 | Monthly literary register - 1820 - 694 pagine
...had lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They described a deluge, when the waters spread over the whole earth, except the highest mountain, on the top of which they were preserved." The natives of Cuba are said to have had a still... | |
 | Samuel Hull Wilcocke - 1807 - 600 pagine
...ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking and their throats with eating. -f They describe a deluge when the waters spread over the whole earth,...except the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves." Introduction to Mackenzie's Travels, p. cvin. But "although it appears... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1809 - 336 pagine
...ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They describe a deluge,. when the waters spread over the whole earth,...except the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves. They believe, that immediately after their death, they pass into another... | |
 | 1809 - 332 pagine
...were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They describe a deluge, when the wa* ters spread over the whole earth, except the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves. They believe, that immediately after their death, they pass into another... | |
 | 1812 - 318 pagine
...were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They describe a deluge, when the wa-. ters spread over the whole earth, except the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves. They believe, that immediately after their death, they pass into another... | |
 | Antonio de Alcedo - 1814 - 654 pagine
...ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They describe a deluge, when the waters spread over the whole earth,...except the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves. They believe, that immediately after their death, they pass into another... | |
 | 1819 - 384 pagine
...ancestors lived till their fret were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They describe a deluge, when the waters spread over the whole earth,...except the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves. They believe, that immediately after their death, they pass into another... | |
 | 1819 - 382 pagine
...ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats witk eating. They describe a deluge, when the waters spread over the whole earth, except the highest mountains, on the tops of irhidi they preserved themselves. They believe, that immediately after their death, they pass into... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 590 pagine
...had lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They described a deluge, when the waters spread over the whole earth, except the highest mountain, on the top of which they were preserved.'* The natives of Cuba are said to have had a still... | |
 | Ethan Smith - 1823 - 202 pagine
...ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They describe a deluge, when the waters spread over the whole earth,...except the highest mountains ; on the tops of which they preserved themselves." This tradition of the longevity of the ancients, and of the flood, must... | |
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... since been collected, to the depth of a man's height. They believe also, that in ancient times their ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating. They describe a deluge,. when the waters spread over the... 
