Researches Into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization, Parte41Henry Holt, 1878 - 388 páginas |
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Researches Into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization Edward Burnett Tylor Vista de fragmentos - 1865 |
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Abipones Africa ancient animals appears Asia Australia belong boiling bones called celts Charlevoix child Chinese civilization connexion Cook cord couvade curious custom Dayaks dead deaf-and-dumb deaf-mute distant districts earth Egyptian Egyptian hieroglyphics Esquimaux Europe evidence express father Fiji fingers fire fire-drill fish flint gesture-language gestures give Grimm ground hand heaven Humboldt idea Indians instruments iron Islands Jacob Grimm JOHN DURAND Klemm language Laura Bridgman living London lower races Madagascar mankind means mentioned Mexican mind modern Mythology myths native natural needfire North Note to 3rd object origin perhaps picture-writing Plin Polynesian practice quipus remarkable rude savage Schoolcraft seems signs South America speak Stone Age stone implements stone-boiling story Strabo Tahiti tell things thought tion tortoise tradition tree tribes utterance William Wigg wood words writing Zealand
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Página 215 - And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
Página 359 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Página 354 - ... countrymen were so pleased with the taste of them, that the whole nation resolved to leave their dull residence for the charms of the upper region. Men, women, and children ascended by means of the vine ; but when about half the nation had reached the surface of the earth, a corpulent woman, who was clambering up the vine, broke it with her weight, and closed upon herself and the rest of the nation the light of the sun.
Página 354 - Their belief in a future state is connected with this tradition of their origin : the whole nation resided in one large village under ground near a subterraneous lake: a grape-vine extended its roots down to their habitation and gave them a view of the light: some of the most adventurous climbed up the vine and were delighted with the sight of the earth, which they found covered with...
Página 294 - No sooner do you hear that the wife has borne a child, than you will see the Abipone husband lying in bed, huddled up with mats and skins lest some ruder breath of air should touch him, fasting, kept in private, and for a number of days abstaining religiously from certain viands ; you would swear it was he who had had the child...
Página 347 - Let us now catch the sun in a noose, so that we may compel him to move more slowly, in order that mankind may have long days to labour in to procure subsistence for themselves...
Página 59 - ... and take their leave. But for short conversations a man may carry implements in his pockets and under his arms, enough to supply him, and in his house he cannot be at a loss. Therefore the room where company meet who practise this art, is full of all things ready at hand, requisite to furnish matter for this kind of artificial converse.
Página 336 - ... my countrymen. They were frightened, — they fled away, all of them ; after a while they returned, they hastened and made a fire, — a fire with wood ; no more was fire lost in our land.