 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 346 páginas
...learning. " Is there any one so foolish," asks Lactantius, " as to believe that there arcantipodes with their feet opposite to ours; people who walk...their heads hanging down? That there is a part of the.world in which all things are topsy-turvy; where the trees grow with their branches downward, and... | |
 | Alexander Copland - 1832 - 586 páginas
...and St. Augustine. ' Is there any one so foolish,' asks Lactantius, ' as to believe that there are antipodes, with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their heels upwards and their heads hanging down ? — That there is a part of the world in which all things are... | |
 | 596 páginas
...Lactantius, "as to believe that there are antipodes opposite to ours, men who walk with their feet upwards and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part of the world in which all things are topsy turvy ; where the trees grow with their branches downwards, and where it rains, hails, and snows... | |
 | 1833 - 480 páginas
...antipodes, with their fret opposite to ours ; people who walk with their heels upwards, and their heads down ; that there is a part of the world in which all things are topsy-- turvy ; where the trees grow with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails, and snows... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester, Andrew Foster - 1846 - 504 páginas
...that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their feet upwards and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part...trees grow with their branches downward, and where it rail is hails and snows upward ? The idea of the roundness of the earth,' he adds, ' was the cause... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester, Andrew Foster - 1846 - 488 páginas
...unworthy of so grave a theologian. ' Is there any one so foolish,' he asks, ' as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their feet upwards and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part of the world in which all things are... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1850 - 230 páginas
...grave and learned a theolorian. " Is there any so foolish," he asks, " as to believe that there are antipodes, with their feet opposite to ours; people...there is a part of the world in which all things are nand) was made to John II. of Portugal, who approved of the undertaking, but refused to comply with... | |
 | Clode - 1850 - 194 páginas
...walk at our antipodes, their heels upwards and their heads hanging down ? By St. Jago di Compostella! That there is a part of the world in which all things...topsy-turvy ; where the trees grow with their branches downwards, and where it rains, hails and snows upwards ! Ask me not to believe all this, good Senor... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig - 1851 - 576 páginas
...that there are men whose feet stand opposite to ours, and who are able to walk with their legs upwards and their heads hanging down : that there is a part of the world where all things are topsyturvy — where the trees grow with their branches downward, and where hail,... | |
 | Royal School of Mines (Great Britain) - 1852 - 164 páginas
...the writings of Lactantius. " Is there anyone so foolish," says he, " as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their heels upwards and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part of the world in which all things are topsy-turvy... | |
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Is there any one so foolish," he asks, " as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours : people who walk with their heels upward, and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part of the world in which all things are topsy-turvy... 
