A Sketch of Modern and Ancient GeographyW. Eddowes, sold also by Deighton, Cambridge, Parker and Cooke, Oxford, 1813 - 246 Seiten |
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... pass under this meridian in one hour , which will be 15. Now , as the Earth really revolves in a direction from West to East , it is continually as it were falling below the heavenly bodies on the Eastern , and rising above those on the ...
... pass under this meridian in one hour , which will be 15. Now , as the Earth really revolves in a direction from West to East , it is continually as it were falling below the heavenly bodies on the Eastern , and rising above those on the ...
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... pass , by the King of Denmark . The principal European Islands are the Islands of Great Britain and Ireland , above which is Iceland . About midway between Europe and America , off the Coast of Portugal , are the Azores , the most ...
... pass , by the King of Denmark . The principal European Islands are the Islands of Great Britain and Ireland , above which is Iceland . About midway between Europe and America , off the Coast of Portugal , are the Azores , the most ...
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... 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 Propria was Etruria , or Tuscia . The ...
... 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 Propria was Etruria , or Tuscia . The ...
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... pass into his province of Dacia . Its ruins still remain . It was 3325 English feet in length . Below it is Ratiaria , the antient metropolis of Dacia , and Nicopolis , built by Trajan to celebrate his victories over the Dacians , and ...
... pass into his province of Dacia . Its ruins still remain . It was 3325 English feet in length . Below it is Ratiaria , the antient metropolis of Dacia , and Nicopolis , built by Trajan to celebrate his victories over the Dacians , and ...
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... pass between the Peloponnese and the rest of Greece was called the Isthmus of Corinth , now Hexamili , from its being only six modern Greek , or perhaps not five British miles in breadth . Here the Isthmian games were celebrated in ...
... pass between the Peloponnese and the rest of Greece was called the Isthmus of Corinth , now Hexamili , from its being only six modern Greek , or perhaps not five British miles in breadth . Here the Isthmian games were celebrated in ...
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Ægean Ægyptus Africa afterwards Alexander Alps antient antiently called Arabia Asia Athenians Augustus battle birth-place Bithynia Boeotia bounded built Cæsar Campania Cape capital Cappadocia Caria Caspian celebrated Cilicia coast colony contained corrupted Danube death defeated district divided Egypt Emperor empire Equator Euphrates Europe extremity famous feet flows Galatia Gallia giving name Grecian Greece Greeks Gulph Hannibal Horace Imaus inhabitants Insula Isauria island Isles Italy killed king Kingdom Lacedæmonians lake latitude little North Locri longitude Lydia Mediterranean memorable miles Mount Mountains mouth Mysia N.La nation Nile North East North Eastern North West Northern Numidia Olympiad opposite Pamphylia 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 thro town tribes Vindelicia Virg Virgil Western side whence
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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.