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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... standing by on high Rocks to fee the Paftime.b 4. The Poifon kills millions of the small Fry ; and indeed I can affign no reason why they should not likewise destroy the Shell - fishes who lie at the bottom , and of courfe are lefs ...
... standing by on high Rocks to fee the Paftime.b 4. The Poifon kills millions of the small Fry ; and indeed I can affign no reason why they should not likewise destroy the Shell - fishes who lie at the bottom , and of courfe are lefs ...
Strana 117
... stand up- " right , and many of them would , I dare fay , " be found to be entire , as feveral have in part " been . To make an end of this general descrip- ❝tion , you have all the way , fuch a confufion ❝ of Brick and Tiles , and ...
... stand up- " right , and many of them would , I dare fay , " be found to be entire , as feveral have in part " been . To make an end of this general descrip- ❝tion , you have all the way , fuch a confufion ❝ of Brick and Tiles , and ...
Strana 118
... stand , in refpect to each " other . I faw the Infide of a Rotund , which << << may have been a Temple ; it is crowned with a Dome , it may be about thirty foot in " diameter , but I forbear to fay any thing it " measures , for they ...
... stand , in refpect to each " other . I faw the Infide of a Rotund , which << << may have been a Temple ; it is crowned with a Dome , it may be about thirty foot in " diameter , but I forbear to fay any thing it " measures , for they ...
Strana 137
... stands upon rising , or rather pretty high ground , it makes a lovely show from the Bay of Ingria at the River's Mouth , where Ships ride at anchor , whilft they take in their Loading . I obferved , that they had an odd kind of Veffel ...
... stands upon rising , or rather pretty high ground , it makes a lovely show from the Bay of Ingria at the River's Mouth , where Ships ride at anchor , whilft they take in their Loading . I obferved , that they had an odd kind of Veffel ...
Strana 176
... stand the wea- ther for ages , but even of a very sharp affault from that deftructive Element the Fire : I need not take much pains to prove them Artificial Stone , because every body knows that they are Veffels made of Earth , and fo ...
... stand the wea- ther for ages , but even of a very sharp affault from that deftructive Element the Fire : I need not take much pains to prove them Artificial Stone , because every body knows that they are Veffels made of Earth , and fo ...
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