A Year in Brazil: With Notes on the Abolition of Slavery, the Finances of the Empire, Religion, Meteorology, Natural History, EtcK. Paul, Trench, 1886 - 444 pagini |
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Pagina 228
... dull - heavy clouds covered the mountains , the bay was a dirty green , and everything appeared dusky and dark so that I had not the additional sorrow of seeing the lovely scenery in its most attractive light . But why should I linger ...
... dull - heavy clouds covered the mountains , the bay was a dirty green , and everything appeared dusky and dark so that I had not the additional sorrow of seeing the lovely scenery in its most attractive light . But why should I linger ...
Pagina 241
... dull red spot on the eastern horizon , which , as swiftly as the wire in the incandescent electric light , became a dazzling white point ; and then the sun rose so quickly that in about two minutes from his first appearance the whole ...
... dull red spot on the eastern horizon , which , as swiftly as the wire in the incandescent electric light , became a dazzling white point ; and then the sun rose so quickly that in about two minutes from his first appearance the whole ...
Pagina 323
... Dull , drizzle . Sun at intervals . 6 p.m. 65 ° , cool . Much thunder , Very cold morning . Scotch mist . From 10a.m. rather warmer . Strong breeze , occasional sunshine all day . lightning , and rain all night . 62 ° at 5 p.m. Dull ...
... Dull , drizzle . Sun at intervals . 6 p.m. 65 ° , cool . Much thunder , Very cold morning . Scotch mist . From 10a.m. rather warmer . Strong breeze , occasional sunshine all day . lightning , and rain all night . 62 ° at 5 p.m. Dull ...
Pagina 325
... dull afternoon and evening , occasional drizzle . Dull , cloudy morn . II a.m. cloudless , grilling . 4-5 p.m. heavy showers . Fine sunset . Rain 9-11 a.m ; Then cloudy , sultry . 2.30 . Bright moon , halo , 7 p.m. Warm afternoon from ...
... dull afternoon and evening , occasional drizzle . Dull , cloudy morn . II a.m. cloudless , grilling . 4-5 p.m. heavy showers . Fine sunset . Rain 9-11 a.m ; Then cloudy , sultry . 2.30 . Bright moon , halo , 7 p.m. Warm afternoon from ...
Pagina 327
... dull , cool afternoon . Wet , miserable , gusty night , with much rain and wind at intervals . Continuous steady rain , fine to heavy , till 10.30 a.m .; then cloudy , very windy , dull , chilly , with occasional drizzle . Continuous ...
... dull , cool afternoon . Wet , miserable , gusty night , with much rain and wind at intervals . Continuous steady rain , fine to heavy , till 10.30 a.m .; then cloudy , very windy , dull , chilly , with occasional drizzle . Continuous ...
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afternoon Antonio appears arrived August Bahia Barbacena beautiful Botafogo Brazil Brazilian breakfast breezes Brumado cachaça camp Carandahy Ceará church Cloudless day cloudy coffee cold cool Corcovado Dense mist dinner Dom Pedro II drizzle Dull Emancipation Entirely overcast Fabr fazenda feet five forest four garden Geography of Brazil hills horses Hübn hundred reis inches insects island João July June leaving length lightning Linn maize metres midday miles milreis Minas Geraes mist early morning Morro mountains natives night noon Organ Mountains Ouro Preto p.m. heavy Pará Paraopeba passed Pauillac Pedro Pernambuco Petropolis picturesque Pitanguy Portuguese priest province Queluz railway Rio de Janeiro river road round route São Paolo says Senhor Serra showers side slavery slaves species Sub-fam sunset sunshine tatu thermometer to-day told town trees valley walk
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Pagina 13 - MARKHAM, Capt. Albert Hastings, RN— The Great Frozen Sea : A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6.
Pagina 3 - The Principles of Mental Physiology. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions.
Pagina 8 - Sister Dora : a Biography. By MARGARET LONSDALE. True "Words for Brave Men : a Book for Soldiers and Sailors. By the late CHARLES KINGSLEY. An Inland Voyage. By RL STEVENSON. Travels with a Donkey. By RL STEVENSON. HALF-CROWN SERIES — continued. Notes of Travel : being Extracts from the Journals of Count VON MOLTKE.
Pagina 24 - THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES. I. Forms of Water : a Familiar Exposition of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers. By J. Tyndall, LL.D., FRS With 25 Illustrations. Eighth Edition. Crown 8vo, 5^. II. Physics and Politics ; or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "Natural Selection " and " Inheritance
Pagina 16 - Tadema, etched by Leopold Lowenstam. Edgar Allan Poe's Poems. With an Essay on his Poetry by ANDREW LANG, and a Frontispiece by Linley Sambourne. Shakspere's Sonnets. Edited by EDWARD DOWDEN. With a Frontispiece etched by Leopold Lowenstam, after the Death Mask.
Pagina 13 - The Medical Guide for Anglo-Indians. Being a Compendium of Advice to Europeans in India, relating to the Preservation and Regulation of Health. With a Supplement on the Management of Children in India. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. Limp cloth, price 3* . 6d, MALDEN (HE and EE) Princes and Princesses.
Pagina 17 - Genesis. By the Rev. T. WHITELAW, MA With Homilies by the Very Rev. JF MONTGOMERY, DD, Rev. Prof. RA REDFORD, MA, LL.B., Rev. F. HASTINGS, Rev.
Pagina 19 - Memoriam." (Dedicated by Permission to the Poet-Laureate.) Fcap. Svo, 2s. The Education of the Human Race. Translated from the German of GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING.
Pagina 7 - GLOVER, F., MA— Exempla Latina. A First Construing Book, with Short Notes, Lexicon, and an Introduction to the Analysis of Sentences. Second Edition. Fcap.
Pagina 1 - By C. KEGAN PAUL, MA Oxon., and the Rev. ED STONE, MA, late Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and Assistant Master at Eton. Second and revised edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 6s. BAYNES (Rev. Canon RH). At the Communion Time. A Manual for Holy Communion.