Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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... Nature's walks , shoot Folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must , be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to man . POPE . I WILL now boldly launch out on the difficult task ...
... Nature's walks , shoot Folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must , be candid where we can ; But vindicate the ways of God to man . POPE . I WILL now boldly launch out on the difficult task ...
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... Natural History as the British Museum is , that they enable the lover of nature and truth to be satisfied by his own eyes of the extraordinary and almost incredible productions of nature . In the above - named collection may be seen a ...
... Natural History as the British Museum is , that they enable the lover of nature and truth to be satisfied by his own eyes of the extraordinary and almost incredible productions of nature . In the above - named collection may be seen a ...
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... Nature , in which he mixed fantasy and facts . 242. Spaanse juffer This is the name for the praying mantis ... Natural History which were acknowledged by the author . For Buffon , see note p . 117 . 247. Dago - fisee Dagoe fisi ( Srn ...
... Nature , in which he mixed fantasy and facts . 242. Spaanse juffer This is the name for the praying mantis ... Natural History which were acknowledged by the author . For Buffon , see note p . 117 . 247. Dago - fisee Dagoe fisi ( Srn ...
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