Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 360 páginas |
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... savage ; yet they are very sensible to shame , gentle in their manners , and better made in their arms , legs , and * Memoir of Sebastian Cabot , p . 241 . shoulders than can be expressed . Their faces are punc- 26 CORTEREAL .
... savage ; yet they are very sensible to shame , gentle in their manners , and better made in their arms , legs , and * Memoir of Sebastian Cabot , p . 241 . shoulders than can be expressed . Their faces are punc- 26 CORTEREAL .
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... savages fled in great trepidation ; yet they soon after stole back , exhibiting signs of much wonder and curiosity . At last being convinced that they had nothing to fear , they completely recovered their confidence , and not only ...
... savages fled in great trepidation ; yet they soon after stole back , exhibiting signs of much wonder and curiosity . At last being convinced that they had nothing to fear , they completely recovered their confidence , and not only ...
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... savages ran imme- diately to his assistance , and carried him to a little distance from the sea , where it was some time before he recovered his recollection ; and great was his terror when he found himself entirely in their power ...
... savages ran imme- diately to his assistance , and carried him to a little distance from the sea , where it was some time before he recovered his recollection ; and great was his terror when he found himself entirely in their power ...
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... savages , who gazed after him till they saw him safe among his friends . The spot where Verazzano found this amiable people is conjec- tured by Forster to have been somewhere between New- Jersey and Staten Island . From this the ...
... savages , who gazed after him till they saw him safe among his friends . The spot where Verazzano found this amiable people is conjec- tured by Forster to have been somewhere between New- Jersey and Staten Island . From this the ...
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... savage temper , that during the process of exchange they expressed their aversion to the strangers by uncouth gestures of contempt and derision . It seems probable that the country now for the first time visited by Europeans was the ...
... savage temper , that during the process of exchange they expressed their aversion to the strangers by uncouth gestures of contempt and derision . It seems probable that the country now for the first time visited by Europeans was the ...
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Página 211 - The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
Página 211 - And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk...
Página 177 - Had my own life alone been threatened, I would not have purchased it by such a measure ; but I considered myself as intrusted also with the protection of Hepburn's, a man, who, by his humane attentions and devotedness, had so endeared himself to me, that I felt more anxiety for his safety than for my own.
Página 108 - were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night, and, in fact, there is no such thing as traveling .any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country, without their assistance.
Página 179 - Each of us thought the other weaker in intellect than himself, and more in need of advice and assistance.
Página 278 - The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Página 278 - ... settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the...