Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo: Including Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants ...G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823 - 265 頁 |
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... hours on shore , I embarked in a canoe , was upset in the surf , and swam through it to the boat , lying a few yards outside the breakers ; an old man , apparently seventy years of years , swam alongside of me , to secure me from the ...
... hours on shore , I embarked in a canoe , was upset in the surf , and swam through it to the boat , lying a few yards outside the breakers ; an old man , apparently seventy years of years , swam alongside of me , to secure me from the ...
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... hour so rude ? And , in the calmest and the stillest night , With all appliances , and means to boot , Deny it to a king ? — The form of the FANTEE government is republican . A number of old men called Pinins , at the head of whom is ...
... hour so rude ? And , in the calmest and the stillest night , With all appliances , and means to boot , Deny it to a king ? — The form of the FANTEE government is republican . A number of old men called Pinins , at the head of whom is ...
第 29 頁
... hour , when the whole town was on fire , emitted so ex- tensive and brilliant a blaze , as to give to the surrounding scenery , a character of sublimity and grandeur , beyond anything I had ever witnessed . The night was un- usually ...
... hour , when the whole town was on fire , emitted so ex- tensive and brilliant a blaze , as to give to the surrounding scenery , a character of sublimity and grandeur , beyond anything I had ever witnessed . The night was un- usually ...
第 39 頁
... hour or two in adorning her per- son ; and in the application of her paint , the management of her hair , and the scent- ing of her person , discovers no inconsidera- ble degree of skill . Young females , on arriving at the age of ...
... hour or two in adorning her per- son ; and in the application of her paint , the management of her hair , and the scent- ing of her person , discovers no inconsidera- ble degree of skill . Young females , on arriving at the age of ...
第 60 頁
... hour , when the wind veered to the north- ward , and blew fresh from the land during the greater part of the night , which retard- ed his progress to the shore . He swam towards it , as nearly as he could calculate , about half an hour ...
... hour , when the wind veered to the north- ward , and blew fresh from the land during the greater part of the night , which retard- ed his progress to the shore . He swam towards it , as nearly as he could calculate , about half an hour ...
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