A sketch of modern and antient geography |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
Výsledky 1 - 5 z 32.
Strana iii
... whole has been re- vised , and considerable additions or corrections have been made throughout . In the modern part in particular , the Chapter on Great Britain has been wholly re - written , and as much inter- esting and important ...
... whole has been re- vised , and considerable additions or corrections have been made throughout . In the modern part in particular , the Chapter on Great Britain has been wholly re - written , and as much inter- esting and important ...
Strana 1
... 23 degrees , 40 minutes , 52 seconds . The half of 360 is 180 , and the half of 180 , or the fourth part of 360 , is 90. Hence if the whole circle contains 360 ° , a B semicircle will contain 180 ° , and a quadrant , CHAPTER I. ...
... 23 degrees , 40 minutes , 52 seconds . The half of 360 is 180 , and the half of 180 , or the fourth part of 360 , is 90. Hence if the whole circle contains 360 ° , a B semicircle will contain 180 ° , and a quadrant , CHAPTER I. ...
Strana 14
... whole remainder of Europe , from the Black Sea upward to the East and North- East , forms a part of the immense Empire of Russia ; that part of it which is contained between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoph is called the Crimea , or ...
... whole remainder of Europe , from the Black Sea upward to the East and North- East , forms a part of the immense Empire of Russia ; that part of it which is contained between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoph is called the Crimea , or ...
Strana 34
... whole of the Southern German States , Belgium , and part of Switzerland . The King is the head of the Church of England . The established Religion of Ireland is that of the Church of England ; but the mass of the population is Roman ...
... whole of the Southern German States , Belgium , and part of Switzerland . The King is the head of the Church of England . The established Religion of Ireland is that of the Church of England ; but the mass of the population is Roman ...
Strana 50
... consists of roving independent tribes ) , and between the Black and Caspian Seas , is Russian Tartary . The whole upper part of Asia , beyond the provinces already described , belongs to Russia , and is included under 50.
... consists of roving independent tribes ) , and between the Black and Caspian Seas , is Russian Tartary . The whole upper part of Asia , beyond the provinces already described , belongs to Russia , and is included under 50.
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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.