Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... observations , stands at the foot of a hill of amphibolic schist bare of vegetation . The streets are regular , and for the most part parallel with the course of the river . Several of the houses are built on the bare rock ; and here ...
... observations , stands at the foot of a hill of amphibolic schist bare of vegetation . The streets are regular , and for the most part parallel with the course of the river . Several of the houses are built on the bare rock ; and here ...
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... observe in the countries convulsed by terrible earthquakes , on the table - land of the province of Quito , women belonging to the highest classes of society display in the moment of peril , the same calm , the same reflecting ...
... observe in the countries convulsed by terrible earthquakes , on the table - land of the province of Quito , women belonging to the highest classes of society display in the moment of peril , the same calm , the same reflecting ...
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... observations ; it remains for me to record here the notions I could procure respecting the second of these governments , that of the Catalonian Capuchins . Fatal civil dissensions and epidemic fevers have of late years diminished the ...
... observations ; it remains for me to record here the notions I could procure respecting the second of these governments , that of the Catalonian Capuchins . Fatal civil dissensions and epidemic fevers have of late years diminished the ...
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... observed between the Sanscrit , the Persian , the Greek , and the German . It is not easy to fix the forms of what is indefi- nite by its nature ; and to agree on the differences which should be admitted between dialects , derivative ...
... observed between the Sanscrit , the Persian , the Greek , and the German . It is not easy to fix the forms of what is indefi- nite by its nature ; and to agree on the differences which should be admitted between dialects , derivative ...
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... observation has been made ) is a long and narrow Cordillera , that of Pacaraimo , Quimiropaca , and Ucucuamo ; which , stretching from east to south - west , unites the group of mountains of Parima to the mountains of Dutch and French ...
... observation has been made ) is a long and narrow Cordillera , that of Pacaraimo , Quimiropaca , and Ucucuamo ; which , stretching from east to south - west , unites the group of mountains of Parima to the mountains of Dutch and French ...
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