A Geographical View of the World,: Embracing the Manners, Customs and Pursuits, of Every Nation; Founded on the Best AuthoritiesRobinson, Pratt & Company 63 Wall Street., 1838 - 452 עמודים |
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עמוד 197 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
עמוד 344 - Mindawarcarton, or Minowakanton, known to the French by the name of the Gens du Lac, or People of the Lake. Their residence is on both sides of the Mississippi near the falls of St. Anthony, and the probable number of their warriors about three hundred.
עמוד 301 - I frequently handled it, to observe the beauty of the spots, and especially the spectacles on the hood, not doubting but that its venomous fangs had been previously extracted. But the next morning my upper...
עמוד 317 - Antshar is one of the largest trees in the forests of Java. The stem is cylindrical, perpendicular, and rises completely naked to the height of sixty, seventy or eighty feet. Near the surface of the ground it spreads obliquely...
עמוד 344 - Almost the whole of that vast tract of country comprised between the Mississippi, the Red river of lake Winnepeg, the Saskaskawan, and the Missouri, is loosely occupied by a great nation whose primitive name is Darcota, but who are called Sioux by the French, Sues by the English. Their original seats were on the Mississippi, but they have gradually spread themselves abroad and become subdivided into numerous tribes. Of these, what may be considered as the Darcotas...
עמוד 18 - At the foot of the mountain was a small bank composed chiefly of white clay and some sulphur, from all parts of which steam issued. Ascending it, we got upon a ridge immediately above a deep hollow, from which a profusion of vapour arose, and heard a confused noise of boiling and splashing, joined to the roaring of steam escaping from narrow crevices in the rock. This hollow, together with the whole side of the mountain opposite, as far up as we could see, was covered with sulphur and clay, chiefly...
עמוד 202 - Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left.
עמוד 235 - In every age the immense plains of Scythia or Tartary have been inhabited by vagrant tribes of hunters and shepherds, whose indolence refuses to cultivate the earth, and whose restless spirit disdains the confinement of a sedentary life.
עמוד 81 - ... perambulation, in and around the Turkish capital. The barbarous extremes of magnificence and wretchedness ; of power and weakness ; of turpitude and magnanimity ; of profligacy and sanctity ; of cruelty and humanity, are all to be seen jumbled together in the most sublime or offensive combinations.
עמוד 267 - But, when we returned, the streets were crowded with men of all nations and languages, in every variety of dress and appearance. The shops were all open. Dried fruits, and nuts, bread, meat, boots, shoes, saddlery, bales of cloth, hardware, ready-made cloaths, and posteens, books, &c.