Travels and Researches in Caffraria: Describing the Character, Customs and Moral Condition of the Tribes Inhabiting that Portion of Southern AfricaJohn Mason, 1833 - 509 páginas |
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... inhabitants attracted , in any considerable degree , the attention of philosophers . At length they dis- covered that the contemplation of the condition and character of the Americans in their original state tended to complete our ...
... inhabitants attracted , in any considerable degree , the attention of philosophers . At length they dis- covered that the contemplation of the condition and character of the Americans in their original state tended to complete our ...
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... inhabitants , lately called into existence , and still at the beginning of their career , were un- worthy to be compared with the people of a more ancient and improved continent . * Others have imagined , that under the influence of an ...
... inhabitants , lately called into existence , and still at the beginning of their career , were un- worthy to be compared with the people of a more ancient and improved continent . * Others have imagined , that under the influence of an ...
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... inhabitants of " savage countries " either truly happy in themselves , or " useful members of a regular community . " And I maintain likewise , that the natives of Caffraria are by no means so incapable of understanding the plain ...
... inhabitants of " savage countries " either truly happy in themselves , or " useful members of a regular community . " And I maintain likewise , that the natives of Caffraria are by no means so incapable of understanding the plain ...
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... inhabitants being members of that body . Their numbers were suffi- ciently large to entitle them to the promised stipend ( £ 75 per annum ) for a Minister . Consequently , application was made to the Wesleyan Missionary Committee in ...
... inhabitants being members of that body . Their numbers were suffi- ciently large to entitle them to the promised stipend ( £ 75 per annum ) for a Minister . Consequently , application was made to the Wesleyan Missionary Committee in ...
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... inhabitants actually settled at the institution was upwards of two hundred , inclusive of children ; and the population in the neighbourhood appeared to be considerable . The surrounding country is fine and very fertile , affording ...
... inhabitants actually settled at the institution was upwards of two hundred , inclusive of children ; and the population in the neighbourhood appeared to be considerable . The surrounding country is fine and very fertile , affording ...
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Africa afterwards Albany altogether amongst animal appearance arrived assagai attention beast boors Bushmen Caffraria called cattle Chief Christian circumstances clans colonists colony colour commenced consequence considerable constituted course custom death Delagoa Bay distance divine dreadful dwelling established evidently exceedingly fear female fire Fish River frequently Gaika Government Graham's Town ground habits hamlet hand head heathenish hence herds Hinza hippopotami horses Hottentots immediately induced inhabitants instantly Kaffer Kafferland kind Kongo kraal labour land Landdrost latter length likewise London Missionary Society maize manner miles mind Mission village Missionary morning mountains natives neighbouring night object obtained occasion party person poor present preter proceeded racter remark rendered residence respecting Rufane Shaw Donkin S'Lhambi savage scarcely seemed seldom settlement side soon spears spot station thing tion traveller trees tribes Umtata various visited waggons warriors Wesleyville whilst whole women young
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Página 151 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 348 - tis nought to me, Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.
Página 212 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
Página 296 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Página 316 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Página 185 - Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Página 20 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked ! it shall be ill with him : for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Página 59 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Página 473 - Afar in the Desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side...
Página 212 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.