Perseverance Under Difficulties, as Shown in the Lives of Great MenSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1862 - 294 страници |
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... Indian Ocean . On his return he astonished his countrymen with the most glowing descriptions of these regions ; told them of the precious stones , the pearls , the silks , the spices which abounded there ; of the fer- tility and ...
... Indian Ocean . On his return he astonished his countrymen with the most glowing descriptions of these regions ; told them of the precious stones , the pearls , the silks , the spices which abounded there ; of the fer- tility and ...
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... Indians , and increased their admiration . They imagined that such won- derful beings as the Spaniards , so different to anything they had ever seen , were the inhabitants of the skies , and that their ships had sailed out of heaven ...
... Indians , and increased their admiration . They imagined that such won- derful beings as the Spaniards , so different to anything they had ever seen , were the inhabitants of the skies , and that their ships had sailed out of heaven ...
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... Indians , a name which the original inhabitants of the New World have ever since retained . The avarice of the Spaniards was soon excited by some small gold ornaments which the Indians wore in their noses . Gathering by the gestures of ...
... Indians , a name which the original inhabitants of the New World have ever since retained . The avarice of the Spaniards was soon excited by some small gold ornaments which the Indians wore in their noses . Gathering by the gestures of ...
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... Indians spoke was quite unintelligible to the Spaniards ; the only means , therefore , of communication between them was by signs , and these naturally were often misin- terpreted . Columbus especially was apt , in his ardour , to ...
... Indians spoke was quite unintelligible to the Spaniards ; the only means , therefore , of communication between them was by signs , and these naturally were often misin- terpreted . Columbus especially was apt , in his ardour , to ...
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... Indians . Columbus was extremely indig- nant at his desertion , but as the Pinta was the fastest sailer of the three vessels , there was no chance of overtaking her , and he was obliged to continue his course without her . The two ships ...
... Indians . Columbus was extremely indig- nant at his desertion , but as the Pinta was the fastest sailer of the three vessels , there was no chance of overtaking her , and he was obliged to continue his course without her . The two ships ...
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Страница 91 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting, that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Страница 39 - Indians, painted according to their savage fashion, and decorated with their national ornaments of gold; after these were borne various kinds of live parrots, together with stuffed birds and animals of unknown species, and rare plants supposed to be of precious qualities; while great care was taken to make a conspicuous display of Indian coronets, bracelets, and other decorations of gold, which might give an idea of the wealth of the newly discovered regions.
Страница 91 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Страница 92 - An acquaintance, who was also learning it, used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length...
Страница 221 - It seemed as if every subject that was casually started in conversation, with him had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting, such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable clearness of the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and...
Страница 85 - American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer! We had an alehouse boy, who attended always in the house to supply the workmen. My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with...
Страница 221 - That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law.
Страница 87 - I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press ; it was often eleven at night, and sometimes later, before I had finished my distribution for the next day's work, for the little jobs sent in by our other friends now and then put us back.
Страница 110 - The best in the world. They submitted willingly to the government of the Crown, and paid, in all their courts, obedience to acts of parliament. Numerous as the people are in the several old provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons or armies, to keep them in subjection. They were governed by this country at the expence only of a little pen, ink and paper.
Страница 80 - I discovered it, when I began to be considered a little more by my brother's acquaintance, and in a manner that did not quite please him, as he thought, probably with reason, that it tended to make me too vain.