Pictorial Geography of the World: Comprising a System of Universal Geography, Popular and Scientific ... and Illustrated by More Than One Thousand Engravings ... with a Copious Index Answering the Purpose of a Gazeteer, 2. kötetC.D. Strong, 1840 |
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497. oldal
... extensive districts , which they cover . 10. Minerals . Europe is less rich , in the precious minerals , than the other quarters of the globe , but it produces great quantities of coal , iron , lead , tin , copper , and salt . Gold ...
... extensive districts , which they cover . 10. Minerals . Europe is less rich , in the precious minerals , than the other quarters of the globe , but it produces great quantities of coal , iron , lead , tin , copper , and salt . Gold ...
499. oldal
... extensive forests of Lithuania . It is black , and of great size ; the eyes are red and fiery ; the horns thick and short , and the forehead cover- ed with a quantity of curled hair . This animal greatly resembles the tame kind . The ...
... extensive forests of Lithuania . It is black , and of great size ; the eyes are red and fiery ; the horns thick and short , and the forehead cover- ed with a quantity of curled hair . This animal greatly resembles the tame kind . The ...
522. oldal
... extensive , and in no country in the world is the circulation of money so quick and effective . The Bank of England was char- tered by William and Mary , in 1693 , and was at first an engine of government , rather than a commercial ...
... extensive , and in no country in the world is the circulation of money so quick and effective . The Bank of England was char- tered by William and Mary , in 1693 , and was at first an engine of government , rather than a commercial ...
525. oldal
... extensive in the northern parts , and here are the widest tracts of barren territory . On the eastern coast are extensive fens and marshes . The most fertile districts are in the centre and south . There are also very large heaths and ...
... extensive in the northern parts , and here are the widest tracts of barren territory . On the eastern coast are extensive fens and marshes . The most fertile districts are in the centre and south . There are also very large heaths and ...
530. oldal
... extensive . Hyde Park contains 394 acres , and , in the afternoon of Sunday , is thronged by crowds of fashionable people , who pour along the promenades like the ebbing and flowing tide . In Regent's Park is an immense edifice called ...
... extensive . Hyde Park contains 394 acres , and , in the afternoon of Sunday , is thronged by crowds of fashionable people , who pour along the promenades like the ebbing and flowing tide . In Regent's Park is an immense edifice called ...
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655. oldal - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
726. oldal - Thus every good his native wilds impart Imprints the patriot passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills that round his mansion rise Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.
668. oldal - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
846. oldal - I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
524. oldal - ... that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride...
950. oldal - I went on in the procession, close by the tower of Moloch ; which, as it was drawn with difficulty, " grated on its many wheels harsh thunder.* After a few minutes it stopped; and now the worship of the God began. — A high priest mounted the car in front of the idol, and pronounced his obscene stanzas in the ears of the people; who responded at intervals in the same strain. ' These ' songs,' said lie, ' are the delight of the God. His ' car can only move when he is pleased with the ' song.'—...
950. oldal - The walls and gates are covered with indecent emblems, in massive and durable sculpture. I have also visited the sand plains by the sea, in some places whitened with the bones of the pilgrims ; and another place, a little way out of the town, called by the English the Golgotha, where the dead bodies are usually cast forth, and where dogs and vultures are ever seen...
840. oldal - I rode still onwards, and on approaching a spot less thickly planted, was not a little surprised to see in front of me a body of several thousand cavalry drawn up in line, and extending right and left quite as far as I could see ; and, checking my horse, I awaited the arrival of my party, under the shade of a wide-spreading acacia.
950. oldal - After the tower had proceeded some way, a pilgrim announced that he was ready to offer himself a sacrifice to the idol. He laid himself down in the road before the tower as it was moving along, lying on his face, with his arms stretched forward.
846. oldal - Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader, to a person in my situation the circumstance was affecting in the highest degree. I was oppressed by such unexpected kindness, and sleep fled from my eyes. In the morning I presented my compassionate landlady with two of the four brass buttons which remained on my waistcoat — the only recompense I could make her.