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" But their address in this rapid descent is truly wonderful ; for in their swiftest motion, when they seem to have lost all government of themselves, they follow exactly the different windings of the road, as if they had previously settled in their minds... "
Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 184
1803
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A Voyage to South-America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns ...

Antonio de Ulloa, Jorge Juan - Chile - 1758 - 564 pages
...truly wonderful ; for in this rapid motion, when they feem to have loft all governme"nt of themfelves, they follow exactly the different windings of the road, as if they had before accurately reconnoitred and previoufly fettled in their minds the route they were to follow,...
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A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels: Containing ..., Volume 1

North America - 1767 - 550 pages
...truly wonderful ; for in this rapid motion, when they feem to have loft all government of themfelves, they follow exactly the different windings of the road, as if they had before accurately reconoitred and previoufly fettled in their minds the rout they were to follow, and...
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A General History of Quadrupeds

Ralph Beilby - Bookplates - 1792 - 506 pages
...wonderful ; for in their fwifteft motion, when they feem to have loft all government of themfelves, they follow exactly the different windings of the road, as if they had previoufly fettled in their minds the route they were to follow, and taken every precaution for their...
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Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries ...

William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1796 - 326 pages
...truly wonderful, for in tltfl rapid motion, when they feem to have toft all government of themfelves, they follow exactly the different windings of the road, as if they had before accurately reconnoitred, and previoufty fettled in their minds, the route they were to follow,...
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A Voyage to South America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities ..., Volume 1

Antonio de Ulloa - Blacks - 1806 - 530 pages
...of these creatures is here truly wonderful ; for, in this rapid motion, when they seem to have lost all government of themselves, they follow exactly the different windings of the road, as if they had before accurately reconnoitred, and previously settled in their minds, the route they were to follow,...
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A General History of Quadrupeds

Ralph Beilby - Animals - 1807 - 564 pages
...in this rapid descent is truly wonderful ; for in their swiftest motion, when they seem to have lost all government of themselves, they follow exactly...precaution for their safety. In this journey, the natives place themselves along the sides of the mountains ; and, holding by the roots of the trees, animate...
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 2

Natural history - 1810 - 328 pages
...in this rapid descent is truly wonderful; for in their swiftest motion, when they seem to have lost all government of themselves, they follow exactly...precaution for their safety. In this journey the natives place themselves along the sides of the mountains, and holding by the roots of the trees, animate the...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 3

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 456 pages
...address of these crratuves is here tnilj wonderful, for in this rapid motion, when they seem to have lost all government of themselves, they follow exactly the different windings of the path, as if they had before accurately reconnoitred, and previously settled in their minds, the route...
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“A” General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages ..., Volume 14

John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1813 - 920 pages
...diiferent windings of the road, as if they had before accurately reconnoitred, and previouily fettled in their minds, the route they were to follow, and taken every precaution for their fafety, amidft fo many irregularities. There would indeed otherwife be no poffibility of travelling...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of ...

R. P. Forster - Africa - 1818 - 514 pages
...address of this creature is here truly wonderful, for in this rapid motion, when they seem to have lost all government of themselves, they follow exactly the different windings of the road, as if they had before accurately reconnoitred, and previously settled in their minds, the route they were to follow,...
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