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... noted by its university and antient palace for the Scottish kings , called Holyrood - house . Glasgow , has an excellent university , and good inland and foreign trade . Dublin , the metropolis of Ireland , is one of the most ...
... noted by its university and antient palace for the Scottish kings , called Holyrood - house . Glasgow , has an excellent university , and good inland and foreign trade . Dublin , the metropolis of Ireland , is one of the most ...
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... noted for the exportation of timber . Christiana , the capital of Norway , noted for its harbour . sand , in Norway , for its iron mines . Christian- Petersburg , built by Peter the First of Russia . Moscow , the centre of the Russian ...
... noted for the exportation of timber . Christiana , the capital of Norway , noted for its harbour . sand , in Norway , for its iron mines . Christian- Petersburg , built by Peter the First of Russia . Moscow , the centre of the Russian ...
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... noted for its bull feasts , and its acts of faith , or public ceremonies , in which those deemed heretics were solemnly burnt . Toledo , in Spain , was the seat of the antient Gothic and Moorish kings , and here are the remains of a ...
... noted for its bull feasts , and its acts of faith , or public ceremonies , in which those deemed heretics were solemnly burnt . Toledo , in Spain , was the seat of the antient Gothic and Moorish kings , and here are the remains of a ...
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... noted for its sugars and white wines , nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1755. Oporto , for its red wine , oranges , and lemons . Tavira , has a good harbour . At Ourique , Alphonso , king of Portugal , in 1139 , sub- dued five ...
... noted for its sugars and white wines , nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1755. Oporto , for its red wine , oranges , and lemons . Tavira , has a good harbour . At Ourique , Alphonso , king of Portugal , in 1139 , sub- dued five ...
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... noted for marble quarries , and excellent oil . Spalatro , famed for the ruins of Dioclesian's palace , and for its deep harbour . Ragusa , a commercial town , trades chiefly with the Turks and Venetians . Segna , the capital of ...
... noted for marble quarries , and excellent oil . Spalatro , famed for the ruins of Dioclesian's palace , and for its deep harbour . Ragusa , a commercial town , trades chiefly with the Turks and Venetians . Segna , the capital of ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abyssinia Africa America antient Arabia Asia Atlantic Ocean Bay of Bengal beautiful Bengal Benin bounded British Buenos-Ayres Cabul called Canada Cape capital Caspian Sea cattle celebrated chief rivers chief town chiefly China climate coast cotton degrees desert divided Dutch east eastern Egypt empire English Europe European exported extensive falls famed fertile Fezzan finest fish formerly France French fruits globe gold Guanaxuato Guinea Gulf Gulf of Mexico harbour Hindoostan Hottentots hyæna Indian inhabitants island Isles king kingdom Lake land latitude Longitude Lower Canada Lower Guinea Mahometanism manufactures Marocco Mediterranean Sea Mexico miles mines Missisipi Mount mountains natives negroes Nile north-east north-west northern noted Nubia numerous Pacific Ocean Persian plains population port Portuguese Prince principal produce province rich rises Russian seat silk situated SKETCH snow soil south-east south-west southern Spain Strait territory Tobolsk trade tribes Tripoli western wild winter
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 118 - A friendly juice to cool its rage contain. Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Seite 4 - Then stay'd the fervid wheels, and in his hand He took the golden compasses, prepared In God's eternal store, to circumscribe This universe, and all created things. One foot he centred, and the other turn'd Round through the vast profundity obscure, And said, Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O world.
Seite 7 - But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east. The lessening cloud, The kindling azure, and the mountain's brow> Illumed with fluid gold, his near approach Betoken glad.
Seite 118 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies...
Seite 11 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not THEE, marks not the mighty hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres; Works in the secret deep; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...
Seite 5 - Open, ye everlasting gates!' they sung; ' Open, ye heavens! your living doors; let in The great Creator, from his work re.turn'd Magnificent, his six days...
Seite 118 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day.
Seite 12 - Worse than the season, desolate the fields ; And, adding to the ruins of the year, Distress the footed or the feathered game.
Seite 9 - Yon blaze is feeble, and yon skies are cool. See, how at once the bright effulgent sun, Rising direct, swift chases from the sky The...
Seite 31 - Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true.