Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 pagini |
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Pagina 14
... look blown from the fatigue and want of food ; but it is to be seen that they carry heavy flesh and good fat . There is a frank boldness in the Llaneros , or dwellers on the Llanos plains , that one sees sometimes among sailors or ...
... look blown from the fatigue and want of food ; but it is to be seen that they carry heavy flesh and good fat . There is a frank boldness in the Llaneros , or dwellers on the Llanos plains , that one sees sometimes among sailors or ...
Pagina 22
... look at the land Gerilleau had selected for me . Half - a - mile from La Ceiba the river turns with a sharp bend . Towards the western bank which forms the outer angle , there runs a creek into the river , and as the waters of the river ...
... look at the land Gerilleau had selected for me . Half - a - mile from La Ceiba the river turns with a sharp bend . Towards the western bank which forms the outer angle , there runs a creek into the river , and as the waters of the river ...
Pagina 30
... ( Look at a deer ! ) And there , in truth , was a hornless deer ; its 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 ...
... ( Look at a deer ! ) And there , in truth , was a hornless deer ; its 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 ...
Pagina 40
... look after the Indians , and went with me , along with my men , Christobal and Domingo , in a fine large corial that I had lately bought , in quest of bread in the village of Caña Colorado . A cuenta of cassavae bread contains forty ...
... look after the Indians , and went with me , along with my men , Christobal and Domingo , in a fine large corial that I had lately bought , in quest of bread in the village of Caña Colorado . A cuenta of cassavae bread contains forty ...
Pagina 45
... look upon them as not present . 66 Often , " he replied , and then continued to say , " Sometimes with more than the present company , oftener with less ; mostly alone . " Your experience must be worth the hearing . " " Not at all ...
... look upon them as not present . 66 Often , " he replied , and then continued to say , " Sometimes with more than the present company , oftener with less ; mostly alone . " Your experience must be worth the hearing . " " Not at all ...
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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$. A Special Edition for Schools. Price is. The Childhood of Religions. Including a Simple Account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends.
Pagina 4 - Service and their rdle in War, of its Mode of Fighting, &c., &c. Translated from the Corrected Edition, by permission of the Author, by Colonel Edward Newdigate. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price 5$.