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... seems not unlikely that they are defcended from that of Kongo . The number of fight- ing men , according to their account , is about a thousand , and they boast much of the bravery of their people . The king of Cacongo , who is styled ...
... seems not unlikely that they are defcended from that of Kongo . The number of fight- ing men , according to their account , is about a thousand , and they boast much of the bravery of their people . The king of Cacongo , who is styled ...
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... seem to vie with each other in richness and va- riety : they furpass whatever imagina- tion can conceive . The mildness of the climate , groups of vineyards , highly cultivated orchards and kitchen- gardens , all contribute to render ...
... seem to vie with each other in richness and va- riety : they furpass whatever imagina- tion can conceive . The mildness of the climate , groups of vineyards , highly cultivated orchards and kitchen- gardens , all contribute to render ...
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... seems that imagination has added to the charms of truth , and deduced it from an origin , at least doubtful , yet certainly fublime . Though this great poet was my townfman , I have fre- quently attempted , without fuccefs , to acquire ...
... seems that imagination has added to the charms of truth , and deduced it from an origin , at least doubtful , yet certainly fublime . Though this great poet was my townfman , I have fre- quently attempted , without fuccefs , to acquire ...
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... out more charms , it seems , for Plutus , than for Apolio . A man in the time of the governor , whose name the the mountain perpetuates , intent on making his fortune by Barrow's Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa . 69.
... out more charms , it seems , for Plutus , than for Apolio . A man in the time of the governor , whose name the the mountain perpetuates , intent on making his fortune by Barrow's Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa . 69.
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... seem to have no kind of management . They turn over a piece of ground with a huge misfhapen plough , that requires eight or ten horfes , or a dozen oxen , to drag it along ; the feed is fown in the broad - caft way , at the rate of ...
... seem to have no kind of management . They turn over a piece of ground with a huge misfhapen plough , that requires eight or ten horfes , or a dozen oxen , to drag it along ; the feed is fown in the broad - caft way , at the rate of ...
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