A Natural History of Nevis, and the Rest of the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America. With Many Other Observations on Nature and Art; Particularly, an Introduction to the Art of Decyphering. In Eleven Letters from the Revd Mr. Smith, ...J. Bentham, sold by W. Thurlbourn; S. Birt, C. Bathurst, and J. Beecroft, London, 1745 - 318 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 12
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... taste of Humanity and Ho- nour . Worthy Gentlemen ! That the Rain and the Dew , with other choice tempo- ral as well as fpiritual Bleffings of Hea- ven , may abundantly descend upon the English Leeward Charribee Islands , is the hearty ...
... taste of Humanity and Ho- nour . Worthy Gentlemen ! That the Rain and the Dew , with other choice tempo- ral as well as fpiritual Bleffings of Hea- ven , may abundantly descend upon the English Leeward Charribee Islands , is the hearty ...
עמוד 2
... Taste resembles our English ones , but they are delicious at full of the Moon , increafing and decreafing in bulk as well as goodness , just as that Heavenly Body feems to increase or decreafe to our fight : You have at least a dozen of ...
... Taste resembles our English ones , but they are delicious at full of the Moon , increafing and decreafing in bulk as well as goodness , just as that Heavenly Body feems to increase or decreafe to our fight : You have at least a dozen of ...
עמוד 22
... taste ) I now take the freedom to remind you of , by way of Letter . 1. In the cheerful month of May , which ge- nerally gives new Life and Vigour to the whole Creation ; I fet forward about ten a Clock in the Morning from Charles Town ...
... taste ) I now take the freedom to remind you of , by way of Letter . 1. In the cheerful month of May , which ge- nerally gives new Life and Vigour to the whole Creation ; I fet forward about ten a Clock in the Morning from Charles Town ...
עמוד 30
... taste ; the Fruit has a harfh and very uncommon Flavour , which I never could admire ; when our Weft India young Ladies fancy themselves too much tanned with the fcorching Rays of the Sun , they gently fcrape off the thin outfide Skin ...
... taste ; the Fruit has a harfh and very uncommon Flavour , which I never could admire ; when our Weft India young Ladies fancy themselves too much tanned with the fcorching Rays of the Sun , they gently fcrape off the thin outfide Skin ...
עמוד 31
... taste . I had almost forgot to acquaint you , that we there have plenty of Cabbages , that in my opinion are full as good as English Colly - flowers ; they are not propagated by Seed like our's , but in rainy weather we flip off the ...
... taste . I had almost forgot to acquaint you , that we there have plenty of Cabbages , that in my opinion are full as good as English Colly - flowers ; they are not propagated by Seed like our's , but in rainy weather we flip off the ...
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