... exist such a race, rests on the evidence of that most veracious of voyagers and circumstantial of chroniclers, Peter Wilkins, whose celebrated work not only gives an account of the general appearance and habits of a most interesting tribe of flying... Practical Talks by an Astronomer - Page 208by Harold Jacoby - 1902 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Adams Locke - 1859 - 90 pages
...people in the Moon does not strike us as more wonderful than the existence of such a race of beings on earth ; and that there does or did exist such a race...into with one of the females of the winged tribe." — NY Evening Post. "We think we can trace in it marks of transatlantic origin." — NY Commercial... | |
| Phineas Taylor Barnum - 1866 - 458 pages
...celebrated work not only gives an account of the general appearance and habits of a most interesting tribo of flying Indians ; but, also, of all those more delicate...discover by reason of the conjugal relations he entered iuto with one of the females of the winged tribe." The moon-hoax had its day, and some of its glory... | |
| Phineas Taylor Barnum - 1866 - 370 pages
...Wilkins, whoso celebrated work not only gives ,in account of the general appearance and habits of a roost interesting tribe of flying Indians, but also of all...those more delicate and engaging traits which the anthor was enabled to discover by reason of the conjugal relations he entered into with one of the... | |
| Frank Michael O'Brien - 1918 - 542 pages
...account of the general appearance and habits of a most interesting tribe of flying Indians, but also of those more delicate and engaging traits which the...into with one of the females of the winged tribe. Peter Wilkins was 'the hero of Robert Paltock's imaginative book, " The Life and Adventures of Peter... | |
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