A Natural History of Nevis, and the Rest of the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America. With Many Other Observations on Nature and Art; Particularly, an Introduction to the Art of Decyphering. In Eleven Letters from the Revd Mr. Smith, ...J. Bentham, sold by W. Thurlbourn; S. Birt, C. Bathurst, and J. Beecroft, London, 1745 - 318 ページ |
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... just as that Heavenly Body feems to increase or decreafe to our fight : You have at least a dozen of the Shells ( no ways shaped like our English Cockles ) that are small and of a triangular Form , but not equilaterally fo , two Sides ...
... just as that Heavenly Body feems to increase or decreafe to our fight : You have at least a dozen of the Shells ( no ways shaped like our English Cockles ) that are small and of a triangular Form , but not equilaterally fo , two Sides ...
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... just such a sharp pointed Dart as we see iffuing out of our common Hedge - hogs , both as to colour and length . At Nevis we call them Sea Eggs ; but very improperly I think , for they are cer tainly alive , and do nimbly move those ...
... just such a sharp pointed Dart as we see iffuing out of our common Hedge - hogs , both as to colour and length . At Nevis we call them Sea Eggs ; but very improperly I think , for they are cer tainly alive , and do nimbly move those ...
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... were winding their way ( either separate or in whole flocks , just as their occafions led them , ) either for Food or Paftime ; as alfo , That the Vallies and and Plains , Woods , and Coppices are wondrous fertile LETTER I. II.
... were winding their way ( either separate or in whole flocks , just as their occafions led them , ) either for Food or Paftime ; as alfo , That the Vallies and and Plains , Woods , and Coppices are wondrous fertile LETTER I. II.
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... just like a dead Salmon , and his Body eats like a Cod - fish , but I think it drier confiderably . It is a courfe Fish . A Maccarel just taken out of the Sea is by far the most beautiful of English Fishes in my judgment ; but alas ...
... just like a dead Salmon , and his Body eats like a Cod - fish , but I think it drier confiderably . It is a courfe Fish . A Maccarel just taken out of the Sea is by far the most beautiful of English Fishes in my judgment ; but alas ...
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... Christmas , ufually adorn our Churches with small Boughs of it , the Fruit being then green upon them , just as your English Churches here are decked with Holly and and Ivy at that facred Season ; in a rich LETTER II . 25.
... Christmas , ufually adorn our Churches with small Boughs of it , the Fruit being then green upon them , just as your English Churches here are decked with Holly and and Ivy at that facred Season ; in a rich LETTER II . 25.
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