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A History of Whitby, and Streoneshalh Abbey: With a Statistical Survey of ... - Page 855
by George Young - 1817
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Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., "The Circumnavigator".

Arthur Kitson - Explorers - 1907 - 596 pages
...happy than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted, not only with the superfluities, but with many of the necessary conveniences so much sought after...happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a tranqu1llity which is not disturbed by the inequality of condition ; the earth, and sea, of their...
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Maggs Bros. Catalogues, Volumes 334-339

Maggs Bros - Antiquarian booksellers - 1915 - 942 pages
...happy than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted, not only with the superfluities, but with many of the necessary conveniences so much sought after...happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a tranquility which is not disturbed by the inequality of condition ; the earth, and sea, of their...
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Aborigines of Australia

Petar Vlahović - Aboriginal Australians - 1982 - 124 pages
...are far more happier than are Europeans; being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary conveniences so much sought after in...happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a tranquility which is not disturbed by the inequality of condition: the Earth and sea od their own...
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Voyages of Discovery: Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific

Lynne Withey - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 528 pages
...we Europeans; being wholy unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniencies so much sought after in Europe, they are happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a Tranquillity which is not disturb'd by the Inequality of Condition: the Earth and sea of their own...
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The Life of Captain James Cook

J. C. Beaglehole - Biography & Autobiography - 1992 - 828 pages
...we Europeans; being wholy unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniencies so much sought after in Europe, they are happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a Tranquillity which is not disturb'd by the Inequality of Condition:' — and so on.1 There are simplicities...
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The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but with rsity Press CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-79), English seaman, explorer. Journal entry, Aug. 1 770. on his landing in...
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The Lizard Man Speaks

Eric R. Pianka - Science - 1994 - 204 pages
...are far more happier than we Europeans; being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniences so much sought after in...happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a Tranquillity which is not disturbed by the Inequality of Condition: the Earth and sea of their own...
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The Story of the Voyage: Sea-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century England

Philip Edwards - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 272 pages
...we Europeans; being wholy unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniencies so much sought after in Europe, they are happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a Tranquillity which is not disturb'd by the Inequality of Condition. Cook I: Voyage of the Endeavour,...
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Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting and Reflecting on the ...

Stuart B. Schwartz - History - 1994 - 648 pages
...they are far happier than we Europeans; being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniences so much sought after in Europe, they are happy in not knowing the use of them.135 The west coast was arid, the east coast flourishing. Dampier's natives were black, Cook's...
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Dispossession: Black Australians and white invaders

Henry Reynolds - History - 1996 - 244 pages
...far more happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but with the necessary Conveniences so much sought after in...happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a Tranquility which is not disturbed by the inequality of Condition. The Earth and Sea of their own...
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