The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Volumen10J. Walker, 1804 |
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... women's dress is nearly similar . All these Indians are much inclined to a lean habit of body , and are , in general , very swift of foot . Charlevoix tells us of one man who ' assured him , that before he had eaten any bread he could ...
... women's dress is nearly similar . All these Indians are much inclined to a lean habit of body , and are , in general , very swift of foot . Charlevoix tells us of one man who ' assured him , that before he had eaten any bread he could ...
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... women wear a tuft of coloured down in their bosoms , and whilst the company are dancing , a young man steps out of the ring from time to time , takes from the posts a little of the down of which the girl he admires has some in her bosom ...
... women wear a tuft of coloured down in their bosoms , and whilst the company are dancing , a young man steps out of the ring from time to time , takes from the posts a little of the down of which the girl he admires has some in her bosom ...
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... women of Cape San Lucas wear their hair long , loose , and spread on their shoulders ; but their head - dress , like that of all the other women of California , consists of a piece of net- work , made with great ingenuity . - The women ...
... women of Cape San Lucas wear their hair long , loose , and spread on their shoulders ; but their head - dress , like that of all the other women of California , consists of a piece of net- work , made with great ingenuity . - The women ...
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... women ; that every night they fall into the western ocean , whence they swim out by the way of the east ; that the other stars are lights made in Heaven by Guyiaguai and his attendants ; and that when they become quenched by the sea ...
... women ; that every night they fall into the western ocean , whence they swim out by the way of the east ; that the other stars are lights made in Heaven by Guyiaguai and his attendants ; and that when they become quenched by the sea ...
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... women increase the horror of the scene by their passionate cries and exclamations . The howling being ended , the patient requests his visitors to suck and blow him , in the same manner as the physician had previously done , This is by ...
... women increase the horror of the scene by their passionate cries and exclamations . The howling being ended , the patient requests his visitors to suck and blow him , in the same manner as the physician had previously done , This is by ...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volumen10 Thomas Smith Vista de fragmentos - 1803 |
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Página 179 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Página 55 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
Página 179 - Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life In nature and all things : which these soft fires Not only...
Página 58 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
Página 179 - These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Página 173 - The instant the animal perceives itself attacked, it throws itself on its back, and with its claws pinches most terribly whatever it happens to fasten on. But the dexterous crab-catcher takes them by the hinder legs, in such a manner that the nippers cannot touch him, and thus he throws them into his bag. Sometimes also they are caught when they take refuge in the bottoms of holes in rocks by...
Página 172 - The most of them, therefore, are obliged to continue in the flat parts of the country till they recover, making holes in the earth, which they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt, so that no air may enter.
Página 48 - This denomination seem to have obtained their name from their baptizing their new converts by plunging. They are also called Tumblers, from the manner in which they perform baptism, which is by putting the person, while kneeling, head first under water, so as to resemble the motion of the body in the action of tumbling.
Página 38 - The climate and external appearance of the country conspire to make them indolent, easy, and good-natured; extremely fond of society, and much given to convivial pleasures. In consequence of this, they seldom show any spirit of enterprise, or expose themselves willingly to fatigue. Their authority over their slaves renders them vain and imperious, and entire strangers to that elegance of sentiment, which is so peculiarly characteristic of ref1ned and polished nations.
Página 85 - In this solitude he continued four years' and four months, during which time only two incidents happened which he thought worth relating, the occurrences of every day being in his circumstances nearly similar. The one was, that...