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The region of the globe to which we allude , is that vast collection of islands
which fill a large portion of the Pacific and Indian Oceans , particularly between
the tropics , and which seem to form the connecting links , though much broken ...
The region of the globe to which we allude , is that vast collection of islands
which fill a large portion of the Pacific and Indian Oceans , particularly between
the tropics , and which seem to form the connecting links , though much broken ...
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In the Feejee Islands , when a man dies , his principal wife must be strangled and
buried with him ; a barbarous custom which seems to be borrowed from the cruel
sutlees of Hindostan . According to a well known navigator , Captain Hunter ...
In the Feejee Islands , when a man dies , his principal wife must be strangled and
buried with him ; a barbarous custom which seems to be borrowed from the cruel
sutlees of Hindostan . According to a well known navigator , Captain Hunter ...
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But this general proposition , it seems , is now to be taken with some limitations ;
and for this further advance in accurate investigation , we are indebted to the
same eminent scholar , who has again been the first to bring under the notice of
our ...
But this general proposition , it seems , is now to be taken with some limitations ;
and for this further advance in accurate investigation , we are indebted to the
same eminent scholar , who has again been the first to bring under the notice of
our ...
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The “ Narrative ” gives a particular account of their adventures , and of the
manners and customs of the natives , who seem to be in a lower and more
miserable state than any that have yet been visited in the Indian or Pacific oceans
.
The “ Narrative ” gives a particular account of their adventures , and of the
manners and customs of the natives , who seem to be in a lower and more
miserable state than any that have yet been visited in the Indian or Pacific oceans
.
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... and modes of expression would partake strongly of a Hebrew colouring : To a
practised reader of the Old Testament in the original , the writers of the New seem
almost to have written in the language of their forefathers . The words are Greek ...
... and modes of expression would partake strongly of a Hebrew colouring : To a
practised reader of the Old Testament in the original , the writers of the New seem
almost to have written in the language of their forefathers . The words are Greek ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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