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... Africa , in the Year 1805. By Mungo Park . Together with ' other Documents , official and private , relating to the same Mission . To which is prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park . · 120 VII . Specimens of the Classic Poets , in ...
... Africa , in the Year 1805. By Mungo Park . Together with ' other Documents , official and private , relating to the same Mission . To which is prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park . · 120 VII . Specimens of the Classic Poets , in ...
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... Africa was performed under the authority , and at the expense , of the Association ; who , on his return , allowed him to publish an account of his travels for his own bene- fit ; in the composition and elucidation of which he was ...
... Africa was performed under the authority , and at the expense , of the Association ; who , on his return , allowed him to publish an account of his travels for his own bene- fit ; in the composition and elucidation of which he was ...
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... the impression that will necessarily be made by a sentence of condemnation , sup- * Edinburgh Review . ( posed posed to proceed from so numerous and powerful a body 1815. Park's Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa . 121.
... the impression that will necessarily be made by a sentence of condemnation , sup- * Edinburgh Review . ( posed posed to proceed from so numerous and powerful a body 1815. Park's Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa . 121.
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... ( the slave trade ) would produce on the manners of the natives , I should have no hesitation in observing , that that in the present unenlightened state of their minds , 122 Park's Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa . APR .
... ( the slave trade ) would produce on the manners of the natives , I should have no hesitation in observing , that that in the present unenlightened state of their minds , 122 Park's Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa . APR .
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... Africa , a conscientious conviction , that the particular circumstances to which this traffic owes its origin , and the difficulty of abruptly in- terrupting its progress , have , to a certain degree , lessened the odium of continuing ...
... Africa , a conscientious conviction , that the particular circumstances to which this traffic owes its origin , and the difficulty of abruptly in- terrupting its progress , have , to a certain degree , lessened the odium of continuing ...
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Página 297 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Página 1 - I answer, that whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth.
Página 484 - Courage was cast about her like a dress Of solemn comeliness, A gathered mind and an untroubled face Did give her dangers grace.
Página 522 - Systematic Education, or Elementary Instruction in the various departments of Literature and Science; with practical rules for studying each branch of useful knowledge.
Página 304 - O ! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken...
Página 153 - Poetry is of so subtile a spirit, that, in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate; and, if a new spirit be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum" I confess this argument holds good against a literal translation; but who defends it?
Página 340 - Part the First. Containing an inquiry into the origin and language of the Pelasgi, or ancient inhabitants of Greece; with a description of the Pelasgic or Aeolic digamma as represented in the various inscriptions in which it is still preserved ; and an attempt to determine its genuine Pelasgic pronunciation, Cambridge, Printed by J.
Página 133 - The rain had not commenced three minutes before many of the soldiers were affected with vomiting; others fell asleep, and seemed as if half intoxicated. I felt a strong inclination to sleep during the storm; and as soon as it was over I fell asleep on the wet ground, although I used every exertion to keep myself awake. The soldiers likewise fell asleep on the wet bundles.
Página 130 - ... Scott, have both bid adieu to the things of this world; and the greater part of the soldiers have died on the march during the rainy season; but you may believe me, I am in good health. The rains are completely over, and the healthy season has commenced, so that there is no danger of sickness; and I have still a sufficient force to protect me from any insult in sailing down the river, to the sea. "We have already embarked all our things, and shall sail the moment I have finished this letter.
Página 278 - A Geological Essay on the Imperfect Evidence in Support of a Theory of the Earth, deducible either from its General Structure, or from the Changes produced on its Surface by the Operation of existing Causes.