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... chief of which are Saxony and Hanover in the North of Ger- many , Wirtemberg and Bavaria in the South . The parts on the Coast , North of France , are the Netherlands , or Low Countries , now called by their antient name of Belgium ...
... chief of which are Saxony and Hanover in the North of Ger- many , Wirtemberg and Bavaria in the South . The parts on the Coast , North of France , are the Netherlands , or Low Countries , now called by their antient name of Belgium ...
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... chief . Norway is now subject to the Crown of Sweden . * Between the Island of Zealand and the Coast of Sweden is the celebrated passage called the Sound , where a toll is claimed from all ships which pass , by the King of Den- mark ...
... chief . Norway is now subject to the Crown of Sweden . * Between the Island of Zealand and the Coast of Sweden is the celebrated passage called the Sound , where a toll is claimed from all ships which pass , by the King of Den- mark ...
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... chief Rivers are the Scheld , which passes by Antwerp , and falls into the North Sea near Flushing ; and the Meuse , whose banks are eminently beautiful and picturesque . There are no mountains in the Nether- lands . In Holland is- N ...
... chief Rivers are the Scheld , which passes by Antwerp , and falls into the North Sea near Flushing ; and the Meuse , whose banks are eminently beautiful and picturesque . There are no mountains in the Nether- lands . In Holland is- N ...
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... chief cities in the Northern States are N. La . E. Lo . IN SAXONY IN HANOVER Leipsic Gottingen 51 31 51 ° 19 ' 12 ° 20 ' 9 53 In HESSE CASSEL Cassel 51 19 9 45 On the MAYNE is Frankfort 49 55 / 8 35 Mayence 49 54 8 20 In Germany , South ...
... chief cities in the Northern States are N. La . E. Lo . IN SAXONY IN HANOVER Leipsic Gottingen 51 31 51 ° 19 ' 12 ° 20 ' 9 53 In HESSE CASSEL Cassel 51 19 9 45 On the MAYNE is Frankfort 49 55 / 8 35 Mayence 49 54 8 20 In Germany , South ...
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... chief is the chain of Arrabeda , in Estremadura , some of the highest points of which may be 8000 feet . The principal Rivers are the Tagus and Douro , already described , the Mondego , which passes by Coimbra , and the Minho , which ...
... chief is the chain of Arrabeda , in Estremadura , some of the highest points of which may be 8000 feet . The principal Rivers are the Tagus and Douro , already described , the Mondego , which passes by Coimbra , and the Minho , which ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.