Geographical Delineations: Or, A Compendious View of the Natural and Political State of All Parts of the GlobeF. Nichols, 1807 - 416 páginas |
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... inhabitants , arts , customs , languages , & c . Local geography is so easy , and so agreeable to most young persons , that it may be taught at school to children of ten years of age , or to those of a greater age as a relaxation from ...
... inhabitants , arts , customs , languages , & c . Local geography is so easy , and so agreeable to most young persons , that it may be taught at school to children of ten years of age , or to those of a greater age as a relaxation from ...
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... inhabitants of the former meridian , it will be sometime afternoon to the inhabi- tants of the latter ; and , on the contrary , when it is noon at those places which are situated on the latter meridian , it will be some time after noon ...
... inhabitants of the former meridian , it will be sometime afternoon to the inhabi- tants of the latter ; and , on the contrary , when it is noon at those places which are situated on the latter meridian , it will be some time after noon ...
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... inhabitants of the other quarters of the globe ; and that in arms , arts , and sciences they have for a long course of ages maintained a superiority , which the pro- gress of improvement has rendered more and more conspicu- Whilst ...
... inhabitants of the other quarters of the globe ; and that in arms , arts , and sciences they have for a long course of ages maintained a superiority , which the pro- gress of improvement has rendered more and more conspicu- Whilst ...
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... inhabitants . Its shallow soil , and the violence of the winds , will not permit the growth of trees beyond the height of shrubs . The rural wealth of the Icelanders consists chiefly in their kine and sheep . The former are small , and ...
... inhabitants . Its shallow soil , and the violence of the winds , will not permit the growth of trees beyond the height of shrubs . The rural wealth of the Icelanders consists chiefly in their kine and sheep . The former are small , and ...
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... inhabitants to extraordinary exertions for the sake of their eggs , flesh , and feathers . In no country is the hazardous busi- ness of fowling conducted with more skill and intrepidity ; and the most tremendous precipices are either ...
... inhabitants to extraordinary exertions for the sake of their eggs , flesh , and feathers . In no country is the hazardous busi- ness of fowling conducted with more skill and intrepidity ; and the most tremendous precipices are either ...
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Página 76 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
Página 396 - Thence winding eastward to the Tartar's coast, She sweeps the howling margin of the main ; Where, undissolving, from the first of time, Snows swell on snows amazing to the sky ; And icy mountains high, on mountains piled, Seem to the shivering sailor from afar, Shapeless and white, an atmosphere of clouds.
Página 143 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Página 1 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Página 397 - And bid to roar no more : a bleak expanse, Shagg'd o'er with wavy rocks, cheerless, and void Of every life, that from the dreary months Flies conscious southward. Miserable they ! Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their last look of the descending sun ; While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold frost, The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible.
Página 339 - Britain in the spring, the heat of Africa in summer, the temperature of Italy in June, the sky of Egypt in autumn, the cold and...
Página 116 - The French, beyond all people, are the creatures of Society; by it their manners and sentiments are fashioned, and in it are centred their chief pleasures and gratifications. They would excel all nations in the art of conversation, were not the desire of shining too universal. The love of glory operates upon them with extraordinary force and stimulates them to •great exertions ; but it is often attended with empty ostentation and gasconade.
Página 406 - HAIL, thou inexhaustible source of wonder and contemplation ! Hail, thou multitudinous ocean ! whose waves chase one another down like the generations of men, and, after a momentary space, are immerged forever in oblivion.
Página 406 - How glorious ! how awful are the scenes which thou displayest! Whether we view thee when every wind is hushed, when the morning sun silvers the level line of the horizon, or when its evening track is marked with flaming gold, and thy unrippled...
Página 397 - Ocean itself no longer can resist The binding fury ; but, in all its rage Of tempest, taken by the boundless frost, Is many a fathom to the bottom chained, And bid to roar no more...