Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 pagini |
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... bank which forms the outer angle , there runs a creek into the river , and as the waters of the river and the creek meet with considerable force , an eddy is formed which is dangerous to light craft . Gerilleau's plantation was up this ...
... bank which forms the outer angle , there runs a creek into the river , and as the waters of the river and the creek meet with considerable force , an eddy is formed which is dangerous to light craft . Gerilleau's plantation was up this ...
Pagina 64
... bank , search in the sand for the eggs of terraquai ( land and water turtles ) , for which this was the season , and cook our breakfast . But on turning the bend , just where the river ran with force , he at the head of the corial ...
... bank , search in the sand for the eggs of terraquai ( land and water turtles ) , for which this was the season , and cook our breakfast . But on turning the bend , just where the river ran with force , he at the head of the corial ...
Pagina 80
... bank was a hill which had the appearance of a neglected cultivation . We sat down and ate our breakfast , after which the revenue guard stretched himself out and began to sing one of the improvised songs peculiar to his people . Some ...
... bank was a hill which had the appearance of a neglected cultivation . We sat down and ate our breakfast , after which the revenue guard stretched himself out and began to sing one of the improvised songs peculiar to his people . Some ...
Pagina 96
... bank , not knowing the motive or object of the assassin . Although I travelled with three Indians who had all witnessed the act , and one of them , Juan , was particularly intimate with me , yet I heard nothing of the melancholy event ...
... bank , not knowing the motive or object of the assassin . Although I travelled with three Indians who had all witnessed the act , and one of them , Juan , was particularly intimate with me , yet I heard nothing of the melancholy event ...
Pagina 160
... , while thus engaged , I was hailed by Anselmo , who stood on the bank of the river . He was very gracious , and invited me to land and look over his place . An Impudent Slave . 161 " Is this your cornuca CHAPTER XVII ANSELMO THE SLAVE,
... , while thus engaged , I was hailed by Anselmo , who stood on the bank of the river . He was very gracious , and invited me to land and look over his place . An Impudent Slave . 161 " Is this your cornuca CHAPTER XVII ANSELMO THE SLAVE,
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Pagina 125 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Pagina 35 - Our Place among Infinities. A Series of Essays contrasting our little abode in space and time with the Infinities around us. To which are added Essays on "Astrology,
Pagina 20 - HELLWALD (Baron F. von). The Russians in Central Asia. A Critical Examination, down to the present time, of the Geography and History of Central Asia.
Pagina 47 - AN ESSAY ON THE CULTURE OF THE OBSERVING POWERS OF CHILDREN, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by Joseph Payne, FCP, Author of ' Lectures- on the Science and Art of Education,
Pagina 47 - YOUMANS (Eliza A.). An Essay on the Culture of the Observing Powers of Children, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by Joseph Payne, FCP, Author of " Lectures on the Science and Art of Education,
Pagina 25 - On Cephalization ; or, Head-Characters in the Gradation and Progress of Life. Prof. SW JOHNSON, MA On the Nutrition of Plants. Prof. AUSTIN FLINT, Jr. MD The Nervous System and its Relation to the Bodily Functions.
Pagina 34 - William Godwin : His Friends and Contemporaries. With Portraits and Facsimiles of the Handwriting of Godwin and his Wife. 2 vols. Square post 8vo. Cloth, price 28*.
Pagina 18 - Published by Authority, and in accordance with Official Documents. Translated from the German by Colonel G. Graham, VC, CB, RE With 6 large Maps.
Pagina 11 - World : a Simple Account of Man in Early Times. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 3$. A Special Edition for Schools. Price is. The Childhood of Religions. Including a Simple Account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends.
Pagina 4 - Service and their rdle in War, of its Mode of Fighting, &c., &c. Translated from the Corrected Edition, by permission of the Author, by Colonel Edward Newdigate. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price 5$.