Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Nide 3Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 474 sivua |
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Sivu 16 - Essays : On Decision of Character ; on a Man's writing Memoirs of Himself; on the epithet Romantic; on the aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion.
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Sivu 15 - Shakspeare and his Times : including the Biography of the Poet ; Criticisms on his Genius and Writings ; a New Chronology of his Plays ; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets, and a History of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of his age. By Nathan Drake, MD
Sivu 18 - MARTIN'S (MONTGOMERY) BRITISH COLONIAL LIBRARY : Forming a popular and authentic Description of all the Colonies of the British Empire, and embracing the History — Physical Geography — Geology — Climate — Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms — Government — Finance — Military Defence— Commerce— Shipping — Monetary System — Religion — Population, White and coloured— Education and the Press — Emigration — Social State, etc., of each Settlement.
Sivu 258 - It is almost useless to observe, that these relations vary with the price of the two articles, of which the variations are often opposite, and that, in calculations which may throw some light on agriculture in the tropical region, I comprehend in the same point of view, interior consumption, exportation lawful and contraband. TOBACCO.— The tobacco of the island of Cuba is celebrated throughout Europe. The custom of smoking, borrowed from the natives of Hayti, was introduced into Europe about the...
Sivu 6 - The author appears to us to have neglected no sources of information, and to have exhausted them, as far as regards the general scope and purpose of the inquiry. The graphical illustrations are such as become a work of this character upon such a subject ; at, of course, a lavish cost.
Sivu 25 - BIBLE: containing Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews ; an Account of the Jewish Sects ; and a brief Statement of the Contents of the several Books of the Old and New Testaments.
Sivu 16 - The Paston Letters are an important testimony to the progressive condition of Society, and come in as a precious link in the chain of moral history of England, which they alone in this period supply.