Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections and Maps Founded on Astronomical Observations and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... possess some description , and with the inhabitants of which we are not more or less acquainted . We see the human race before us in every stage of civilization , from the refinement and enterprize of the inha- bitants of the west of ...
... possess some description , and with the inhabitants of which we are not more or less acquainted . We see the human race before us in every stage of civilization , from the refinement and enterprize of the inha- bitants of the west of ...
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... Germany . Indeed the faculty of selecting the more important and leading features of an object is , perhaps , the rarest and most valuable which any writer can possess . It is this which communicates such a charm viii PREFACE .
... Germany . Indeed the faculty of selecting the more important and leading features of an object is , perhaps , the rarest and most valuable which any writer can possess . It is this which communicates such a charm viii PREFACE .
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... possess . It is this which communicates such a charm to the history of Hume , and arrests so strongly our attention in the tra vels of Volney . But whatever may be the sentiments of the translator on this subject , it is not for him to ...
... possess . It is this which communicates such a charm to the history of Hume , and arrests so strongly our attention in the tra vels of Volney . But whatever may be the sentiments of the translator on this subject , it is not for him to ...
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... possessed into a work , of which the first sketch drew the attention of the viceroy of Mexico in a manner which redounded to his honour . I should be happy if I could flatter myself that my feeble efforts , under a new form , and more ...
... possessed into a work , of which the first sketch drew the attention of the viceroy of Mexico in a manner which redounded to his honour . I should be happy if I could flatter myself that my feeble efforts , under a new form , and more ...
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... wander as it were in a desert , notwithstand- ing the show of manuscript - maps . There are not more resources to be found than Major Rennel possessed for drawing up maps of the interior of Africa B 3 GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... wander as it were in a desert , notwithstand- ing the show of manuscript - maps . There are not more resources to be found than Major Rennel possessed for drawing up maps of the interior of Africa B 3 GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
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