A sketch of modern and antient geography |
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... principal Rivers are the Seine , which flows into the English Channel at Havre de Grace ; the Loire , which enters the Bay of Biscay beyond Nantes ; the Rhone , which rises from the Glacier of Furca , one of the Swiss Alps , and enters ...
... principal Rivers are the Seine , which flows into the English Channel at Havre de Grace ; the Loire , which enters the Bay of Biscay beyond Nantes ; the Rhone , which rises from the Glacier of Furca , one of the Swiss Alps , and enters ...
Strana 19
... principal Mountains are the Southern and Western boundaries of the Alps and Pyrenees . In the Netherlands , formerly ... Rivers are the Scheld , which passes by Antwerp , and falls into the North Sea near Flushing ; and the Meuse , whose ...
... principal Mountains are the Southern and Western boundaries of the Alps and Pyrenees . In the Netherlands , formerly ... Rivers are the Scheld , which passes by Antwerp , and falls into the North Sea near Flushing ; and the Meuse , whose ...
Strana 20
Samuel Butler (bp. of Lichfield and Coventry.) The principal Rivers are the Rhine with its branches , the Waal and the Yssal , and Meuse , all which flow into the North Sea . There are no Mountains in Holland . The German States may be ...
Samuel Butler (bp. of Lichfield and Coventry.) The principal Rivers are the Rhine with its branches , the Waal and the Yssal , and Meuse , all which flow into the North Sea . There are no Mountains in Holland . The German States may be ...
Strana 21
... principal Rivers in the Austrian Dominions are the Danube , whose source and course is already described ; the Tiess , which flows into the Danube near Belgrade ;. the Save , which forms a boundary to Austria and Turkey , and flows into ...
... principal Rivers in the Austrian Dominions are the Danube , whose source and course is already described ; the Tiess , which flows into the Danube near Belgrade ;. the Save , which forms a boundary to Austria and Turkey , and flows into ...
Strana 22
... principal Rivers are the Rhine , already described , which rising amidst tremendous Alpine precipices in the country of the Grisons , flows through the Lake of Con- stance ; the Rhone , already described , which rises from an extensive ...
... principal Rivers are the Rhine , already described , which rising amidst tremendous Alpine precipices in the country of the Grisons , flows through the Lake of Con- stance ; the Rhone , already described , which rises from an extensive ...
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A sketch of modern and antient geography Samuel Butler (bp. of Lichfield and Coventry.) Úplné zobrazenie - 1851 |
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Ægean Ægypt Africa afterwards Alexander Alps antiently called Arabia Armenia Asia Athenians Augustus battle birth-place Bithynia Boeotia bounded brated Britain built Cæsar Campania Cape capital Cappadocia Caria Caspian cele celebrated Cilicia circle coast colony contained corrupted Danube death defeated district divided Eastward Emperor empire Equator Euboea Euphrates Europe Euxine extremity feet flows Gallia giving name Grecian Greece Greeks Gulph Hannibal Horace Imaus inhabitants island Isles Italy killed king Kingdom Lacedæmonians lake Latium little North Locri longitude Lydia Macedonia Mediterranean memorable miles Mount Mountains mouth Mysia nation Nile North East North Eastern North West Northern Numidia opposite Paphlagonia Persian Phocis Phrygia Pisidia Pompey Pontus principal city principal Rivers promontory province Rhine rises Roman Rome Scythia second Punic war shore Sicily Sinus Corinthiacus South East South West Southern Spain Syria Syrtis Syrtis Major temple Thessaly town tribes Vindelici Virg Virgil Western side whence
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Strana 216 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Strana 248 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium ; iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
Strana 48 - Arctic, on the East by the Pacific, and on the South by the Indian Ocean ; its Western boundary, which separates it from Europe, has already been described.
Strana 105 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.
Strana 105 - Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis Obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda. At Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, 425 Ora exsertantem et naves in saxa trahentem. Prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo Pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix Delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
Strana 250 - Temple (so celebrated in antiquity) of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him, when perishing with thirst, in the form of a ram, and shewed him a fountain.