 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 664 páginas
...of so grave a theologian. " Is there any one so foolish," he a5*ks, " as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours : people...with their branches downward, and where it rains, harls, and snows upward ? The idea of the roundness of the earth," he adds, " was the cause of inventing... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1866 - 1128 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...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 where it... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1020 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...with their heels upward, and their heads hanging down 1 That there is a part of the world in which all things are topsy-turvy : where the trees grow with... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 706 páginas
...the doctrine of antipodes, when he said : " Is there any one so foolish as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours , people...and where it rains, hails and snows upward ? " the Seven Cities further to the north. This island had not disappeared from the maps as late as 1755, when... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 734 páginas
...the doctrine of antipodes, when he said : " Is there any one so foolish as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people...where the trees grow with their branches downward, and « henit rains, hails and snows upward?" the Seven Cities further to the north. This island had not... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 páginas
...so let us have the quotation. believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours, — that there is a part of the world in which all things...grow with their branches downward, and where it rains and snows upward ?" Col. I have already answered this objection. If there are people on the earth who... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1885 - 650 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...topsy-turvy : where the trees grow with their branches down\vard, and where it rains, hails, and snows upward ? The idea of the roundness of the earth," he... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1888 - 182 páginas
...few who quoted Lactantius: " Is there any one so foolish," said 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,... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1889 - 468 páginas
...there any one so foolish as to believe that there are people living on the other side of the earth with their feet opposite to ours, people who walk...with their heels upward and their heads hanging down ? " His idea was that the earth was flat like a plate. 16. Can we wonder that Columbus for a long time... | |
 | Herman Milton Bien - 1891 - 552 páginas
..."Objection No. 1. — The great Lactantius says: — Is any one so foolish 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 turned topsy-turvy, where the trees grow with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails and... | |
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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... 
