Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Volume 13Isaac Collins and sons, 1804 |
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Universal History, ancient and modern; from the earliest records ..., Volume 13 William Fordyce Mavor Affichage du livre entier - 1802 |
Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records ..., Volume 13 William Fordyce Mavor Affichage du livre entier - 1804 |
Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records ..., Volume 13 William Fordyce Mavor Affichage du livre entier - 1805 |
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Page 361 - Rather than have the trouble of procuring food by the chase, or of digging the ground for roots, they will fast the whole day, provided they may be allowed to sleep. Eating and sleeping form their highest gratifications ; and when they cannot indulge in the former, they generally find immediate relief in the latter. " To think," says the Hottentot, " is to labour, and to labour is the scourge of life.
Page 85 - Goat's flesh before them, this enemy, as he turned out to be to them, suddenly appeared ; he did not stoop rapidly from a height, but came flying slowly along the ground, and sat down close to the meat, within the ring the men had made round it. A great shout, or rather cry of distress, called me to the place.
Page 358 - These weak people, the most helpless, and in their present condition, perhaps the most wretched, of the human race, duped out of their possessions, their country, and finally out of their liberty, have entailed upon their miserable offspring a state of existence to which that of slavery might bear the comparison of happiness.
Page 80 - In the afternoon the horizon, to the eastward, was thick and hazy, and the Moors prognosticated a sand wind; which accordingly commenced on the morning following, and lasted, with slight intermissions, for two days. The force of the wind was not in itself very great; it was what a seaman would have denominated a stiff breeze...
Page 380 - March, is sultry, and would be intolerable if the heat were not mitigated by the winds which blow from the Southern Ocean. The Autumn, from March to June, is distinguished by a variety of weather, though generally pleasant toward the end ; and the Winter, from June to September, is usually cold, rainy, and stormy. The seasons are also divided into dry and wet ; the latter from September to March. The greatest heat is in January and February, when the thermometer sometimes rises to 100°.
Page 85 - Upon the highest top of the mountain Lamalmon, while my servants were refreshing themselves from that toilsome rugged ascent, and enjoying the pleasure of a most delightful climate, eating their dinner in the outer air, with several large dishes of boiled Goat's flesh before them, this enemy, as he turned out to be to them...
Page 86 - ... not stoop rapidly from a height, but came flying slowly along the ground, and sat down close to the meat within the ring the men had made round it. A great shout, or rather cry of distress, called me to the place. I saw the...
Page 70 - Perhaps it is on this account chiefly, that the interior countries abound more with inhabitants than the maritime districts; for all the Negro nations that fell under my observation, though divided into a number of petty independent states, subsist chiefly by the same means, live nearly in the same temperature, and possess a wonderful similarity of disposition.
Page 153 - I may say* vulgar, they are associated with the misery of the huts they cover, and recal only the idea of poverty and desolation. In vain do they describe the Turk softly reposing under their shade, and happy in smoking his pipe without reflection. Ignorance and folly, no doubt, have their enjoyments, as well as wit and learning ; but, for my own part, I confess I could never bring myself to envy the repose of slaves, or to dignify insensibility with the name of hafifiiness.
Page 241 - Then, when he makes her Iteghe", it seems to be the nearest resemblance to marriage ; for, whether in the court or the camp, he orders one of the judges to pronounce in his presence, that he, the king, has chosen his handmaid, naming her for his queen ; upon which the crown is put upon her head, but she is not anointed.