Geographical Delineations: Or, A Compendious View of the Natural and Political State of All Parts of the GlobeF. Nichols, 1807 - 416 Seiten |
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... tracts appear , of which , however , large parts are nearly severed from the rest , and the edges are singularly bro- ken by projections and indentations . In many places separa- tions seem to have been entirely effected by the force of ...
... tracts appear , of which , however , large parts are nearly severed from the rest , and the edges are singularly bro- ken by projections and indentations . In many places separa- tions seem to have been entirely effected by the force of ...
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... tract of sea which lies between the southern coast of Asia , the eastern side of Africa , and New Holland . All the other seas may be con- sidered only as arms or branches of these . The Mediterranean , however , flowing between the ...
... tract of sea which lies between the southern coast of Asia , the eastern side of Africa , and New Holland . All the other seas may be con- sidered only as arms or branches of these . The Mediterranean , however , flowing between the ...
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... tracts , and intersected by bays and gulfs . Of the latter the most remarkable is the Baltic sea , with its annexed gulfs of Finland and Bothnia , making a pen- insula of a large part of the north of Europe . The German sea and British ...
... tracts , and intersected by bays and gulfs . Of the latter the most remarkable is the Baltic sea , with its annexed gulfs of Finland and Bothnia , making a pen- insula of a large part of the north of Europe . The German sea and British ...
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... tracts of the world , and every coast is visited by ships from Europe , she keeps herself inviolate from all ex- traneous dominion , and is only known to the unenterprising natives of the east and the south by the awe she inspires . It ...
... tracts of the world , and every coast is visited by ships from Europe , she keeps herself inviolate from all ex- traneous dominion , and is only known to the unenterprising natives of the east and the south by the awe she inspires . It ...
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... tract , disposed in a kind of horse - shoe shape , of which the Atlantic and Arctic oceans form the exterior boun- dary , while the Baltic sea , with its branches , the gulfs of Both- nia and Finland , separate it from the southern mass ...
... tract , disposed in a kind of horse - shoe shape , of which the Atlantic and Arctic oceans form the exterior boun- dary , while the Baltic sea , with its branches , the gulfs of Both- nia and Finland , separate it from the southern mass ...
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Seite 76 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
Seite 396 - Thence winding eastward to the Tartar's coast, She sweeps the howling margin of the main ; Where, undissolving, from the first of time, Snows swell on snows amazing to the sky ; And icy mountains high, on mountains piled, Seem to the shivering sailor from afar, Shapeless and white, an atmosphere of clouds.
Seite 143 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Seite 1 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Seite 397 - And bid to roar no more : a bleak expanse, Shagg'd o'er with wavy rocks, cheerless, and void Of every life, that from the dreary months Flies conscious southward. Miserable they ! Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their last look of the descending sun ; While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold frost, The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible.
Seite 339 - Britain in the spring, the heat of Africa in summer, the temperature of Italy in June, the sky of Egypt in autumn, the cold and...
Seite 116 - The French, beyond all people, are the creatures of Society; by it their manners and sentiments are fashioned, and in it are centred their chief pleasures and gratifications. They would excel all nations in the art of conversation, were not the desire of shining too universal. The love of glory operates upon them with extraordinary force and stimulates them to •great exertions ; but it is often attended with empty ostentation and gasconade.
Seite 406 - HAIL, thou inexhaustible source of wonder and contemplation ! Hail, thou multitudinous ocean ! whose waves chase one another down like the generations of men, and, after a momentary space, are immerged forever in oblivion.
Seite 406 - How glorious ! how awful are the scenes which thou displayest! Whether we view thee when every wind is hushed, when the morning sun silvers the level line of the horizon, or when its evening track is marked with flaming gold, and thy unrippled...
Seite 397 - Ocean itself no longer can resist The binding fury ; but, in all its rage Of tempest, taken by the boundless frost, Is many a fathom to the bottom chained, And bid to roar no more...