 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 σελίδες
...dried seal-skin : the harness of their hones consisted of nothing more than a plain collar aitaci. ed to the shafts of the cart or sledge ; the horse's...weight of the carriage on a descent, however steep it maybe. Very little grain is produced: the chief dépendance of the people is placed on the purchases... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 σελίδες
...ochre paint for their cabins, or coats of woollen cloth, where sheep-skins would suffice, were hot common. Caps of the most ordinary fur served as covering...their wood. For our own subsistence, it was absolutely necessary to carry with us our provisions ; coffee being the only article of luxury which they had... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 σελίδες
...simple form, acting by sails constructed of wooden planks, and their mill-stones shaped like the qucrne or old Celtic machine for grinding with the hand....resist the weight of the carriage on a descent, however ¿teep it may be. Very little grain is produced ¡ the chief dépendance of the people is placet! on... | |
 | John Thomas James (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1819 - 510 σελίδες
...in, and he had nothing to do but proceed : the contrivance, it must be added, answers all VOL. I. BB the purposes of draught, because neither here nor...their wood. For our own subsistence, it was absolutely necessary to carry with us our provisions; coffee being the only article of luxury which they had hoarded... | |
 | John Thomas James - 1819 - 508 σελίδες
...in, and he had nothing to do but proceed: the contrivance, it must be added, answers all VOL. I. B 15 the purposes of draught, because neither here nor...their wood. For our own subsistence, it was absolutely necessary to carry with us our provisions; coffee being the only article of luxury which they had hoarded... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 σελίδες
...sledge ; the horse's neck was thrust through, and he had nothing to do but proceed ; the contrivance answers all the purposes of draught, because neither...Sweden is the animal trained to resist the weight of a carriage on a descent, however steep it may be.' Speaking of his arrival at the chief town of the... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1832 - 864 σελίδες
...neck is thrust, he has only to procerd : this contrivance answers all the purposes of draught, for neither here nor in Sweden is the animal trained to resist the •weight of a carriage on the descent, however Bleep itjiiay be." Finlayrille, a village of Mccklenburgh Co. NC... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1839 - 834 σελίδες
...neck is thrust, he has only to proceed : this contrivance answers all the purposes of draught, for neither here nor in Sweden is the animal trained to resist the weight of a carriage on the descent, however steep it may be." Finliiyvitle, a village of Mccklcnburgh Co. NC... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1839 - 834 σελίδες
...neck is thrust, he has only to proceed : this contrivance answers all the purposes of draught, for neither here nor in Sweden is the animal trained to resist the weight of a carriage on the descent, however steep it may be." Finlayeille, a village of Mecklenburg!! Co. NC... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1839 - 828 σελίδες
...neck is thrust, he has only to proceed : this contrivance answers all the purposes of draught, for neither here nor in Sweden is the animal trained to resist the \veight of a carriage on the descent, however steep it may be." FinlayviUe, a village of Mecklenburgh... | |
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... supplied by a mis-shapen bag of dried seal-skin : the harness of their horses consisted of nothing more than a plain collar attached to the shafts of the cart or sledge; the horse's neck was thrust in, and he had nothing to do but proceed ; the contrivance,... 