Memoir of Richard WilliamsJames Nisbet, 1857 - 250 pagine |
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Pagina 84
... Jemmy Button , a Fuegian taken to England by Captain FitzRoy , was left on his return from Eng- land , after three years ' absence . If we can make him out , doubtless it may prove very advantage- ous to us . At all events , we mean to ...
... Jemmy Button , a Fuegian taken to England by Captain FitzRoy , was left on his return from Eng- land , after three years ' absence . If we can make him out , doubtless it may prove very advantage- ous to us . At all events , we mean to ...
Pagina 118
... is the gospel in ascendancy . In the year 1831 , there were three Fuegians in England . They were brought to this country by Captain FitzRoy , R.N. , and the hope was enter- YORK MINSTER AND JEMMY BUTTON . 119 tained that they 118 FUEGIA .
... is the gospel in ascendancy . In the year 1831 , there were three Fuegians in England . They were brought to this country by Captain FitzRoy , R.N. , and the hope was enter- YORK MINSTER AND JEMMY BUTTON . 119 tained that they 118 FUEGIA .
Pagina 119
... Jemmy Button was a good - natured boy , of no great capacity ; and Fuegia Basket was a rather pleasing and very intelligent girl . Considerable interest was felt in these visi- tors from the antipodes , and even the king and queen ...
... Jemmy Button was a good - natured boy , of no great capacity ; and Fuegia Basket was a rather pleasing and very intelligent girl . Considerable interest was felt in these visi- tors from the antipodes , and even the king and queen ...
Pagina 158
... Jemmy . ' This man was very well formed and featured , and most active in his habits : unusual energy and quickness of mind were very perceptible in him . But all this was for evil , and not for good : he was the ring- JEMMY . 159 ...
... Jemmy . ' This man was very well formed and featured , and most active in his habits : unusual energy and quickness of mind were very perceptible in him . But all this was for evil , and not for good : he was the ring- JEMMY . 159 ...
Pagina 159
... Jemmy , ' as we called him , was in all probability acquainted with a spot where we found the muti- lated and charred remains of a human body , the skin of the head and face being undestroyed ; and we were not without a suspicion that ...
... Jemmy , ' as we called him , was in all probability acquainted with a spot where we found the muti- lated and charred remains of a human body , the skin of the head and face being undestroyed ; and we were not without a suspicion that ...
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