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" Caora are a nation of people, whose heads appear not above their shoulders ; which, though it may be thought a mere fable, yet for mine own part I am resolved it is true, because every child in the provinces of Arromaia and Canuri affirm the same : they... "
Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting ... - Page 587
by John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817
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Scottish Geographical Magazine, Volume 27

1911 - 754 pages
...nation of people whose heads appeare not above thei r shoulders ; which though it may be thought a meere fable, yet for mine own part I am resolved it is true,...every child in the provinces of Arromaia and Canuri affirms the same ; they are called Ewaipanoma ; they are reported to have their eyes in their shoulders,...
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The Book of Buried Treasure: Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and ...

Ralph Delahaye Paine - 1911 - 508 pages
...them during his voyage up the Orinoco, but nevertheless he took pains to set down in his narrative, "which though it may be thought a mere fable, yet for mine part I am resolved it is true, because every child in the provinces of Arromaia and Canuri affirm the...
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Sir Walter Ralegh: "the Shepherd of the Ocean;" Selections from His Poetry ...

Sir Walter Raleigh - 1916 - 146 pages
...that we stooped to take up promised either gold or silver by his complexion. • ••••••• mere fable, yet for mine own part I am resolved it is true, because every child in the provinces of Aromaia and Canuri affirm the same. They are called Ewaipanoma ; they are reported to have their eyes...
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Proceedings of the State Literary and Historical Association of North Carolina

North Carolina Literary and Historical Association - 1919 - 172 pages
...Shakespeare's. "Next unto Arui there are two rivers Atoica and Caura, and on that branch which is called Caura are a nation of people whose heads appear not above...it is true, because every child in the provinces of Aromaia and Canuri affirm the same. They are called Ewaipanoma; they are reported to have their eyes...
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Literature and Life, Book 3

Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1923 - 648 pages
...some places we took it at the first for a smoke that had risen over some great town. In this region are a nation of people whose heads appear not above...though it may be thought a mere fable, yet for mine eo own part I am resolved it is true, because every child in the provinces of Arromaia and Canuria...
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The River of Seven Stars

Arthur Olney Friel - 1924 - 580 pages
...his first venturesome voyage to the Rio Caroni. Said Raleigh : "On that branch which is called Caura are a nation of people whose heads appear not above their shoulders, . . . They are called Ewaipanoma ; they are reported to have their eyes in their shoulders, and their...
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The Works of Shakespeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1903 - 312 pages
...language from all sorts of sources. 144, 145. men . . . shoulders] "on that branch which is called Caora, are a nation of people whose heads appear not above their shoulders . . . They are called Ewaipanoma. They are reported to have their eyes in their shoulders, and their...
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The Copeland Reader: An Anthology of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1

Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 pages
...complexion. Next unto Arui there are two rivers Atoica and Caura, and on that branch which is called Caura ike leaves forged of heavy metal. This was the East of the Aromaia and Canuri affirm the same. They are called Ewaipanoma ; they are reported to have their eyes...
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Sir Walter Raleigh

Milton Waldman - 1928 - 296 pages
...headless men he states distinctly " though it may be thought a mere fable, yet for mine owne parte I am resolved it is true, because every child in the provinces of Arromaia and Canuri affirme the same," and he goes on to say " they are reported to have their eyes in their shoulders,...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 pages
...REALITY] Next unto Arui there are two rivers Arromaia and Caora, and on that branch which is called Caora p) y Ewaipanoma: they are reported to have their eyes in their shoulders, and their mouths in the middle...
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