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 34
... passed under his belly , and were prevented from chafing him by tanned ox hides . This equipage was neither comfortable nor elegant ; but as I had not learned how to manage an elephant , and ride between his ears , there was no ...
... passed under his belly , and were prevented from chafing him by tanned ox hides . This equipage was neither comfortable nor elegant ; but as I had not learned how to manage an elephant , and ride between his ears , there was no ...
Side 36
... passed through several wide streets , running in a straight direction , and often crossed by others at right angles . We perceived only two brick houses , and these we were informed belonged to foreigners . Contiguous to the fort was a ...
... passed through several wide streets , running in a straight direction , and often crossed by others at right angles . We perceived only two brick houses , and these we were informed belonged to foreigners . Contiguous to the fort was a ...
Side 47
... passed the night in conversation ; the account he gave of his treatment by the municipal government of Rangoon during my absence , and of the conduct of the Birmans in general towards his crew , was perfectly satisfactory . He had ...
... passed the night in conversation ; the account he gave of his treatment by the municipal government of Rangoon during my absence , and of the conduct of the Birmans in general towards his crew , was perfectly satisfactory . He had ...
Side 58
... passed in Bombay for a sect of Mahometans , governed by a magistrate called the cazy of Israel ; they willingly eat and converse with the mussulmans . A number of them are embodied among the marine sepoys , but most of them are low ...
... passed in Bombay for a sect of Mahometans , governed by a magistrate called the cazy of Israel ; they willingly eat and converse with the mussulmans . A number of them are embodied among the marine sepoys , but most of them are low ...
Side 70
... passed away ; but as the piety and superstition of the deo's neighbours has enriched the family by grants of lands , and town and villages , the holy Bramins have decreed , that the god is still incarnate in the family of Maraba ; and ...
... passed away ; but as the piety and superstition of the deo's neighbours has enriched the family by grants of lands , and town and villages , the holy Bramins have decreed , that the god is still incarnate in the family of Maraba ; and ...
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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.