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, 10권J. Walker, 1804 |
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... fire , smokes a few pipes of tobacco , and then retires to rest , as calm as if in the midst of plenty . This , however , does not proceed from insensibility ; for if he happen to have a family , and that family be reduced to extremity ...
... fire , smokes a few pipes of tobacco , and then retires to rest , as calm as if in the midst of plenty . This , however , does not proceed from insensibility ; for if he happen to have a family , and that family be reduced to extremity ...
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... fire , they will lie down upon the first Indian whom they approach . The Indians rely much upon physiognomy , and perhaps there are no men in the world who are better judges of it ; for they study only pure nature and have none of that ...
... fire , they will lie down upon the first Indian whom they approach . The Indians rely much upon physiognomy , and perhaps there are no men in the world who are better judges of it ; for they study only pure nature and have none of that ...
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... fire light , and having ranged themselves in a line with their arms hanging down , they sing and make some steps in cadence backwards and forwards . After they have danced some time , the fire is put out , and an Indian begins to dance ...
... fire light , and having ranged themselves in a line with their arms hanging down , they sing and make some steps in cadence backwards and forwards . After they have danced some time , the fire is put out , and an Indian begins to dance ...
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... fire , when its crackling and shrinking up are regarded as infallible tokens that the spirit of the animal is appeased . In hunting buffaloes various methods are adopt- ed by the Indians ; but the greatest number of these animals are ...
... fire , when its crackling and shrinking up are regarded as infallible tokens that the spirit of the animal is appeased . In hunting buffaloes various methods are adopt- ed by the Indians ; but the greatest number of these animals are ...
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... those that are drowned , or frozen to death . The preliminaries of tears , mournful dirges , & c . being ended , they carry the corpse to the place of interment , where they dig a large pit , and make a fire in it : then 12 NORTH AMERICA .
... those that are drowned , or frozen to death . The preliminaries of tears , mournful dirges , & c . being ended , they carry the corpse to the place of interment , where they dig a large pit , and make a fire in it : then 12 NORTH AMERICA .
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119 페이지 - 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.
94 페이지 - Whoever sits down, will sleep; and whoever sleeps, will wake no more." Every one seemed accordingly armed with resolution ; but on a sudden the cold became so intense, as to threaten the most direful effects. It was remarkable, that Dr.
52 페이지 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
119 페이지 - Lest total Darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life In nature and all things ; which these soft fires Not only...
39 페이지 - These dances are without any method or regularity: a Gentleman and Lady stand up, and dance about the room, one of them retiring, the other pursuing, then perhaps meeting, in an irregular fantastical manner. After some time, another Lady gets up, and then the first Lady must sit down, she being, as they term it, cut out: the second Lady acts the same part which the first did, till somebody cuts her out. The Gentlemen perform in the same manner, [footnote:] The author has since had an opportunity...
53 페이지 - Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
119 페이지 - 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...
90 페이지 - ... the margins undulated, each undulation enlarged to the bottom till they join the opposite. On the surface, the margin or first undulation is distant from the opposite from 4 to 6 feet, and the same depth before they coalesce; but where the angles of the aureolce oppose, the chasms or ramifications are wider and deeper.
119 페이지 - 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...
79 페이지 - 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...