A Natural History of Nevis, and the Rest of the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America. With Many Other Observations on Nature and Art; Particularly, an Introduction to the Art of Decyphering. In Eleven Letters from the Revd Mr. Smith, ...J. Bentham, sold by W. Thurlbourn; S. Birt, C. Bathurst, and J. Beecroft, London, 1745 - Počet stran: 318 |
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... scarce ever yet the hap- piness to be touch'd with ! In short , the finest Pencil dare not prefume to paint out in Perfection fo lovely a Landskip , if I may be allowed the term . I do not think I ever faw there , one single Day , which ...
... scarce ever yet the hap- piness to be touch'd with ! In short , the finest Pencil dare not prefume to paint out in Perfection fo lovely a Landskip , if I may be allowed the term . I do not think I ever faw there , one single Day , which ...
Strana 25
... scarce be distinguished from Bay - leaves , though of a much stronger aro- matick fmell : We there at Christmas , ufually adorn our Churches with small Boughs of it , the Fruit being then green upon them , just as your English Churches ...
... scarce be distinguished from Bay - leaves , though of a much stronger aro- matick fmell : We there at Christmas , ufually adorn our Churches with small Boughs of it , the Fruit being then green upon them , just as your English Churches ...
Strana 40
... scarce make a visible impreffion on it . To be rightly understood , I must inform you , That Mount Mifery taking up ( on the Eastern Side ) the whole breadth of the Rim adjoyning to its foot foot , and that this triangular Pyramid doing ...
... scarce make a visible impreffion on it . To be rightly understood , I must inform you , That Mount Mifery taking up ( on the Eastern Side ) the whole breadth of the Rim adjoyning to its foot foot , and that this triangular Pyramid doing ...
Strana 46
... scarce enough in our English Islands , but grew in whole Groves on the Spanish Main land , especially on the Coast of Carraccas , as also upon the Island of Porto Rico . It nearly re- resembles our English dwarf Apple - tree , both in ...
... scarce enough in our English Islands , but grew in whole Groves on the Spanish Main land , especially on the Coast of Carraccas , as also upon the Island of Porto Rico . It nearly re- resembles our English dwarf Apple - tree , both in ...
Strana 47
... scarce , that I believe we had not above a score of them growing at Nevis . 25. But let us proceed on our Journey . We kept on in a very steep defcent down thorough this Wood of Cabbage - trees & c , quite to the bot- tom of the ...
... scarce , that I believe we had not above a score of them growing at Nevis . 25. But let us proceed on our Journey . We kept on in a very steep defcent down thorough this Wood of Cabbage - trees & c , quite to the bot- tom of the ...
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