A Sketch of Modern and Ancient GeographyW. Eddowes, sold also by Deighton, Cambridge, Parker and Cooke, Oxford, 1813 - 246 Seiten |
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... Gallia Cisalpina , or Gaul on this ( i . e . the Roman ) side the Alps ; the second Italia propria , or Italy pro- perly so called ; and the third Magna Græcia , Its principal states were Gallia Cisalpina , Etruria , Umbria , Picenum ...
... Gallia Cisalpina , or Gaul on this ( i . e . the Roman ) side the Alps ; the second Italia propria , or Italy pro- perly so called ; and the third Magna Græcia , Its principal states were Gallia Cisalpina , Etruria , Umbria , Picenum ...
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Samuel Butler. tains the name of Turin . East of Gallia Cisal- pina are the Veneti and Carni , at the top of the Sinus Hadriaticus . West of the Veneti are the Euganei . The principal Cities in Gallia Cisalpina are Mediola- num , now ...
Samuel Butler. tains the name of Turin . East of Gallia Cisal- pina are the Veneti and Carni , at the top of the Sinus Hadriaticus . West of the Veneti are the Euganei . The principal Cities in Gallia Cisalpina are Mediola- num , now ...
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... Gallia Cisalpina are the Alps , which in various parts of their course received Editus ego sum , Cum cecidit fato consul uterque pari . Ov . Trist . IV . 10 . + Sit cisterna mihi , quam vinea , malo Ravennæ , Cum possim multo vendere ...
... Gallia Cisalpina are the Alps , which in various parts of their course received Editus ego sum , Cum cecidit fato consul uterque pari . Ov . Trist . IV . 10 . + Sit cisterna mihi , quam vinea , malo Ravennæ , Cum possim multo vendere ...
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... Gallia Cisalpina , are the Padus , or Po , called also Eridanus , † which rises among the Cottian Alps , and runs from West to East , thro ' the middle of the country , till it falls into the Hadriatic near Hadria ; the Ticinus , or ...
... Gallia Cisalpina , are the Padus , or Po , called also Eridanus , † which rises among the Cottian Alps , and runs from West to East , thro ' the middle of the country , till it falls into the Hadriatic near Hadria ; the Ticinus , or ...
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... Gallia Cisalpina , which it was forbidden to pass with an armed force , under the most dreadful imprecations ; but which was erossed by Cæsar , when he advanced to make himself master of the Roman Empire . The first province in Italia ...
... Gallia Cisalpina , which it was forbidden to pass with an armed force , under the most dreadful imprecations ; but which was erossed by Cæsar , when he advanced to make himself master of the Roman Empire . The first province in Italia ...
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Seite 93 - Charybdis 420 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 ora exsertantem et naves in saxa trahentem. 425 Prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
Seite 39 - Asia is bounded on the North by the 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.
Seite 32 - Scotland, on the East by the German Ocean, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by St.
Seite 55 - ... me. Before I take leave of the Jerseys, it is necessary I should give some account of this province. New Jersey is situated between the...
Seite xxxi - The circumference of every circle is supposed to' be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds are designated by the characters °, ', ". Thus 23° 14' 35" is read 23 degrees, 14 minutes, and 35 seconds.
Seite 235 - Climb'd on the whirls, and aim'd the flinty showers ! Onward resistless rolls the infuriate surge, Clouds follow clouds, and mountains mountains urge ; Wave over wave the driving desert swims, Bursts o'er their heads, inhumes their struggling limbs ; Man mounts on man, on camels camels rush, Hosts march o'er hosts, and nations nations crush, — Wheeling in air the winged islands fall, And one great earthy ocean covers all...
Seite 29 - Calvin considered every church is a separate and independent body, invested with the power of legislation for itself. He proposed that it should be governed by presbyteries and synods composed of clergy and laity, without bishops, or any clerical subordination ; and maintained that the province of the civil magistrate extended only to its protection and outward accommodation.
Seite iv - The Second Part, which contains a short view of Antient Geography, has been unattempted in this manner, as far as I know, by any one but myself. I have endeavoured to make a dry catalogue of names interesting and useful, by the application of history, chronology, and poetry...
Seite 195 - Cappadocia is bounded on the West by Phrygia, on the North by Pontus, on the East by the Euphrates, and on the South by Phrygia. The Cappadocians are remarkable for having refused liberty when offered them, preferring to live under their kings, who seem to have had a number of slaves on the royal domains, somewhat like our feudal barons.* Cappadocia was divided into a number of districts, which it is hardly necessary to enumerate.
Seite 235 - ... moving mountains of the desert. Wave over wave the driving desert swims, Bursts o'er their heads, inhumes their struggling limbs. * * * * And one great earthy ocean covers all. Then ceased the storm, — Night bowed his JEthiop brow To earth, and listened to the groans below. * * awhile the living hill Heaved with convulsive throes — and all was still.