Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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Էջ vii
... attentively weighed , and we shall be astonished to find how little specific information they sometimes really contain . The present work , however , furnishes us with precise data on a very great variety of important PREFACE . vii.
... attentively weighed , and we shall be astonished to find how little specific information they sometimes really contain . The present work , however , furnishes us with precise data on a very great variety of important PREFACE . vii.
Էջ ix
... present must necessarily be executed will not admit of that flow and correctness of style which the leisure of the closet might produce . When we sit down to the trans- lation of an established classic , we may patiently endeavour to ...
... present must necessarily be executed will not admit of that flow and correctness of style which the leisure of the closet might produce . When we sit down to the trans- lation of an established classic , we may patiently endeavour to ...
Էջ xiii
... have been foolish to attempt to imitate the magnificence of the original ; but it will be found that nothing of essen- tial importance has been omitted . The publishers wished to spare no necessary expense in the present PREFACE . Xiii.
... have been foolish to attempt to imitate the magnificence of the original ; but it will be found that nothing of essen- tial importance has been omitted . The publishers wished to spare no necessary expense in the present PREFACE . Xiii.
Էջ xiv
Alexander von Humboldt. publishers wished to spare no necessary expense in the present publication ; but they were averse from increasing the price of a book intended for general circulation by an ostentatious and injudicious splen- dour .
Alexander von Humboldt. publishers wished to spare no necessary expense in the present publication ; but they were averse from increasing the price of a book intended for general circulation by an ostentatious and injudicious splen- dour .
Էջ xvii
... present king of Spain gave orders to publish , at the expense of the state , the survey of the coasts and ports ; without fearing that the most minute plans of the Havannah , of Vera Cruz , and the mouth of the Rio Plata , should fall ...
... present king of Spain gave orders to publish , at the expense of the state , the survey of the coasts and ports ; without fearing that the most minute plans of the Havannah , of Vera Cruz , and the mouth of the Rio Plata , should fall ...
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