 Four thousand six hundred villages were scattered over the provinces of Russia and Poland, and their huts were hastily built of rough timber, in a country deficient both in stone and iron. Erected, or rather concealed in the depth of forests, on the banks...  Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind - Page 407by James Cowles Prichard - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 506 pages
...in stone and iron. Erected, or rather concealed, in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasses, we may not perhaps, without...to the land and water, for the escape of the savage inhabitant, an animal less cleanly, less diligent, and less social, than that marvellous quadruptde.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 446 pages
...Erected, or rather concealed in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasse», we may not perhaps, without flattery, compare them...to the land and water for the escape of the savage inhabitant, an animal less cleanly, less diligent, and less social, than that marvellous quadruped.... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - Asia - 1813 - 512 pages
...describing tlie dwellings of their forefathers, " in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasses, we may, not perhaps without...architecture of the beaver ; which they resembled in :i >li>uLle issue, to the land anil water, for the escape of the savage inhabitant, an uuitaal less... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - Europe - 1816 - 600 pages
...describing the dwellings of their forefathers, " in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasses, we may not perhaps, without...to the land and water, for the escape of the savage inhabitant, an animal less cleanly, lesi diligent, and less tocial, than that marvellous quadruped."... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 508 pages
...in stone and iron. Erected, or rather concealed, in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasses, we may not perhaps, without flattery, compare them to the architecture of Hie beaver ; which they resembled in a double issue, to the land and water, for the escape of the savage... | |
 | Edward Daniel Clarke - Europe - 1817 - 610 pages
...morasses, we may not perhaps, •ithout flattery, compare them to the architecture of the beaver; •hieh they resembled in a double issue, to the land and water, for the escape of the savage inhabitant, an animal less cleanly, less diligent, »,nd less social, than that marvellous quadruped."... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pages
...in stone and iron. Erected, or rather concealed, in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasses, we may not perhaps, without...to the land and water, for the escape of the savage inhabitant, an animal less cleanly, less diligent, and less social, than that marvellous quadruped.... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 pages
...in stone and iron. Erected, or rather concealed in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasses, we may not perhaps, without...to the land and water, for the escape of the savage inhabitant, an animal less cleanly, less diligent, and less social, than that marvellous quadruped.... | |
 | 1852 - 454 pages
...in stone and iron. Erected, or rather concealed, in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasses, we may not, perhaps, without...flattery, compare them to the architecture of the beaver. The fertility of the soil, rather than the labour of the natives, supplicd the rustic plenty of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 440 pages
...in stone and iron. Erected, or rather concealed, in the depth of forests, on the banks of rivers, or the edge of morasses, we may not perhaps, without...to the land and water, for the escape of the savage inhabitant, an animal less cleanly, less diligent, and less social, than that marvellous quadruped.... | |
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