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Page 138
... very same objects on which those looked who still live in our daily memory , though they may have been lying in their graves for century upon century ; and this it is which gives their chief and moral charm to places of this kind .
... very same objects on which those looked who still live in our daily memory , though they may have been lying in their graves for century upon century ; and this it is which gives their chief and moral charm to places of this kind .
Page 248
I procured a skin of each kind . That of the jaguar measured about five feet , and its tail two more , and resembles the leopards of the old continent . The ocelot is not above half the size , but its fur is much finer , beautifully ...
I procured a skin of each kind . That of the jaguar measured about five feet , and its tail two more , and resembles the leopards of the old continent . The ocelot is not above half the size , but its fur is much finer , beautifully ...
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I will not say they were civil - civil seems a mercenary word - they were kind . At dinner they gave us the best of every thing they had ; and if we required any little change , it was done with alacrity and goodhumour .
I will not say they were civil - civil seems a mercenary word - they were kind . At dinner they gave us the best of every thing they had ; and if we required any little change , it was done with alacrity and goodhumour .
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