The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events: Consisting of Authentic Anecdotes, Biographical Memoirs, Manners and Customs, Philosophical Papers, Natural History, Theatrical Intelligence, Analysis of Historical Books, Domestic News, &c. &c. &c, Volume 21790 - History |
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Page 196
... Bruce refided . Upon the rock in the middle of the plain , the Agows ufed to pile up the bones of the beafts killed in facrifice , mixing them with billets of wood , after which they fet them on fire . This is now difcontinued , or ...
... Bruce refided . Upon the rock in the middle of the plain , the Agows ufed to pile up the bones of the beafts killed in facrifice , mixing them with billets of wood , after which they fet them on fire . This is now difcontinued , or ...
Page 197
... Bruce's arrival at Geefh , the weather perfectly clear , cloud- lefs , and nearly calm , in all refpects well adapted to obfervation , being extremely anxious to afcertain , be- yond the power of controverfy , the precife fpot on the ...
... Bruce's arrival at Geefh , the weather perfectly clear , cloud- lefs , and nearly calm , in all refpects well adapted to obfervation , being extremely anxious to afcertain , be- yond the power of controverfy , the precife fpot on the ...
Page 198
... Bruce ever faw , making about twenty fharp angular peninfulas in the courfe of five miles , through a bare , marthy plain of clay , quite deftitute of trees , and exceedingly incon- venient and unpleasant to travel . After paffing this ...
... Bruce ever faw , making about twenty fharp angular peninfulas in the courfe of five miles , through a bare , marthy plain of clay , quite deftitute of trees , and exceedingly incon- venient and unpleasant to travel . After paffing this ...
Page 199
... from Gondar , the capital of Abyffinia , Mr. Bruce vifited the great cataract of Alata . The first thing he was fhewn was . the bridge , which confifts of one arch arch of about twenty - five feet broad . Fragments FRAGMENTS . 199.
... from Gondar , the capital of Abyffinia , Mr. Bruce vifited the great cataract of Alata . The first thing he was fhewn was . the bridge , which confifts of one arch arch of about twenty - five feet broad . Fragments FRAGMENTS . 199.
Page 200
... Bruce ever beheld . The height has been rather exaggerated . The miffionaries fay the fall is about fixteen ells , or fifty feet . The meafuring is , in- deed , very difficult ; but , by the pofition of long fticks , and poles of ...
... Bruce ever beheld . The height has been rather exaggerated . The miffionaries fay the fall is about fixteen ells , or fifty feet . The meafuring is , in- deed , very difficult ; but , by the pofition of long fticks , and poles of ...
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Page 258 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
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