 Thus in every region of the earth a resemblance may be traced in the early fictions of nations, those especially which relate to two principles governing the world, the abode of souls after death, the happiness of the virtuous and the punishment of the...  The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander Von Humboldt - Page 80by Richard Henry Stoddard - 1809 - 482 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1818 - 604 pages
...is to rejoin their fathers, is to die. The magicians (piaches) and the poisoners (imorons) perform their nocturnal tricks at the entrance of the cavern, to conjure the chief of the evil spirits (ivorokiamo). Thus in every climate the first fictions of nations resemble each other, those especially... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 872 pages
...is to rejoin their fathers, is to die. The magicians (piachet) and the poisoners (imorons) perform their nocturnal tricks at the entrance of the cavern, to conjure the chief of the evil spirits (Kornkiamo). Thus in every climate the first fictions of nations resemble each other, those especially... | |
 | 1819 - 838 pages
...is to rejoin their fathers, is to die. The magicians (piaches) anil the poisoners (imorons) perform their nocturnal tricks at the entrance of the cavern, to conjure the chief of the evil spirits (ivorokiamo). Thus in every climate the first fictions of nations resemble each other, those especially... | |
 | 1820 - 494 pages
...join the guacharoes, is to rejoin their fathers, is to die. The magicians and the poisoners perform their nocturnal tricks at the entrance of the cavern,...of the evil spirits. At the point where the river forms the subterraneous cascade, a hill covered with vegetation, which is opposite the opening of the... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...join the guacharoes, is to rejoin their fathers, is to die. The magicians and the poisoners perform their nocturnal tricks at the entrance of the cavern,...of the evil spirits. At the point where the river forms the subterraneous cascade, a hill covered with vegetation, which is opposite the opening of the... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1822 - 592 pages
...is to rejoin their fathers, is to die. The magicians (piaehes) and the poisoners (imorons) perform their nocturnal tricks at the entrance of the cavern, to conjure the chief of the evil spirits (ivorokiamo). Thus in every climate the first fictions of nations resemble each other, those especially... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 544 pages
...fathers, to die. The magicians (piaches) and the poisoners (imorons) perform their nocturnal .pricks at the entrance of the cavern, to conjure the chief of the evil spirits (ivorokiamo). Thus in every region of the earth a resemblance may be traced in the early fictions of... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1868 - 442 pages
...go and seek their fathers — namely, to die. Magicians and poisoners performed their incantations at the entrance of the cavern, to conjure the chief of the evil spirits. After penetrating for some distance farther into the cavern the Indians definitively " struck ;" and... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1871 - 450 pages
...is to rejoin their fathers, is to die. The magicians (piaches) and the poisoners (imorons) perform their nocturnal tricks at the entrance of the cavern, to conjure the chief of the evil spirits (ivorokiamo) . Thus in every climate the first fiction of nations resemble each other, those especially... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 1170 pages
...go and seek their fathers — namely, to die. Magicians and poisoners performed their incantations at the entrance of the cavern, to conjure the chief of the evil spirits. After penetrating for some distance farther into the cavern, the Indians definitively " struck ; "... | |
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