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... gazel . 11. Capra Tartarica , scythian antelope , iber imberbis , or saiga of Bros. 12. Capra ammon , the musimon of PLINY , the tra gelaphus of Belas , or siberian gout , I let him go , knowing no better at that 132.
... gazel . 11. Capra Tartarica , scythian antelope , iber imberbis , or saiga of Bros. 12. Capra ammon , the musimon of PLINY , the tra gelaphus of Belas , or siberian gout , I let him go , knowing no better at that 132.
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... siberian Tahtars , the remains of the king- dom of Turan , some are Mohamedans ; others , as the Turalinzic villagers , have been made Christians : at least , the Archbishop PHILOPHEI performed the ceremony of baptizing them , by ...
... siberian Tahtars , the remains of the king- dom of Turan , some are Mohamedans ; others , as the Turalinzic villagers , have been made Christians : at least , the Archbishop PHILOPHEI performed the ceremony of baptizing them , by ...
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... Siberia , subject to the Chinese , speak a peculiar language mixed with some Mongol . Whether that of the island of Sagalien , opposite to the mouth of the Amur , is a dialect of the Mantshuric , or a language totally distinct from it ...
... Siberia , subject to the Chinese , speak a peculiar language mixed with some Mongol . Whether that of the island of Sagalien , opposite to the mouth of the Amur , is a dialect of the Mantshuric , or a language totally distinct from it ...
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... SIBERIA : -Even the poor and frozen regions of the north attracted the arms of the Moguls : SHEIBANI - Khaan , brother of the great BATOU , led an horde of 15000 families into the wilds of Siberia ; and his descendants reigned at ...
... SIBERIA : -Even the poor and frozen regions of the north attracted the arms of the Moguls : SHEIBANI - Khaan , brother of the great BATOU , led an horde of 15000 families into the wilds of Siberia ; and his descendants reigned at ...
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... Siberia , where I continued some time , on the following occasion . meet with booksellers , masquerades , french hotels . The wines of France , and the malt- liquors of England may be had there as at Petersburg or Moscow . The gaiety of ...
... Siberia , where I continued some time , on the following occasion . meet with booksellers , masquerades , french hotels . The wines of France , and the malt- liquors of England may be had there as at Petersburg or Moscow . The gaiety of ...
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Page 549 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 549 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 562 - Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very Man...
Page 564 - God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea, in them that are regenerated ; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in Greek Phronema sarkos, which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the desire of the flesh, is not subject to the law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the apostle doth confess that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin.
Page 549 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 564 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk ;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit ; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 140 - When I came to my castle (for so I think I called it ever after this), I fled into it like one pursued ; whether I went over by the ladder, as first contrived, or went in at the hole in the rock, which I...
Page 195 - My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich in subjects ; and it was a merry reflection, which I frequently made, how like a king I looked. First of all, the whole country was my own mere property, so that I had an undoubted right of dominion.
Page i - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE OF York, MARINER, Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the Great River of OROONOQUE : Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but Himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely delivered by PIRATES. Written by Himself.
Page 135 - Thy prejudices, Syphax, won't discern What virtues grow from ignorance and choice, Nor how the hero differs from the brute. But grant that others could with equal glory Look down on pleasures, and the baits of sense; Where shall we find the man that bears affliction, Great and majestic in his griefs, like Cato?