 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...and princi pies; habituated to the hunting life; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in the description of object* already possesed ; honest, disinterested, liberal, of sound understanding, and a fidelity to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - United States - 1825 - 378 pages
...understanding, and an intimate knowledge of the Indian character, their customs, and principles, and for a fidelity to truth so scrupulous, that whatever he should report would be as 25 certain as if seen by himself, he did not hesitate to 'confide the enterprise to him as one every... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 608 pages
...habituated to the hunting life ; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his ovvn country, against losing time in the description of...understanding, and a fidelity to truth so scrupulous, unit whatever he should report would be as certain as if seen by ourselves : with all these qualifications,... | |
 | George Tucker - 1837 - 542 pages
...and principles; habituated to the hunting life; guarded, by exact dbseryation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in...report would be as certain as if seen by ourselves." The event well justified the propriety of the selection. The exploring party, exclusive of a small... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pages
...and principles ; habituated to the hunting life ; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in...disinterested, liberal, of sound understanding, and fidelity to truth so scrupulous, that whatever he should report would be as certain as if seen by ourselves... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1840 - 212 pages
...understanding, and an intimate knowledge of the Indian character, their customs, and principles, and for a fidelity to truth so scrupulous, that whatever he should report would be as certain as if seen by himself, he did not hesitate to confide the enterprise to him as one every way qualified to conduct... | |
 | Alonzo Potter - Best books - 1843 - 352 pages
...the Indian character, customs, and principles ; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in the description of objects already possessed," &c., &c. — Enc. Am. 2 vols. 18mo, 90 cents, New- York. Humboldfs Narrative. This work has justly... | |
 | Child rearing - 1847 - 346 pages
...the Indian character, customs, and principles ; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in the description of objects already possessed," &c., &c. — Enc. Am. 2 vols. 18mo, 90 cents, New- York. Humboldt's Narrative. This work has justly... | |
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 678 pages
...guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing tune in the description of objects already possessed ;...report would be as certain as if seen by ourselves.' " The judgment displayed in this selection, was justified by the event. The exploring party, exclusive... | |
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Indian character, customs, and principles; habituated to the hunting life; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in the description of objects already possessed; honest, disinterested, liberal,... 
