Scenes in Asia,: For the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-home Travellers |
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... e'er again your house should see , Nor live like other misses . From you , Mamma , I could not go , you would not send me ; I know I could not , would not , leave you so ; You would yourself defend me . 8 Asia Minor 3 . 100 12 ARMENIA .
... e'er again your house should see , Nor live like other misses . From you , Mamma , I could not go , you would not send me ; I know I could not , would not , leave you so ; You would yourself defend me . 8 Asia Minor 3 . 100 12 ARMENIA .
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... live in so cold a region , that no horses can exist there ; and therefore , not- withstanding the attachment of all Tartars to those animals , the Samoyeds are obliged to do without them . Their huts are half sunk in the ground , and ...
... live in so cold a region , that no horses can exist there ; and therefore , not- withstanding the attachment of all Tartars to those animals , the Samoyeds are obliged to do without them . Their huts are half sunk in the ground , and ...
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... accounts , to three hundred millions : nearly one half of whom are born , live , and die , on the water , navigating the junks , as their vessels are cal- led . To support this immense population , every inch 34 CHINA .
... accounts , to three hundred millions : nearly one half of whom are born , live , and die , on the water , navigating the junks , as their vessels are cal- led . To support this immense population , every inch 34 CHINA .
Page 55
... lives on vegetables , and would hurt no one if let alone ; but he is dreadful when provoked , on account of his prodigious strength . His loose skin is so thick that a musket - ball will scarcely penetrate it . When attacked , his mode ...
... lives on vegetables , and would hurt no one if let alone ; but he is dreadful when provoked , on account of his prodigious strength . His loose skin is so thick that a musket - ball will scarcely penetrate it . When attacked , his mode ...
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... live either in or out of the water . They grow sometimes to the length of thirty feet : have a tremendous mouth , are ferocious , powerful , and prey upon all they can catch : persons who have occasion to go near the river side are ...
... live either in or out of the water . They grow sometimes to the length of thirty feet : have a tremendous mouth , are ferocious , powerful , and prey upon all they can catch : persons who have occasion to go near the river side are ...
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84 engravings Abba Thulle abounds Aleppo ancient animals appear Arabia Arabs Asia Minor Bajazet Bashkir beast beautiful Bedoweens Black Sea Borneo built burning called caravan Caravanserai chief China Chinese Christian Circassian coloured.-2d edition colours commerce creature dead desert dominion EASTERN ISLANDS elephant Emperor England erected famous feet fire Further India grand ground half bound HARRIS AND SON HOLY LAND horse houses hundred idol ignorant infested inhabitants Jaggernaut Jenghis Khan Jerusalem Jews Judea king Lee Boo LITTLE TARRY-AT-HOME TRAVELLERS live middle miles mountain Naptha nations natives neighbour once Persia persons Petrarch plain possess prey pride priests prince principal Published Jan religion river river Jordan ruins Samoyeds Saviour shore Siberia silk sometimes sort spot streets superstition supposed Syria Tamerlane Tartar tell temple thing thousand tiger tion Tonquin tree tribes Troy Turks Tyre vessel whilst wild wonderful worship
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