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... nearly five months , from June to November , the sky is covered with a kind of fog , which is called the garua . In the morning it is so thick and close to the ground that ob- jects at a moderate distance cannot be seen . About ten or ...
... nearly five months , from June to November , the sky is covered with a kind of fog , which is called the garua . In the morning it is so thick and close to the ground that ob- jects at a moderate distance cannot be seen . About ten or ...
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... nearly unnavigable for about 30 miles . North of 6 ° 20 ′ S. lat . the Huallaga flows through a level marshy plain to its junction with the Marañon , and is navigable for vessels of considerable size . The Ucayali brings to the Amazonas ...
... nearly unnavigable for about 30 miles . North of 6 ° 20 ′ S. lat . the Huallaga flows through a level marshy plain to its junction with the Marañon , and is navigable for vessels of considerable size . The Ucayali brings to the Amazonas ...
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... nearly equal in civiliza- tion to the Peruvians . The Shanamachos live on the eastern banks of the Huallaga , and on the western are the Cholones , Sharras , and Ibitas . They all seem to belong to one nation , as they speak one ...
... nearly equal in civiliza- tion to the Peruvians . The Shanamachos live on the eastern banks of the Huallaga , and on the western are the Cholones , Sharras , and Ibitas . They all seem to belong to one nation , as they speak one ...
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... nearly like steel . With instruments made of this material the Peruvians cut the enormous masses of which their buildings are composed . Some of the buildings near Cuzco contain stones 40 feet long , 20 feet wide , and nearly 7 feet ...
... nearly like steel . With instruments made of this material the Peruvians cut the enormous masses of which their buildings are composed . Some of the buildings near Cuzco contain stones 40 feet long , 20 feet wide , and nearly 7 feet ...
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... nearly all their property . On his father's death , Baldassare , who had enjoyed opportunities of access to many artists and their works , determined to apply himself to painting , which he did with so much assiduity , both from his ...
... nearly all their property . On his father's death , Baldassare , who had enjoyed opportunities of access to many artists and their works , determined to apply himself to painting , which he did with so much assiduity , both from his ...
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Page 193 - It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Page 194 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Page 266 - ... and black pieces of burning rock : they were likewise in danger, not only of being aground by the sudden retreat of the sea, but also from the vast fragments which rolled down from the mountain, and obstructed all the shore. Here he stopped to consider whether he should return back again ; to which the pilot advising him, ' Fortune,' said he, ' befriends the brave ; carry me to Pomponianus.
Page 192 - Sir, the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number, who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Page 193 - Pardon me, gentlemen [bowing to the ministry], confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. Youth is the season of credulity. By comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an overruling influence.
Page 266 - ... presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate his observations upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene.
Page 266 - The court which led to his apartment being now almost filled with stones and ashes, if he had continued there any time longer it would have been impossible for him to have made his way out, it was thought proper therefore to awaken him.
Page 193 - Nothing but an intractable temper in your friend Pitt can prevent a most admirable and lasting system from being put together, and this crisis will show whether pride* or patriotism be predominant in his character ; for you may be assured, he has it now in his power to come into the service of his country upon any plan of politics he may choose to dictate, with great and honourable terms to himself and...
Page 151 - Thoughts on the Origin and Descent of the Gael ; with an Account of the Picts, Caledonians, and Scots ; and Observations relative to the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian.
Page 91 - Copenhagen, and is as fine a winter-piece as we have ever had from any of the schools of the most learned painters. Such images as these give us a new pleasure in our sight, and fix upon our minds traces of reflection, which accompany us whenever the like objects occur.