Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq: Deputed from the London Missionary Society, to Visit Their Various Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c. Between the Years 1821 and 1829, 1. köideCrocker and Brewster, 1832 |
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Page 43
... land rose in the form of a sugar - loaf , of vast dimensions , and seemed a mere naked rock , standing in the sea , and towering to the clouds . It is of a character very dissimilar to the low , verdant patches of earth which we have ...
... land rose in the form of a sugar - loaf , of vast dimensions , and seemed a mere naked rock , standing in the sea , and towering to the clouds . It is of a character very dissimilar to the low , verdant patches of earth which we have ...
Page 158
... LAND ABANDONED BY THE SEA . man , about twenty - five years of age , and had not been more than three years under the oppression of this cruel and invet- erate malady . He bore his hard lot with exemplary pa- tience . In the beds of the ...
... LAND ABANDONED BY THE SEA . man , about twenty - five years of age , and had not been more than three years under the oppression of this cruel and invet- erate malady . He bore his hard lot with exemplary pa- tience . In the beds of the ...
Page 166
... land and sea is truly sublime ; and the mind is expanded and elevated as the eye expatiates over its various and richly - contrasted features . There are but two points of land so high as to interrupt the sight from losing itself within ...
... land and sea is truly sublime ; and the mind is expanded and elevated as the eye expatiates over its various and richly - contrasted features . There are but two points of land so high as to interrupt the sight from losing itself within ...
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