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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... less circle drives its lazy teams ; But more adapted for the sailor's guide , Whene'er by night he tempts the briny tide . ' 9 The philosopher Thales is said to have improved the navigation of his countrymen by introducing the knowledge ...
... less circle drives its lazy teams ; But more adapted for the sailor's guide , Whene'er by night he tempts the briny tide . ' 9 The philosopher Thales is said to have improved the navigation of his countrymen by introducing the knowledge ...
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... less surprise was excited by the number of elephants , wild and domesticated ; the Bactrian camel , with two humps ; the large - bearded stag , with a horse's mane ; and the Indian buffalo . Constructing a fleet , Macedonia's madman ...
... less surprise was excited by the number of elephants , wild and domesticated ; the Bactrian camel , with two humps ; the large - bearded stag , with a horse's mane ; and the Indian buffalo . Constructing a fleet , Macedonia's madman ...
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... less than twenty days , and its nourishing qualities are evidenced in the productiveness of their ewes , which almost invariably bring forth two lambs at a birth . ' The locality is a remarkable one - a kind of mountain - knot formed by ...
... less than twenty days , and its nourishing qualities are evidenced in the productiveness of their ewes , which almost invariably bring forth two lambs at a birth . ' The locality is a remarkable one - a kind of mountain - knot formed by ...
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... less than yours , and furnished like them with sails and oars . All the streams which flow down the southern side of those mountains into that sea abound with gold ; and the kings who reign upon its borders eat and drink out of golden ...
... less than yours , and furnished like them with sails and oars . All the streams which flow down the southern side of those mountains into that sea abound with gold ; and the kings who reign upon its borders eat and drink out of golden ...
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... less than by the boldness of early mercantile enterprise , for it was speedily apparent that no goods could bear the cost entailed by the transport , even had no obstacle been offered to trade by the unsettled state of society . But the ...
... less than by the boldness of early mercantile enterprise , for it was speedily apparent that no goods could bear the cost entailed by the transport , even had no obstacle been offered to trade by the unsettled state of society . But 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...