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... native of Rochelle , France . His father was a physician , and he studied the same profession , but the revolutionary authorities got hold of him before he could . finish his studies , and made him a surgeon on a man- of - war . When ...
... native of Rochelle , France . His father was a physician , and he studied the same profession , but the revolutionary authorities got hold of him before he could . finish his studies , and made him a surgeon on a man- of - war . When ...
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... natives whose occupation it was to collect ice and snow , which they sold in the neighbouring towns . Their mules , better practised in climbing mountains than those hired . by travellers , reach Alta Vista , and the neveros are obliged ...
... natives whose occupation it was to collect ice and snow , which they sold in the neighbouring towns . Their mules , better practised in climbing mountains than those hired . by travellers , reach Alta Vista , and the neveros are obliged ...
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... native site the beautiful tropic plants which he had seen in the conservatory at Vienna . On the morning of the 15th they perceived a very low islet , covered with a few sandy downs , on which they could discover with their glasses no ...
... native site the beautiful tropic plants which he had seen in the conservatory at Vienna . On the morning of the 15th they perceived a very low islet , covered with a few sandy downs , on which they could discover with their glasses no ...
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... natives , were constructed of the single trunk of a tree . In each canoe there were eighteen Guayqueria Indians , naked to the waist , and of very tall stature . They had the appearance of great muscular strength , and the colour of ...
... natives , were constructed of the single trunk of a tree . In each canoe there were eighteen Guayqueria Indians , naked to the waist , and of very tall stature . They had the appearance of great muscular strength , and the colour of ...
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... natives here , bore testimony to the extreme calmness of the sea in these regions . The boat of the travellers , though the best they could procure , was so leaky , that the pilot's son was constantly employed in baling out the water ...
... natives here , bore testimony to the extreme calmness of the sea in these regions . The boat of the travellers , though the best they could procure , was so leaky , that the pilot's son was constantly employed in baling out the water ...
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The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander Von Humboldt Richard Henry Stoddard Visualização completa - 1860 |
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Página 54 - In the solitude of the seas, we hail a star as a friend from whom we have been long separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards, peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the new world...
Página 12 - Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U niversity of Gottingen, niversity of Gottingen.
Página 295 - He found them married to the women of this land, having a numerous posterity, and living in cities, which they had built. Our ancestors hearkened not to their ancient master, and he returned alone. We have always believed, that his descendants would one day come to take possession of this country. Since you arrive from that region, where the Sun rises, and, as you assure me, you have long known us, I cannot doubt, but that the king, who sends you, is our natural master.
Página 80 - Thus in every region of the earth a resemblance may be traced in the early fictions of nations, those especially which relate to two principles governing the world, the abode of souls after death, the happiness of the virtuous and the punishment of the guilty. The most different and most...
Página 54 - A traveller has no need of being a botanist, to recognise the torrid zone on the mere aspect of its vegetation ; and without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and de la Caille, he feels he is not in Europe, when he sees the immense constellation of the Ship, or the phosphorescent clouds of Magellan, arise on the horizon.
Página 162 - ... farther and farther from her hut and her native country. She succeeded in breaking her bonds, threw herself into the water, and swam to the left bank of the Atabapo. The current carried her to a shelf of rock, which bears her name to this day. She landed, and took shelter in the woods, but the president of the missions ordered the Indians to row to the shore, and follow the traces of the Guahiba. In the evening she was brought back. Stretched upon the rock...
Página 55 - Lataniers, conversed together for the last time ; and where the old man, at the sight of the Southern Cross, warns them that it is time to separate !"— DE HUMBOLDT'S Travels.
Página 416 - I had to go, for I had nothing left. The next morning as I was seated at breakfast, in front of the yard of the hotel where I lived, I saw the servant of Humboldt approach. He handed me a note, saying there was no answer, and disappeared. I opened the note, and I see it now before me as distinctly as if I held the paper in my hand. It said : " ' My friend, I hear that you intend leaving Paris in consequence of some embarrassments.
Página 460 - I still think,'' he remarked as he closed the book, " that Chimborazo is the grandest mountain in the world.
Página 290 - Those who witnessed this great catastrophe from the top of Aguasarco assert, that flames were seen to issue forth for an extent of more than half a square league, that fragments of burning rocks were thrown to...