Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Vydání 1Lea and Blanchard, 1845 - Počet stran: 558 |
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Strana xiii
... shores . It would , therefore , appear proper that a more minute account of its outfit should be given , than could be expected of one despatched by an older nation . This is more particu- larly the case , as a great part of the ...
... shores . It would , therefore , appear proper that a more minute account of its outfit should be given , than could be expected of one despatched by an older nation . This is more particu- larly the case , as a great part of the ...
Strana xv
... shore on liberty , and thus show entire confidence in them . To my great surprise , they returned , to a man , showing that no disposition adverse to the service existed among them , and that the bad feeling was nothing more than what ...
... shore on liberty , and thus show entire confidence in them . To my great surprise , they returned , to a man , showing that no disposition adverse to the service existed among them , and that the bad feeling was nothing more than what ...
Strana xxviii
... shore at the mercy of the natives . Treachery is one of the invariable characteristics of savages and barbarians ; and very many of the fatal disasters which have befallen preceding navigators , have arisen from too great a reliance on ...
... shore at the mercy of the natives . Treachery is one of the invariable characteristics of savages and barbarians ; and very many of the fatal disasters which have befallen preceding navigators , have arisen from too great a reliance on ...
Strana 7
... shores . The first appearance of Madeira did not come up to the idea we had formed of its beauties from the glowing description of travellers . It exhibited nothing to the distant view but a bare and broken rock , of huge dimensions ...
... shores . The first appearance of Madeira did not come up to the idea we had formed of its beauties from the glowing description of travellers . It exhibited nothing to the distant view but a bare and broken rock , of huge dimensions ...
Strana 8
... shore , and gradually extending themselves upwards until the eye rests on the highest and most striking building , that of the convent of Nostra Señora de Monte . Through the western half of the island runs a central ridge , about five ...
... shore , and gradually extending themselves upwards until the eye rests on the highest and most striking building , that of the convent of Nostra Señora de Monte . Through the western half of the island runs a central ridge , about five ...
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