Cabot's Discovery of North AmericaJ. Macqueen, 1897 - 343 páginas |
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... seen in Egypt and at Cyprus , but are not seen in the countries north of them ; and the stars that in the north are visible , while they make a com- plete circuit there [ that is , in Egypt and at Cyprus ] , undergo a setting . So that ...
... seen in Egypt and at Cyprus , but are not seen in the countries north of them ; and the stars that in the north are visible , while they make a com- plete circuit there [ that is , in Egypt and at Cyprus ] , undergo a setting . So that ...
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... seen by every visitor to Venice who glances at the four exquisite horses that are to be seen on the façade of the magnificent Church of St. Mark.1 As a conse- quence of the victory , Venice was represented at Constantinople by a ...
... seen by every visitor to Venice who glances at the four exquisite horses that are to be seen on the façade of the magnificent Church of St. Mark.1 As a conse- quence of the victory , Venice was represented at Constantinople by a ...
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... seen hereafter why this fact is here men- tioned . At Constantinople , after disposing of their goods , they obtained information as to the existence of certain markets for the sale of some very valuable articles , which prompted them ...
... seen hereafter why this fact is here men- tioned . At Constantinople , after disposing of their goods , they obtained information as to the existence of certain markets for the sale of some very valuable articles , which prompted them ...
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... seen with his own eyes ; the flowering plateaux and wild gorges of Badakh - Shan , the jade - bearing rivers of Khotan , the Mongolian steppes . . . The first traveller to reveal China in all its wealth and vastness , ―its mighty rivers ...
... seen with his own eyes ; the flowering plateaux and wild gorges of Badakh - Shan , the jade - bearing rivers of Khotan , the Mongolian steppes . . . The first traveller to reveal China in all its wealth and vastness , ―its mighty rivers ...
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... seen for a great way round . On the interior side of the palace are large buildings with halls and chambers , in which reside the ladies and concubines . There he occupies him- self at his own convenience , and no one else has access ...
... seen for a great way round . On the interior side of the palace are large buildings with halls and chambers , in which reside the ladies and concubines . There he occupies him- self at his own convenience , and no one else has access ...
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Página 26 - Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Página 17 - They are Idolaters, and are dependent on nobody. And I can tell you the quantity of gold they have is • '. '• ' • '. . endless; for they find It in their own Islands, /and the King does not allow it to be exported.
Página 111 - Richard by the grace of God king of England and of France, and lord of Ireland...
Página 300 - They despised everything but virtue, not caring for their present state of life, and thinking lightly on the possession of gold, and other property, which seemed only a burden to them; neither were they intoxicated by luxury, nor did wealth deprive them of their selfcontrol; but they were sober, and saw clearly that all these goods are increased by virtuous friendship with one another...
Página 289 - Heracles; the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together, and was the way to other islands, and from these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent which surrounded the true ocean...
Página 290 - ... of Atlantis, which, as I was saying, once had an extent greater than that of Libya and Asia; and when afterwards sunk by an earthquake, became an impassable barrier of mud to voyagers sailing from hence to the ocean. The progress of the history will unfold the various tribes of barbarians and Hellenes which then existed, as they successively appear on the scene; but I must begin by describing first of all the Athenians, as they were in that day, and their enemies who fought with them; and I shall...
Página 61 - ... or elsewhere, as should be exhibited to these presents. It shall therefore be lawful for no man to infringe or rashly to contrary this letter of our commendation, exhortation, request, donation, grant, assignation, constitution, deputation, decree, commandment, inhibition, and determination. And if any shall presume to attempt the same, he ought to know that he shall thereby incur the indignation of Almighty God and his Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
Página 48 - At last — (it was the Christmas night, Stars shone after a day of storm) — He sees float past an iceberg white, And on it — Christ! — a living form! That furtive mien, that scowling eye, Of hair that red and tufted fell It is — Oh, where shall Brandan fly? — The traitor Judas, out of hell!
Página 289 - Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent...
Página 176 - Henry the 7. who then raigned, insomuch that all men with great admiration affirmed it to be a thing more divine than humane, to saile by the West into the East where spices growe, by a way that was never knowen before, by this fame and report there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to attempt some notable thing.