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... on their ruins . The traveller in the depths of Mexican forests comes ever and anon to ruined temples , where the hideous idol has fallen from its shrine , the blood- stained altar is overthrown , and the massive walls , PREFACE .
... on their ruins . The traveller in the depths of Mexican forests comes ever and anon to ruined temples , where the hideous idol has fallen from its shrine , the blood- stained altar is overthrown , and the massive walls , PREFACE .
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... above the level of the sea is attained . The traveller having reached this altitude comes to vast plateaux of table- land which extend for many hundreds of miles . These broad sweeps of level plains on the tops of the THE COUNTRY . 3.
... above the level of the sea is attained . The traveller having reached this altitude comes to vast plateaux of table- land which extend for many hundreds of miles . These broad sweeps of level plains on the tops of the THE COUNTRY . 3.
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... traveller , on a visit to Vera Cruz , remarked a dull yellowish haze that hung over the town , and asked a boatman what it was . " Senor , " he answered , quite seriously , " it is the fever . " From the virulence of this disease , Vera ...
... traveller , on a visit to Vera Cruz , remarked a dull yellowish haze that hung over the town , and asked a boatman what it was . " Senor , " he answered , quite seriously , " it is the fever . " From the virulence of this disease , Vera ...
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... traveller is still shown , near the Carro de Santa Ines , the rivers of Cuitimba and San Pedro , whose limpid streams formerly watered the sugar cane plantations . These streams disappeared on the night of September 29 , 1759 ; but , at ...
... traveller is still shown , near the Carro de Santa Ines , the rivers of Cuitimba and San Pedro , whose limpid streams formerly watered the sugar cane plantations . These streams disappeared on the night of September 29 , 1759 ; but , at ...
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... traveller . Colima , with a capital and volcano of the same name , lies on the Pacific , to the north of Mechoacan , em- bracing an area of 3,000 square miles , and a population of nearly 62,000 souls . The climate is warm , but not ...
... traveller . Colima , with a capital and volcano of the same name , lies on the Pacific , to the north of Mechoacan , em- bracing an area of 3,000 square miles , and a population of nearly 62,000 souls . The climate is warm , but not ...
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Page 331 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 325 - In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken ; and the hen hurries about, with hanging wings and bristled feathers, clucking to protect her injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity.
Page 323 - He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Page 329 - No sooner has the returning sun again introduced the vernal season, and caused millions of plants to expand their leaves and blossoms to his genial beams, than the little humming-bird is seen advancing on fairy wings, carefully visiting every opening flower-cup, and, like a curious florist, removing from each the injurious insects that otherwise would ere long cause their beauteous petals to droop and decay.
Page 190 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 157 - Victoria, on crossing the ravine, two days afterwards, perceived the maize cakes, which the birds had fortunately not devoured. He had then been four whole days without eating, and upwards of two years without tasting bread ; and he says, himself, that he devoured the tortillas before the cravings of his appetite would allow him to reflect upon the singularity of finding them on this solitary spot, where he had never before seen any trace of a human being. He was at a loss to determine whether they...
Page 306 - all well,' she proceeds to form a hole in the sand, which she effects by removing it from under her body with her hind flappers, scooping it out with so much dexterity that the sides seldom if ever fall in. The sand is raised alternately with each flapper, as with a large ladle, until it has accumulated behind her, when, supporting herself with her head and...
Page 50 - ... not throw too much heat, screens, ornamented with gold, and painted with figures of idols, were placed before them. Montezuma was seated on a low throne, or chair, at a table proportioned to THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE the height of his seat.
Page 329 - ... flower-cup, and, like a curious • florist, removing from each the injurious insects that otherwise would ere long cause their beauteous petals to droop and decay. Poised in the air, it is observed peeping cautiously and with sparkling eye into their innermost recesses, whilst the...
Page 330 - ... where is the person, I ask of you, kind reader, who, on observing this glittering fragment of the rainbow, would not pause, admire, and instantly turn his mind with reverence toward the Almighty Creator, the wonders of whose hand we at every step discover, and of whose sublime conceptions we every where observe the manifestations in his admirable system of creation?