The Retrospective Review, Volume 13Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1826 - Books |
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Page 34
... beautiful nest of chieftains ! A large family was the result of this union ; and the sons followed their father to the field , while the daughters were married to chieftains of considerable wealth and eminence in the country . Glendowr ...
... beautiful nest of chieftains ! A large family was the result of this union ; and the sons followed their father to the field , while the daughters were married to chieftains of considerable wealth and eminence in the country . Glendowr ...
Page 57
... beautiful and correct speci- mens of this celebrated press we ever witnessed . Besides the letters from Turkey and Paris , and the observations , Busbequius wrote a treatise on true nobility , which is supposed to be lost . Besides the ...
... beautiful and correct speci- mens of this celebrated press we ever witnessed . Besides the letters from Turkey and Paris , and the observations , Busbequius wrote a treatise on true nobility , which is supposed to be lost . Besides the ...
Page 58
... beautiful trap- pings , arrested his attention . Near Gran , he was struck with the croaking of numerous frogs , though it was the month of De- cember , and the weather was extremely cold . This circumstance , which , in many travellers ...
... beautiful trap- pings , arrested his attention . Near Gran , he was struck with the croaking of numerous frogs , though it was the month of De- cember , and the weather was extremely cold . This circumstance , which , in many travellers ...
Page 62
... beautiful and odoriferous plants , especially French lavender : he was surprised to see a great number of tortoises , which seemed not to dread the ap- proach of man . These he would willingly have caught for his table , had he not ...
... beautiful and odoriferous plants , especially French lavender : he was surprised to see a great number of tortoises , which seemed not to dread the ap- proach of man . These he would willingly have caught for his table , had he not ...
Page 68
... beautiful and extensive prospect of the sea , on which the dolphins might be seen sporting ; in the far dis- tance , the Asiatic Olympus was visible , white with perpetual snow . The house was penetrated by every wind , but on that ...
... beautiful and extensive prospect of the sea , on which the dolphins might be seen sporting ; in the far dis- tance , the Asiatic Olympus was visible , white with perpetual snow . The house was penetrated by every wind , but on that ...
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