The London Quarterly Review, Volumer 113-114Theodore Foster, 1863 |
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... land are still to be met with in every part of Peru ; and innumerable hnacas , or vast burial - mounds , attest the for- mer populousness of the country . The western coast , once one of the most popu- lous and productive districts of ...
... land are still to be met with in every part of Peru ; and innumerable hnacas , or vast burial - mounds , attest the for- mer populousness of the country . The western coast , once one of the most popu- lous and productive districts of ...
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... land which extends from the foot of the Western Cordil- lera to the sea . There rain never falls : a damp mist pervades the atmosphere and veils the sun for months . Instead of the rich and varied foliage of the montaña , gigantic cacti ...
... land which extends from the foot of the Western Cordil- lera to the sea . There rain never falls : a damp mist pervades the atmosphere and veils the sun for months . Instead of the rich and varied foliage of the montaña , gigantic cacti ...
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... land and there precipitated . The ordinary dews are sensibly saline . Wherever salt is deposited there it remains , as there are no rains to wash it back into the ocean . The soil thus be- comes in the course of ages saturated with salt ...
... land and there precipitated . The ordinary dews are sensibly saline . Wherever salt is deposited there it remains , as there are no rains to wash it back into the ocean . The soil thus be- comes in the course of ages saturated with salt ...
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... land available for cotton cultivation is immense , and the profit has lately been such as to tempt capitalists into this branch of agriculture . Peru may therefore speedily become a valuable source of supply for England . An important ...
... land available for cotton cultivation is immense , and the profit has lately been such as to tempt capitalists into this branch of agriculture . Peru may therefore speedily become a valuable source of supply for England . An important ...
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... land , and governed by communal assem- blies which were all - powerful , and which pro- verbially could do no wrong . The acquisi- tion of land could not have been restricted in such a thinly - peopled country ; and up to the eleventh ...
... land , and governed by communal assem- blies which were all - powerful , and which pro- verbially could do no wrong . The acquisi- tion of land could not have been restricted in such a thinly - peopled country ; and up to the eleventh ...
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Side 97 - his own bitterness ; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Side 181 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing ; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high ; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky : It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from Heaven Than when I was a boy.
Side 225 - And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Side 123 - And here I prophesy ; — This brawl to-day Grown to this faction, in the Temple garden, Shall send, between the red rose and the white, A thousand souls to death and deadly night.
Side 97 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Side 182 - Alas, alas, fair Ines, She went away with song, With music waiting on her steps, And shoutings of the throng ; But some were sad and felt no mirth, But only music's wrong, In sounds that sang farewell, farewell, To her you've loved so long.
Side 84 - But woman's is comparatively a fixed, a secluded, and a meditative life. She is more the companion of her own thoughts and feelings; and if they are turned to ministers of sorrow, where shall she look for consolation! Her lot is to be wooed and won; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned and left desolate.
Side 257 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law: All then is full, possessing, and...
Side 71 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished; but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Side 225 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.