Hodmadods have: and setting aside their human shape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straight-bodied, and thin, with small, long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and great brows. Their eyelids are always half closed, to... Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia, and Van Dieman's Land ... - עמוד 187מאת William Henry Breton - 1833תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| William Dampier - 1699 - 592 דפים
...human Shape, they differ but little from Brutes. They are tall, ftrait bodied, and thin, with fmall long Limbs. They have great Heads , round Foreheads, and great Brows. Their Eye-lids are always half clofed, to keep the Flies out of their Eyes : they being fb troublelbme here, that no fanning will... | |
| William Dampier - 1703 - 774 דפים
...Humane Shape, they differ but little troiii Brutes. They are tall, ftrait bodied, and thin, with fmall long Limbs. They have great Heads, round Foreheads, and great Brows. Their Eye-lids are always half clofed, to keep the Flies, out of their Eyes ; they being fo troublefome here, that no fanning will... | |
| John Pinkerton - 1812 - 1030 דפים
...human ihape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, ftrait-bodied and thin, with fmall long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and great brows. Their eyelids are always half clofed, to keep the flies out of their eyes : they being fo troublefome here, that no fanning will... | |
| 1829 - 434 דפים
...strait bodied, and thin, with small, long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and g*eat brows. Their eyelids are always half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes ; they being so troublesome here, that no fanning will keep them from coming to one's face ; and without... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 דפים
...houses, and clothes; black, tall, thin, straight bodied, 'with small limbs, great heads, and heavy brows.' Their eyelids are always half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes, which are here so troublesome, that no fanning will drive them away from the face ; and without the... | |
| William Desborough Cooley - 1830 - 386 דפים
...Hottentots, compared with them, are gentlemen. They have no houses, animals, or poultry ; their persona are tall, straight bodied, thin, with long limbs;...from their infancy, they never open their eyes as other people do, and therefore they cannot see far unless they hold x 4 up their heads as if they were... | |
| Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1831 - 476 דפים
...says, " they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straight-bodied and thin, with long small limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and...always half closed to keep the flies out of their eyes, so that they never open their eyes like other people ; and therefore they cannot see far, unless they... | |
| Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 דפים
...are gentlemen. They have no houses, animals, or poultry ; their persons are tall, straight-bodied, thin, with long limbs ; they have great heads, round...from their infancy, they never open their eyes as other people do, and therefore they cannot see far unless they hold up their heads as if they were... | |
| Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1837 - 446 דפים
...467, 468. they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straight-bodied, and thin, with small long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads,...half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes, so that they never open their eyes as other people ; and therefore they cannot see far, unless they... | |
| John Lort Stokes - 1846 - 580 דפים
...unpleasant expression of their countenance, and quite justifies the correctness of Dampier's account : — " Their eyelids are always half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes, they being so troublesome here, that no fanning will keep them from coming to one's face ; and without... | |
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