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Page 7 - to a stake, but so as to be at liberty to move round it. All present, men, women, and children, fall upon them with knives and other instruments ; and such is their cruel ingenuity in torturing, that, by avoiding to touch the vital part, they often prolong the scene of
Page 11 - As there are a number of rivers in Italy, besides those mentioned above, the soil, in general, is very fertile. It produces a great variety of wines, and the best oil in Europe ; excellent silk in abundance ; corn of all sorts, but not in such plenty as in other countries ; oranges, lemons, citrons, pomegranates, almonds, raisins, sugar,
Page 5 - so thick and tall, that it is difficult to pass through them. Where no cane grows, there is abundance of wild rye, clover, and buffalo-grass, covering vast tracts of country, and affording excellent food for cattle. The fields are covered with abundance of wild herbage, not common to other countries.
Page 11 - steep side of which descends a cascade, visible for 150 yards. This fall of water is supplied by a circular lake near the. summit of the mountain, called the Devil's Punch Bowl ; which, on account of its immense depth and continual overflow of water, is considered as one of
Page 11 - of fresh air, which no buildings can intercept. The country round, especially on the London side, is nearly open to some distance; whence, by the action of the sun and wind on a gravelly soil, it is kept tolerably dry in all seasons, and affords no lodgment for stagnant air or water. The cleanliness of London,
Page 15 - resides are three towers, nine stories high, each covered with plates of gold ; and the hall of audience is supported by pillars of massy gold. Near the palace are several others, where the relations of the emperor live. The empress has a palace of her own, and there are
Page 7 - and it is become an article in commerce of great value. During a long period, no European nation intruded upon the Spaniards in these provinces, or attempted to obtain any share in this branch of trade. But after the conquest of Jamaica by the English, one of the
Page 7 - caressed. But, by a refinement of cruelty, while they seem studious to attach their captives to life, their doom is irrevocably fixed. On an appointed day, the victorious tribe assembles, the prisoner is brought forth with great solemnity, he meets
Page 7 - than one; and their wives are distinguished by a decency of demeanour, a solicitude in their families, and a fidelity to their vows, which might do honour to human nature in the most civilized countries. The custom of women burning themselves on the death of their husbands,
Page 12 - of The Romans, that Cicero styled it the Athens of Gaul, and Pliny called it the Mistress of Education. It is seated on the Mediterranean, at the upper end of a gulf, covered and defended by many small islands, and is divided into the Old Town, or the