 | 1830 - 658 páginas
...benevolence and zeal that effectually covered the bad qualities of the people of Coulfo, and made me forget for a moment that they possessed any. In a...relatives. 'The town of Bali soon rose from its ruins, and the people, by their merriment and vivacity, seemed to forget, a month or two afterwards, that... | |
 | 1831 - 320 páginas
...the flames, while in the act of escaping from them with their tender offspring slung to their back ; and it was supposed that many of the male sex had...scorched to death, in sight of their sorrowing relatives. A considerable portion of the interior commerce of Africa is carried on by the Tuaricks, most of whom... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 páginas
...threatened destruction, snatched up a little boy, who, with shrieks of terror, ran across his path ; but, just as he had reached the outskirts of the burning town, and was congratulating himself and his charge with their mutual escape, a blazing mass, driven by the wind, dashed both of them to... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 496 páginas
...threatened destruction, snatched up a little boy, who, with shrieks of terror, ran across his path; but, just as he had reached the outskirts of the burning town, and was congratulating himself and his charge with their mutual escape, a blazing mass, driven by the wind, dashed both of them to... | |
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... their backs; and it was supposed that many of the male sex had shared in the like calamity, as they were missing ; and no intelligence whatever had transpired respecting them. One individual, bowed down with years, had snatched up in his arms a little... 