"Pery" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Timbuctoo are cabins or huts, constructed with stakes, covered with chalk or clay, and thatched with straw, 'le cui case sono capanne fatte di pali coperte di creta co i cortivi di paglia.' But the expression in the Latin translation, which is closely followed by the old English translator, Pery, implies a state of previous splendour and decay, 'cojus domus omnes in ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish |
