American Biography, Том 1Harper & Bro., 1843 |
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... present edition have been not less laboriously and faithfully made . The publishers have omitted three sketches which were in the original work , viz . , the lives of Cabot , Smith , and Hudson , for the reason that memoirs of the same ...
... present edition have been not less laboriously and faithfully made . The publishers have omitted three sketches which were in the original work , viz . , the lives of Cabot , Smith , and Hudson , for the reason that memoirs of the same ...
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... present can be igno- rant . Seizing the early hour of the day , supe- rior to the enticements of indolence , abhorring idleness , finishing whatever study or inquiry he had begun , and using recreations and visits as preparations for ...
... present can be igno- rant . Seizing the early hour of the day , supe- rior to the enticements of indolence , abhorring idleness , finishing whatever study or inquiry he had begun , and using recreations and visits as preparations for ...
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... present , in the region of conjecture , the earliest regular ac- count which we have of any voyage round the Continent of Africa is that performed by order of Necho , king of Egypt , and recorded by Herodotus ; the most ancient ...
... present , in the region of conjecture , the earliest regular ac- count which we have of any voyage round the Continent of Africa is that performed by order of Necho , king of Egypt , and recorded by Herodotus ; the most ancient ...
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... presents an aspect of drowned land . ” KIALARNES ( from kiölr , a keel , and nes , a cape , most likely on account of its striking resemblance to the keel of a ship , particular- ly of one of the long ships of the ancient Northmen ) ...
... presents an aspect of drowned land . ” KIALARNES ( from kiölr , a keel , and nes , a cape , most likely on account of its striking resemblance to the keel of a ship , particular- ly of one of the long ships of the ancient Northmen ) ...
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... present the forests are for the most part cut down , and the animals have with- drawn to the interior and woodland regions . From the natives the Northmen bought squir- rel - skins and all kinds of peltries , which are still to be found ...
... present the forests are for the most part cut down , and the animals have with- drawn to the interior and woodland regions . From the natives the Northmen bought squir- rel - skins and all kinds of peltries , which are still to be found ...
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