Prose,Abraham Small. William Brown, printer, 1824 |
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Page 169
... Hottentots in South Africa, that he might speak to them " words whereby they should be saved." He had heard of their ignorance, vice, and degradation, and his heart yearned within him over their deplorable enthralment. Under the filth ...
... Hottentots in South Africa, that he might speak to them " words whereby they should be saved." He had heard of their ignorance, vice, and degradation, and his heart yearned within him over their deplorable enthralment. Under the filth ...
Page 172
... Hottentots, who flocked to him from all quarters when their own improvidence or adverse seasons reduced them to temporary distress. In this retirement he lived nearly seven years, while under his reforming hand the waste round his ...
... Hottentots, who flocked to him from all quarters when their own improvidence or adverse seasons reduced them to temporary distress. In this retirement he lived nearly seven years, while under his reforming hand the waste round his ...
Page 174
... Hottentots, like circles of bee-hives in sunny and sheltered spots, on the margin of streams, — or occasionally the lonely tents of the Bushmen, roving from place to place, wheresoever they could find game 174 AN AFRICAN VALLEY.
... Hottentots, like circles of bee-hives in sunny and sheltered spots, on the margin of streams, — or occasionally the lonely tents of the Bushmen, roving from place to place, wheresoever they could find game 174 AN AFRICAN VALLEY.
Page 175
... Hottentots' god !" exclaimed a mother to her daughter, who, with infantine eagerness, was pursuing the little idol which her parent worshipped. At the return of the Pleiades the Hottentots held AN AFRICAN VALLEY. 175.
... Hottentots' god !" exclaimed a mother to her daughter, who, with infantine eagerness, was pursuing the little idol which her parent worshipped. At the return of the Pleiades the Hottentots held AN AFRICAN VALLEY. 175.
Page 176
... Hottentots, who appear to have been a people distinct from the numberless tribes that lived northward of the colony. Their own tradition of their origin was this. — In a remote age a house of passage (a ship or canoe) arrived near the ...
... Hottentots, who appear to have been a people distinct from the numberless tribes that lived northward of the colony. Their own tradition of their origin was this. — In a remote age a house of passage (a ship or canoe) arrived near the ...
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