New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... respect to the coasts of a country so little known . Langeness , or Long Point , is easily to be distinguished ; it is a low land , stretching a great way into the sea . I take it to be the only part of the island that has so very ...
... respect to the coasts of a country so little known . Langeness , or Long Point , is easily to be distinguished ; it is a low land , stretching a great way into the sea . I take it to be the only part of the island that has so very ...
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... respect , we supposed that it was their prince who was coming ; in this opinion we were confirmed , by seeing that , after paying their respects to this prince , or great man , they all got up and ranged themselves in a line before him ...
... respect , we supposed that it was their prince who was coming ; in this opinion we were confirmed , by seeing that , after paying their respects to this prince , or great man , they all got up and ranged themselves in a line before him ...
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... respect ; those who dwell in the plains , and those who inhabit the mountains . The latter , in particular , are in ... respecting the existence of a nation of giants ; in favour of which notion they seemed to offer a most convincing ...
... respect ; those who dwell in the plains , and those who inhabit the mountains . The latter , in particular , are in ... respecting the existence of a nation of giants ; in favour of which notion they seemed to offer a most convincing ...
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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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