A Sketch of Modern and Ancient GeographyW. Eddowes, sold also by Deighton, Cambridge, Parker and Cooke, Oxford, 1813 - 246 Seiten |
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... given the most apposite quotation which might have been chosen ; to which I must beg leave to answer , that I was contented to take the first which presented itself to my mind , and that , in the multiplicity of my engagements , I may ...
... given the most apposite quotation which might have been chosen ; to which I must beg leave to answer , that I was contented to take the first which presented itself to my mind , and that , in the multiplicity of my engagements , I may ...
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... given to Octavius . The Augustan age - of Virgil , Manilius , Asi- nius Pollio , Mecanas , Agrippa , Strabo , Horace , Macer , Propertius , Livy , Ti- bullus , Ovid , Varius , Tucca , Vitruvius , Dionysius Halicarnassensis , and Diony ...
... given to Octavius . The Augustan age - of Virgil , Manilius , Asi- nius Pollio , Mecanas , Agrippa , Strabo , Horace , Macer , Propertius , Livy , Ti- bullus , Ovid , Varius , Tucca , Vitruvius , Dionysius Halicarnassensis , and Diony ...
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... given , he can find that of Rome by simple subtraction , and that of the Olympiads by subtraction and division : this , however , is not the case ; -to take an example- Rome was founded B. C. 753 Cæsar was killed B. C. 44 I wish to know ...
... given , he can find that of Rome by simple subtraction , and that of the Olympiads by subtraction and division : this , however , is not the case ; -to take an example- Rome was founded B. C. 753 Cæsar was killed B. C. 44 I wish to know ...
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... given year before Christ from 754 , and the remainder will then give the year of Rome . Thus , Cæsar was killed B. C. 44 - required the year of Rome . From 754 take 44 Remains 710. - Answer , A. U. C. 710 . The same mode of reasoning ...
... given year before Christ from 754 , and the remainder will then give the year of Rome . Thus , Cæsar was killed B. C. 44 - required the year of Rome . From 754 take 44 Remains 710. - Answer , A. U. C. 710 . The same mode of reasoning ...
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Samuel Butler. RULE , Subtract the given year from 776 , and to the result add one for the current Olympiad and one for the current year of it . Thus , in the event already instanced , Ol . 110 , 2 Add • 1 , 1 Ol . 111 , 3 And we have ...
Samuel Butler. RULE , Subtract the given year from 776 , and to the result add one for the current Olympiad and one for the current year of it . Thus , in the event already instanced , Ol . 110 , 2 Add • 1 , 1 Ol . 111 , 3 And we have ...
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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.