The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 48A. Constable, 1828 |
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... nature and dispo- sition of them all , and the means to be taken for the conversion of them to our holy faith ; and ordered that I should not go by land to the East , by which it is the custom to go , but by a voyage to the West , by ...
... nature and dispo- sition of them all , and the means to be taken for the conversion of them to our holy faith ; and ordered that I should not go by land to the East , by which it is the custom to go , but by a voyage to the West , by ...
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... nature the various tribes of insects that people every plant , displaying brilliant coats of mail , which sparkle to the eye like precious gems . Such is the splendour of animal and vegetable creation in these tropical climates , where ...
... nature the various tribes of insects that people every plant , displaying brilliant coats of mail , which sparkle to the eye like precious gems . Such is the splendour of animal and vegetable creation in these tropical climates , where ...
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... nature , a great part of their day was passed in indolent repose , in that luxury of sensation inspired by a se- rene sky and a voluptuous climate ; and in the evenings they danced in their fragrant groves , to their national songs , or ...
... nature , a great part of their day was passed in indolent repose , in that luxury of sensation inspired by a se- rene sky and a voluptuous climate ; and in the evenings they danced in their fragrant groves , to their national songs , or ...
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... nature . ' Thus penetrating into the midst of this great island , where every scene presented the wild luxuriance of beautiful but uncivilized nature , they arrived on the evening of the second day at a chain of lofty and rugged ...
... nature . ' Thus penetrating into the midst of this great island , where every scene presented the wild luxuriance of beautiful but uncivilized nature , they arrived on the evening of the second day at a chain of lofty and rugged ...
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... nature , unused to labour of any kind , and brought up in the untasked idleness of their soft climate and their fruitful groves , death itself seemed preferable to a life of toil and anxiety . They saw no end to this harassing evil ...
... nature , unused to labour of any kind , and brought up in the untasked idleness of their soft climate and their fruitful groves , death itself seemed preferable to a life of toil and anxiety . They saw no end to this harassing evil ...
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