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... course , under Garcia Jofre de Loyasa , was still more unfortunate than the first . The Straits of Magalhaens were then neglected for so many years , that there was a saying that the passage had clos- ed up . The many unfortunate expedi ...
... course , under Garcia Jofre de Loyasa , was still more unfortunate than the first . The Straits of Magalhaens were then neglected for so many years , that there was a saying that the passage had clos- ed up . The many unfortunate expedi ...
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... course , and given a new impulse to the li- terary world . " When the blind lead the blind it is no marvel that they go astray . Mr. Clarke has chosen Jacob Bryant for his guide in antient history ; he calls him a judicious sceptic ...
... course , and given a new impulse to the li- terary world . " When the blind lead the blind it is no marvel that they go astray . Mr. Clarke has chosen Jacob Bryant for his guide in antient history ; he calls him a judicious sceptic ...
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... course by the sight of a tremendous cape ; which , at the distance of sixty leagues from the former , stretched boldly out towards the west , and formed the coast , they had hitherto passed from Cape Nam , into an extensive bay . With ...
... course by the sight of a tremendous cape ; which , at the distance of sixty leagues from the former , stretched boldly out towards the west , and formed the coast , they had hitherto passed from Cape Nam , into an extensive bay . With ...
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... course of a ship would also be arrested by concealed rocks , and dreadful whirlpools . This idea had originated with the antients , and was supported by a strange appearance in the horizon , that perplexed the minds of our navigators ...
... course of a ship would also be arrested by concealed rocks , and dreadful whirlpools . This idea had originated with the antients , and was supported by a strange appearance in the horizon , that perplexed the minds of our navigators ...
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... course of hostilities , in which the Dutch , though generally victorious , were the greatest losers ; for the incur- sions of the natives into their cultivated possessions on the coast frequently de- stroyed the labours of years , The ...
... course of hostilities , in which the Dutch , though generally victorious , were the greatest losers ; for the incur- sions of the natives into their cultivated possessions on the coast frequently de- stroyed the labours of years , The ...
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Page 541 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 533 - By a Daisy whose leaves spread Shut when Titan goes to bed ; Or a shady bush or tree ; She could more infuse in me Than all Nature's beauties can In some other wiser man.
Page 292 - Though to marry, in this case, is in my opinion clearly an immoral act, yet it is not one which society can justly take upon itself to prevent or punish ; because the punishment provided for it by the laws of nature, falls directly and most severely upon the individual who commits the act, and through him, only more remotely and feebly, on the society. When nature will govern and punish for us, it is a -very miserable ambition to wish to snatch the rod from her hands, and draw upon ourselves the...
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Page 166 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
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