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" Cubagua; whence he sailed to Spain. The vanity natural to travellers who visit regions unknown to the rest of mankind, and the art of an adventurer, solicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion... "
Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ... - Page 47
by E. Polehamton - 1815
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The History of America, Volume 3

William Robertson - 1780 - 586 pages
...folicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage. He pretended to have difcovered nations fo rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered with plates of gold ; and...
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A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time ..., Volume 2

John Adams - 1795 - 676 pages
...folicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage. He pretended to have difcovered nations fo rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered with plates of gold ; and...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 14, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 pages
...felicitous to magnify hie own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle in extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage. He pretended to have difcovered nations fo rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered with plates of gold ; and...
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The history of America. In which is included the posthumous volume ..., Volume 7

William Robertson - 1803 - 456 pages
...felicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage. He pretended to have difcovered nations fo rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered with plates of gold $ and...
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America: In which is Included the Posthumous Volume Containing the ..., Volume 3

William Robertson - 1809 - 388 pages
...solicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage....to have extended their dominion over a considerable track of the fertile plains which he had visited. Extravagant as those tales were, they gave rise to...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 3

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 472 pages
...to the rest of mankind, and the art of an adventurer, solicitous to magnify his own merit, concured in prompting him 'to mingle an extraordinary pro....over a considerable tract of the fertile plains which be had visited. Extravagant as those tales were, they gave rise to an opinion that a region abounding...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 17

1816 - 764 pages
...whovifit regions unknown to the reft of mankind, prompted him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage. He pretended to have difcovered nations ib rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered with plates of gold ; and...
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The History of America, Volume 3

William Robertson - 1817 - 490 pages
...solicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage....republic of .women so warlike and powerful, as to have txtended their dominion over a considerable tract of the fertile plains which he had visited. Extravagant...
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The History of America, Volume 2

William Robertson - 1821 - 614 pages
...the marvellous in the narrative uf his voyage. He lire -\ tended to have discovered nations so ricti, that the roofs of Their ) temples were covered with...to have extended their dominion over a considerable traet of the fertile plains which he had visited. Extravagant as those tales were, they gave rise to...
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The Works of William Robertson, D. D...: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 8

William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 480 pages
...solicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage....rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered >' See NOTE LXXXIII. K oo K with plates of gold ; and described a republic of VI< women so warlike...
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