The first book of geographyJ. Green, 1841 - 142 páginas |
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... celebrated on account of its situation , its numerous seas , its beautiful countries , and the polished manners and spirit of the people living in it . The greatest part of Europe lies in the North Temperate Zone , which you know is the ...
... celebrated on account of its situation , its numerous seas , its beautiful countries , and the polished manners and spirit of the people living in it . The greatest part of Europe lies in the North Temperate Zone , which you know is the ...
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... celebrated country . It has a number of handsome towns . The most dis- tinguished of all is Rome , built on seven hills , on the river Tiber . The Romans were once a great people and governed nearly all the earth . Rome is not such a ...
... celebrated country . It has a number of handsome towns . The most dis- tinguished of all is Rome , built on seven hills , on the river Tiber . The Romans were once a great people and governed nearly all the earth . Rome is not such a ...
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... celebrated for its carpets and lace . Near Brus- sels is Waterloo , where the English and Prussian armies defeated Bonaparte's French army , June 18th 1815. Antwerp , a large town , was besieged by the French in 1832 , and suffered very ...
... celebrated for its carpets and lace . Near Brus- sels is Waterloo , where the English and Prussian armies defeated Bonaparte's French army , June 18th 1815. Antwerp , a large town , was besieged by the French in 1832 , and suffered very ...
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... celebrated place , the chief city of Lombardy . Venice we have before mentioned . Montgatz is a strong town built on a high rock , which is too steep for any army to climb . The Austrians are accounted a cold but civil people . The ...
... celebrated place , the chief city of Lombardy . Venice we have before mentioned . Montgatz is a strong town built on a high rock , which is too steep for any army to climb . The Austrians are accounted a cold but civil people . The ...
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... celebrated of any in the ancient world . It is very beautiful , and more so than Turkey , producing nearly the same fruits , but like Turkey , it is but badly cultivated , though the Greeks are a more active and industrious people than ...
... celebrated of any in the ancient world . It is very beautiful , and more so than Turkey , producing nearly the same fruits , but like Turkey , it is but badly cultivated , though the Greeks are a more active and industrious people than ...
Términos y frases comunes
Affghanistan Africa Antarctic Ocean Arabia Arabian Sea Asia Asiatic Turkey Atlantic Ocean Austria Baltic-Sea Bay of Biscay beautiful bounded built called Cape capital celebrated chief rivers chief towns China Christians climate coast cold continent corn cultivated Describe divided earth east Egypt England English Europe famous fertile flowing fond France fruitful Geography Give Gold governed Greece grow Gulf Gulf of Venice high mountains Hindostan Holland Indian inhabited Ireland iron islands belong isles Isthmus Italy kind king lakes land Laplanders large town largest live Mediterranean Sea Mention Mexico miles Name natives nearly Pacific Ocean peninsula Persia Peru planets pleasant poles poor Portugal pretty principal rivers principal towns produce provinces religion remarkable round Russia Scotland sea-port Siberia silver small islands snow South America Spain Spaniards Straits Switzerland Tartary thing Tibet trade trees Turkey Turks warm wild winter zone
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Página 106 - I would not change my native land For rich Peru with all her gold : A nobler prize lies in my hand, Than East or Western Indies hold.
Página 17 - America is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by the Antarctic Ocean ; on the east by the Atlantic ; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Página 30 - PORTUGAL. PORTUGAL is bounded on the north and east by Spain, and on the west and south by the Atlantic.
Página 70 - Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy humiliation. 12. And he will be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and in the presence of all his brethren shall he dwell.
Página 81 - It is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea; on the east by the Isthmus of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean; on the south by the Southern Ocean, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
Página 42 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Página 57 - It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean ; south, by the Indian Ocean ; east, by the Pacific Ocean...
Página 10 - ... 34. Parallel lines are those which are in every part equally distant from each other. They may be parallel straight lines ( = ), or parallel curved lines ( ^ ). 35.
Página 3 - And a little farther on we are told that "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
Página 12 - Circles, so that there is one in each hemisphere ; they are called temperate, because they are not subject to the excessive heat of the . Torrid , Zone, nor to the excessive cold of the Frigid Zones. The two Frigid Zones lie...