The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature, Described According to the Latest and Best AuthoritiesJ. Babcock and Son, 1821 - 660 páginas |
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... breadth . The extreme rarity of the strata of air , across which the summits of the Andes are seen , contributes greatly to the splendour of the snow , and the magical effect of its reflec- tion . Under the tropics , at a height of ...
... breadth . The extreme rarity of the strata of air , across which the summits of the Andes are seen , contributes greatly to the splendour of the snow , and the magical effect of its reflec- tion . Under the tropics , at a height of ...
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... breadth , burying beneath it part of Catania , till at length it precipitated itself into the sea . For several months before the lava broke out , the old mouth , or great crater of the summit , was observed to send forth much smoke and ...
... breadth , burying beneath it part of Catania , till at length it precipitated itself into the sea . For several months before the lava broke out , the old mouth , or great crater of the summit , was observed to send forth much smoke and ...
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... breadth , and casting a heat to the distance of at least six miles around . The eruption of 1794 is accurately described by the above writer ; but has not an equal degree of interest with the one cited above . We subjoin a few ...
... breadth , and casting a heat to the distance of at least six miles around . The eruption of 1794 is accurately described by the above writer ; but has not an equal degree of interest with the one cited above . We subjoin a few ...
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... breadth appeared to be about 350 , but at the base 860 feet . In its course it divided into four branches , ⚫and finally reached a spot called the Guide's Retreat . Its entire progress to this point was more than a mile , so that ...
... breadth appeared to be about 350 , but at the base 860 feet . In its course it divided into four branches , ⚫and finally reached a spot called the Guide's Retreat . Its entire progress to this point was more than a mile , so that ...
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... breadth , bounded on the sides by high mountains , or rather cliffs ; but more inland it rises like a hanging garden all the way , without any considerable in- terruption of hills or vallies . The form of this island is tri- angular ...
... breadth , bounded on the sides by high mountains , or rather cliffs ; but more inland it rises like a hanging garden all the way , without any considerable in- terruption of hills or vallies . The form of this island is tri- angular ...
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animal appearance arch ascending banks basaltic beautiful beneath bolides bottom breadth Calabria called cataract cave cavern clouds coast colour columns considerable course covered crater degrees depth descending distance dreadful earth earthquake elevated eruption extent extremity fall fifty fire flame flows fossil four Giant's Causeway greater GROTTA DEL CANE grotto ground Guacharo half height Herculaneum hills hundred feet inhabitants island lake lake Agnano land lava length light mass mephitis miles mineral mines motion mountain mouth nature navigable nearly noise observed ocean passage perpendicular Peru petrifactions phenomena pillars Pompeii pounds sterling precipice quantity remains resembling rise river rock rock-salt ruins salt sand Santorini seen shock side situated smoke snow spot spring stalactites stones stratum stream substance subterraneous summit surface thick thirty thousand tion trees twenty vapour vast violent volcano walls whole wind yards
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Página 361 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 258 - ... with a majestic slowness; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand, did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds...
Página 332 - Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares attempt The sea-like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills.
Página 322 - I, who had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before, but as far as it was possible for man to go...
Página 440 - Plac'd far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phcebus dips his wain., " A vast assembly moving to and fro ; Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
Página 574 - There is nothing in the Holy Land finer than the view of Napolose, from the heights around it. As the traveller descends towards it from the hills, it appears luxuriantly embosomed in the most delightful and fragrant bowers ; half concealed by rich gardens, and by stately trees collected into groves, all around the bold and beautiful valley in which it stands.
Página 361 - Thames ! the most lov'd of all the Ocean's sons By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity ; Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold : His genuine and less guilty wealth to' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for th...
Página 502 - Who bid the stork, Columbus-like, explore Heavens not his own, and worlds unknown before? Who calls the council, states the certain day ? Who forms the phalanx, and who points the way ? III.
Página 312 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Página 522 - In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees ; which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference of five acres, and extend their branches so far, that ten thousand men may easily find shelter under them.