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... observed several large pools of limpid water , and a little beyond these an immense forest , of which no comparison can give an adequate idea . Palms and all the magnificent trees of the country , were throughout so interla- ced with ...
... observed several large pools of limpid water , and a little beyond these an immense forest , of which no comparison can give an adequate idea . Palms and all the magnificent trees of the country , were throughout so interla- ced with ...
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... observed also a few who had cut off their hair quite close . The women carried their little children partly in bandages made of bass , which were fastened over the right shoulder ; others carried them on their backs , supported by broad ...
... observed also a few who had cut off their hair quite close . The women carried their little children partly in bandages made of bass , which were fastened over the right shoulder ; others carried them on their backs , supported by broad ...
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... observed that these wretched beings were fond of any thing which brought to remem- brance their lost and beloved country , by retaining its customs as far as it was in their power . For instance , they have all the mu- sical instruments ...
... observed that these wretched beings were fond of any thing which brought to remem- brance their lost and beloved country , by retaining its customs as far as it was in their power . For instance , they have all the mu- sical instruments ...
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... trace of a single foot . This would be better relicla arce ; and we observe other instances of substituting the rhythm of verse for that of prose . cuit , ulnisque ad regionem totam , veluti eam amplexurus 16 Goffaux ' Robinson Crusoeus .
... trace of a single foot . This would be better relicla arce ; and we observe other instances of substituting the rhythm of verse for that of prose . cuit , ulnisque ad regionem totam , veluti eam amplexurus 16 Goffaux ' Robinson Crusoeus .
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... observe , that with people of weak nerves , he could occasion many singular phenomena , which seemed to have no sort ... observations in awful obscurity of language , resigned the use of his metallic tractors , and affected to possess in ...
... observe , that with people of weak nerves , he could occasion many singular phenomena , which seemed to have no sort ... observations in awful obscurity of language , resigned the use of his metallic tractors , and affected to possess in ...
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