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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Side 49
... observe , that the Birmans believe in the metempsychosis , and that , after having undergone a certain number of transmigrations , their souls will at last either be received into their Olympus on the mountain Meru , or be sent to ...
... observe , that the Birmans believe in the metempsychosis , and that , after having undergone a certain number of transmigrations , their souls will at last either be received into their Olympus on the mountain Meru , or be sent to ...
Side 83
... observation , and making me start at finding a serpent in my hand when I was sure I received a pebble , the principal exhibitor took up a pinch of white sand VOL . IV . M between his finger and thumb , and scattering it gently A ...
... observation , and making me start at finding a serpent in my hand when I was sure I received a pebble , the principal exhibitor took up a pinch of white sand VOL . IV . M between his finger and thumb , and scattering it gently A ...
Side 92
... observations were written in a series of letters addressed to his son . Having crossed the continent of Europe , he embarked at Trieste for Alexandria . Here he had the misfortune to lose his servant , whom he had sent back to Venice ...
... observations were written in a series of letters addressed to his son . Having crossed the continent of Europe , he embarked at Trieste for Alexandria . Here he had the misfortune to lose his servant , whom he had sent back to Venice ...
Side 98
... observe one , two , three , and sometimes half a dozen or more . They have nothing terrible in them , however , and , were it not extremely disgusting to see men scold , would be very entertaining ; for I will venture to say that a ...
... observe one , two , three , and sometimes half a dozen or more . They have nothing terrible in them , however , and , were it not extremely disgusting to see men scold , would be very entertaining ; for I will venture to say that a ...
Side 101
... observed would be long , dreary , fatiguing , and hazardous ; be procured me from others , and gave me himself , a number of letters , and at parting desired me to comfort myself with the reflection , that when I arrived at my journey's ...
... observed would be long , dreary , fatiguing , and hazardous ; be procured me from others , and gave me himself , a number of letters , and at parting desired me to comfort myself with the reflection , that when I arrived at my journey's ...
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Side 229 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Side 236 - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Side 227 - And Deborah said unto Barak, Up ; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand : is not the Lord gone out before thee?
Side 240 - The atmosphere was remarkably clear and serene; but we saw none of those clouds of smoke which by some writers are said to exhale from the surface of Lake Asphaltites, nor from any neighbouring mountain.
Side 452 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Side 381 - Otaheite are handsome, mild, and cheerful in manners and conversation, possessed of great sensibility, and have sufficient delicacy to make them be admired and beloved. The chiefs were so much attached to our people, that they rather encouraged their stay among them than otherwise, and even made them promises of large possessions. Under these and many other...
Side 347 - ... having been in imminent peril of being killed, had not the Commodore, who perceived what he was about, given express orders to his people to desist from firing.
Side 379 - ... strong gripe by the cord that tied my hands, he with many oaths threatened to kill me immediately if I would not be quiet ; the villains around me had their pieces cocked and bayonets fixed.
Side 228 - A sight of this territory can alone convey any adequate idea of its surprising produce : it is truly the Eden of the East, rejoicing in the abundance of its wealth.
Side 45 - I was informed, however, that this appearance of weakness did not proceed from any bodily infirmity, but from the weight of the regal habiliments in which he was clad ; and if what we were told was true, that he carried on his dress fifteen viss, upwards of fifty pounds avoirdupois of gold, his difficulty of ascent was not surprising.