curiofity

The impulfe of curiofity, which had before operated to fo great a degree, might now indeed be fup» pofed to have ceafed; but the hofpitable treatment we had invariably met with, and the friendly footing on which we parted, gave us fome reafon to pxpeSt that they would again have flocked about us with great joy on our return.

Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

Were we poflefled of the journals of thofe Dutch feamen who have vifited the coafts of the fouthem regions, they would aflFord us many ufeful hints refpe£Hng geography, and other objeds of curiofity.

Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

This circumftance had excited in me a great curiofity ta know what opinion this people had formed of us, and what were their ideas refpeding the caufe and objefts of our voyage.

Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

The canons for the habit of clcrrrymcn are chiefly thefe two that follow: which, for the rcafon above-mentioned, arc now become matters only of curiofity and fpecuJation.

Ecclesiastical Law 1797

Prompted by curiofity, I one morning watched their fteps, atid followed them to a tuft of trees that formed a fmalj grove on the edge of the park: here I faw them in amorous dalliance.

Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse ... 1797

Milford people obferving an Indian child, nearly at one of thefe times of their devo - tion, dreiTed in an extraordinary manner, with all kinds of Indian finery, had the curiofity to enquire what could be the reafon.

A complete history of Connecticut, civil and ecclesiastical, from the emigration of its first planters from England, in MDCXXX, to MDCCXIII 1797

For a long time it was preferved in his Mufeum, and fhown Only as a curiofity to the XXI. learned.

Icelandic poetry 1797

* « When his fpirits were thus reflored, he was again brought to fatisfy the king's curiofity with a narrative of the wonders he had feen; and his account was to the following e0e£l.

Encyclopædia britannica; 1797

No man of genius and curiofity can read accounts of the ori - gin of nations, the difcovery, fettlement and progrefs of new countries, without a high degree of entertainment.

A complete history of Connecticut, civil and ecclesiastical, from the emigration of its first planters from England, in MDCXXX, to MDCCXIII 1797

In the notes, we obferve the copy of an indulgence granted by Cardinal Lawrence Campejus, birtiop of Salifbljry; it is in the Englifh language, and may be deemed a curiofity.

The Monthly Review 1796