A Visit to the South Seas in the United States' Ship Vincennes, During the Years 1829 and 1830: Including Scenes in Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, 1. köideH. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832 |
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... covered shore - with the bellying sails of a coaster here and there gleaming brightly in the morning sun , -made up the sketch . There was scarce time , however , for the eye to glance on its different objects , before the landsmen in ...
... covered shore - with the bellying sails of a coaster here and there gleaming brightly in the morning sun , -made up the sketch . There was scarce time , however , for the eye to glance on its different objects , before the landsmen in ...
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... covered with grass , backed by abrupt hills and mountains of ya- ried and beautiful outline ; the centre of the sweep rising much above the rest , and forming a kind of crown to all around ; the whole beautifully wooded , and still in ...
... covered with grass , backed by abrupt hills and mountains of ya- ried and beautiful outline ; the centre of the sweep rising much above the rest , and forming a kind of crown to all around ; the whole beautifully wooded , and still in ...
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... covered with green cloth , and the seats of the members , chairs of rose - wood and cane , are in three ranges , on a slightly elevated platform on each side of the hall , leaving a wide passage in the middle from the south end to the ...
... covered with green cloth , and the seats of the members , chairs of rose - wood and cane , are in three ranges , on a slightly elevated platform on each side of the hall , leaving a wide passage in the middle from the south end to the ...
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... covered with the same material . The canopy of green silk velvet , with a gilt crown on the cornice in front , is as lofty as the ceiling , and from it heavy hangings of velvet , richly embroidered with gold and lined with white damask ...
... covered with the same material . The canopy of green silk velvet , with a gilt crown on the cornice in front , is as lofty as the ceiling , and from it heavy hangings of velvet , richly embroidered with gold and lined with white damask ...
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... covered with gild- ing , drawn by six mules in gilt harness . The front wheels were so low as to move under the body of the carriage , admitting it to be turned on the spot like a gig ; and the moment the footman closed the door , it ...
... covered with gild- ing , drawn by six mules in gilt harness . The front wheels were so low as to move under the body of the carriage , admitting it to be turned on the spot like a gig ; and the moment the footman closed the door , it ...
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Page 204 - Most of his hair, which is slightly gray, was shorn off, except on the crown, where a bunch was closely gathered, and tied in a tight knot with a string of white tapa. His only ornaments were a pair of earrings neatly carved from a whale's tooth. A first glance at Piaroro tells him to be of high rank, a prince by nature as well as blood, one of the finest looking men I ever saw, tall and large, not very muscular, but of admirable proportions, with a general contour of figure and roundness and polish...