The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 pages |
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... necessary to be known by the children of men . How many gods , and how many goddesses , at diffe- rent times , have left the starry pavement of the celes- tial regions and come down for our instruction and en- tertainment ? Among the ...
... necessary to be known by the children of men . How many gods , and how many goddesses , at diffe- rent times , have left the starry pavement of the celes- tial regions and come down for our instruction and en- tertainment ? Among the ...
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... necessary preparations . By this last method we made some highly interesting discoveries concerning our Savage , as will be seen in the sequel . We fasted and prayed . We took an emetic , and per- formed the necessary ablutions in the ...
... necessary preparations . By this last method we made some highly interesting discoveries concerning our Savage , as will be seen in the sequel . We fasted and prayed . We took an emetic , and per- formed the necessary ablutions in the ...
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... necessary part of the luxurious establishment of their principal . We passed by the residence of Polydore . We saw his gorgeous palace and widely extended fields . We ex- amined his gardens , his park , his orchards ; and were struck ...
... necessary part of the luxurious establishment of their principal . We passed by the residence of Polydore . We saw his gorgeous palace and widely extended fields . We ex- amined his gardens , his park , his orchards ; and were struck ...
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... necessary that every rich man should be surrounded by others more indigent than himself . It it were otherwise , in what manner would he induce them to supply his factitious wants , or gratify his luxurious inclinations ? Cottages ...
... necessary that every rich man should be surrounded by others more indigent than himself . It it were otherwise , in what manner would he induce them to supply his factitious wants , or gratify his luxurious inclinations ? Cottages ...
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... necessary to be done . He can erect a hut of poles and cover it with bark or skins without the assistance of another . A small portion of his time procures clothing and food ; and the remainder is devoted to amusement and rest . The ...
... necessary to be done . He can erect a hut of poles and cover it with bark or skins without the assistance of another . A small portion of his time procures clothing and food ; and the remainder is devoted to amusement and rest . The ...
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Page 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Page 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Page 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Page 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.