The Gallery of Geography: A Pictorial and Descriptive Tour of the World, Том 1W.R. M'Phun, 1872 - Всего страниц: 1146 |
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... Hence it follows , that at the era of the Exodus intercourse had been opened between those regions and the Nile countries ; and it can scarcely be doubted by whose agency it was carried on . The Hindus themselves are not , and have ...
... Hence it follows , that at the era of the Exodus intercourse had been opened between those regions and the Nile countries ; and it can scarcely be doubted by whose agency it was carried on . The Hindus themselves are not , and have ...
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... hence a modern caravan is in its principal features a picture of an ancient one . The travellers follow each other in single or double file ; and form a line of procession of considerable length along the great routes , where numbers of ...
... hence a modern caravan is in its principal features a picture of an ancient one . The travellers follow each other in single or double file ; and form a line of procession of considerable length along the great routes , where numbers of ...
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... Hence it caravans wended their way to the temple on arriving , and started from it . had appurtenances for their accommodation , answering the purpose of a caravanserai : the apartments being for the passengers ; the court and tanks for ...
... Hence it caravans wended their way to the temple on arriving , and started from it . had appurtenances for their accommodation , answering the purpose of a caravanserai : the apartments being for the passengers ; the court and tanks for ...
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... Hence its modern name of Chihel - Sutun , or the Forty Columns . It is a most wonderful work , venerated by the natives far and wide , who ascribe it to supernatural agents . But by the traders who rendezvous at the station , it is ...
... Hence its modern name of Chihel - Sutun , or the Forty Columns . It is a most wonderful work , venerated by the natives far and wide , who ascribe it to supernatural agents . But by the traders who rendezvous at the station , it is ...
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... Hence he inferred , that the arc of the heavens comprised between the two places must be the same ; and that their distance must be a similar arc , or one - fiftieth part of the terrestrial circuit . On estimating their distance by the ...
... Hence he inferred , that the arc of the heavens comprised between the two places must be the same ; and that their distance must be a similar arc , or one - fiftieth part of the terrestrial circuit . On estimating their distance by the ...
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Стр. 63 - Nor dim nor red, like God's own head The glorious Sun uprist: Then all averred, I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist.
Стр. 104 - I mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
Стр. 36 - Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Стр. 104 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being...
Стр. 103 - I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
Стр. 48 - And never more, on sea or shore, Should Sir Humphrey see the light. He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his hand ; " Do not fear ! Heaven is as near...
Стр. 241 - Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it ; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most high have bended it.
Стр. 22 - ... its haughty winds ; yet there are many islands in it, some peopled, others uninhabited. There is no mariner who dares to enter into its deep waters ; or if any have done so, they have merely kept along its coasts, fearful of departing from them. The waves of this ocean, although they roll as high as mountains, yet maintain themselves without breaking ; for if they broke, it would be impossible for ship to plough them...
Стр. 42 - 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.
Стр. 63 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold; And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald...