Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 pagini |
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Pagina 11
... beautiful scarlet or flame colour when at maturity , but dark ash - coloured at first , changing after- wards to the purest white , and ultimately to red . Above the mud - flat waved the low dark green mangrove bush , useful in the ...
... beautiful scarlet or flame colour when at maturity , but dark ash - coloured at first , changing after- wards to the purest white , and ultimately to red . Above the mud - flat waved the low dark green mangrove bush , useful in the ...
Pagina 30
... beautiful eyes watching us in terror , or most likely curiosity , and then it started away into the bush . if " You may cut all here , as your means increase , you please ; " said Gerilleau . But he did not tell me , what I afterwards ...
... beautiful eyes watching us in terror , or most likely curiosity , and then it started away into the bush . if " You may cut all here , as your means increase , you please ; " said Gerilleau . But he did not tell me , what I afterwards ...
Pagina 44
... beautiful black - green glossy plumage , with bright yellow- and - black - crest . But it appears that hunters here are not willing to throw away a load of powder and shot on such game . Arrived at the rancheria , we slung our ham ...
... beautiful black - green glossy plumage , with bright yellow- and - black - crest . But it appears that hunters here are not willing to throw away a load of powder and shot on such game . Arrived at the rancheria , we slung our ham ...
Pagina 71
... beautiful Spanish language , of the days of Republican warfare against Spanish sovereignty ; of fresh European soldiers , lost in the woods , dying from starvation or from the freezing chills of the dreaded Para- mos , the calenturas of ...
... beautiful Spanish language , of the days of Republican warfare against Spanish sovereignty ; of fresh European soldiers , lost in the woods , dying from starvation or from the freezing chills of the dreaded Para- mos , the calenturas of ...
Pagina 80
... beautiful stream . On the other 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 ...
... beautiful stream . On the other 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 ...
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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$. A Special Edition for Schools. Price is. The Childhood of Religions. Including a Simple Account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends.
Pagina 4 - Service and their rdle in War, of its Mode of Fighting, &c., &c. Translated from the Corrected Edition, by permission of the Author, by Colonel Edward Newdigate. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price 5$.