The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Том 10J. Walker, 1804 |
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... in the north part of Heaven resides Gumongo , " the lord of spirits , " who in former ages sent down another spirit named Guyiaguai , to visit the earth : that he was no sooner come than he began to sow the land with 18 NORTH AMERICA .
... in the north part of Heaven resides Gumongo , " the lord of spirits , " who in former ages sent down another spirit named Guyiaguai , to visit the earth : that he was no sooner come than he began to sow the land with 18 NORTH AMERICA .
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... land with pitahayas , and likewise made the creeks along the coast of the gulf , till he came to a vast stone in a spacious creek near Loretto . Here he resided for some time , the inferior spirits , his attendants , supplying him with ...
... land with pitahayas , and likewise made the creeks along the coast of the gulf , till he came to a vast stone in a spacious creek near Loretto . Here he resided for some time , the inferior spirits , his attendants , supplying him with ...
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... land acquire their property by unremitting indus- try , and are consequently frugal in spending ; yet there are few countries where the hapless sons of indigence or the victims of misfortune fare better . The laws compel every town to ...
... land acquire their property by unremitting indus- try , and are consequently frugal in spending ; yet there are few countries where the hapless sons of indigence or the victims of misfortune fare better . The laws compel every town to ...
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... land which he first cultivated , he sells it at a considerable profit to his successor ; but if , as is oftener the case , he be a tenant to some opulent landholder , he abandons it in debt ; yet the small improvements he leaves behind ...
... land which he first cultivated , he sells it at a considerable profit to his successor ; but if , as is oftener the case , he be a tenant to some opulent landholder , he abandons it in debt ; yet the small improvements he leaves behind ...
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... land ; and instead of cul- tivating Indian corn alone , he raises a quantity of wheat and rye ; the latter of which is raised chiefly for the purpose of being distilled into whiskey . " This species of settler by no means extracts all ...
... land ; and instead of cul- tivating Indian corn alone , he raises a quantity of wheat and rye ; the latter of which is raised chiefly for the purpose of being distilled into whiskey . " This species of settler by no means extracts all ...
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