New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... nearly over ; and winter , as it is called , is just commencing ; but this winter , which continues . till October , is quite as fine as our English month of May ; frosts , and fogs , and snow to the knees , are utterly unknown ! The ...
... nearly over ; and winter , as it is called , is just commencing ; but this winter , which continues . till October , is quite as fine as our English month of May ; frosts , and fogs , and snow to the knees , are utterly unknown ! The ...
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... nearly 900 miles in length , by 250 in breadth , the people must be nearly as varied as the surface of the country . Accordingly , we find innumerable tribes but slightly connected , differing in character , manners , and privileges ...
... nearly 900 miles in length , by 250 in breadth , the people must be nearly as varied as the surface of the country . Accordingly , we find innumerable tribes but slightly connected , differing in character , manners , and privileges ...
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... nearly as great . Killing a sheep is an event of almost as much consequence in the island , as Bonaparte annihilating an Austrian or Prussian army in Europe ; and the slaughter of a bullock nearly equal to the subjection of a kingdom ...
... nearly as great . Killing a sheep is an event of almost as much consequence in the island , as Bonaparte annihilating an Austrian or Prussian army in Europe ; and the slaughter of a bullock nearly equal to the subjection of a kingdom ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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