |
| Digitaliseret | 14. mar 2008 |
| Længde | 440 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |