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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... greater precision than in the interval between Herodotus and Alexander the Great . He coasted Spain and Gaul , arrived at Britain , called Albion by the natives ; and after passing along its southern and eastern shores , he estimated ...
... greater precision than in the interval between Herodotus and Alexander the Great . He coasted Spain and Gaul , arrived at Britain , called Albion by the natives ; and after passing along its southern and eastern shores , he estimated ...
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... greater prominence to the influence of the Etesian winds , which have no effect at all in arresting the current of the river , and speaks of the event as without a parallel on the face of the globe . The connection between the flow and ...
... greater prominence to the influence of the Etesian winds , which have no effect at all in arresting the current of the river , and speaks of the event as without a parallel on the face of the globe . The connection between the flow and ...
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... greater part of the year , but disappears in summer , though masses remain unmelted in hollows and shaded places . During this season the wandering Kirghis bring up their cattle to pasture on the short succulent grass which then clothes ...
... greater part of the year , but disappears in summer , though masses remain unmelted in hollows and shaded places . During this season the wandering Kirghis bring up their cattle to pasture on the short succulent grass which then clothes ...
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... greater part of his income as Grand - master of the Order of Christ in fitting out nautical expeditions , hoping to reach the southern extremity of Africa , and open round it a maritime path to the riches of India and the east . For the ...
... greater part of his income as Grand - master of the Order of Christ in fitting out nautical expeditions , hoping to reach the southern extremity of Africa , and open round it a maritime path to the riches of India and the east . For the ...
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... greater achievement effected five years before . This was the Spanish discovery of utterly unknown lands across the Atlantic , at first supposed to be identical with those containing ' the wealth of Ormuz and of Ind . ' The brilliant ...
... greater achievement effected five years before . This was the Spanish discovery of utterly unknown lands across the Atlantic , at first supposed to be identical with those containing ' the wealth of Ormuz and of Ind . ' The brilliant ...
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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...