The first book of geographyJ. Green, 1841 - 142 páginas |
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Página 40
... Holland ; south by France ; east by Germany ; and west by the North - Sea . It was formerly called the Netherlands ; and not many years since belonged to Holland . It is now a separate kingdom . Leopold , whose first wife was the ...
... Holland ; south by France ; east by Germany ; and west by the North - Sea . It was formerly called the Netherlands ; and not many years since belonged to Holland . It is now a separate kingdom . Leopold , whose first wife was the ...
Página 41
... Holland is such a level place , it is far from being a pretty country : yet here and there some beautiful fields and forests are to be seen . A number of canals are cut through Holland , and are used for roads . The people , who are ...
... Holland is such a level place , it is far from being a pretty country : yet here and there some beautiful fields and forests are to be seen . A number of canals are cut through Holland , and are used for roads . The people , who are ...
Página 42
... Holland is a cold and damp country . Not much corn , but a great deal of tobacco grows there . Numbers of cattle are fed in Holland , from which the Dutch get a quantity of milk which makes good butter and cheese . Iron is found in some ...
... Holland is a cold and damp country . Not much corn , but a great deal of tobacco grows there . Numbers of cattle are fed in Holland , from which the Dutch get a quantity of milk which makes good butter and cheese . Iron is found in some ...
Página 56
... Holland , Belgium , and Greece , are kingdoms ; but the power of the kings is not so great as in absolute governments ; these are called limited monarchies . Switzerland , and San Marino in Italy , are republics , where the people ...
... Holland , Belgium , and Greece , are kingdoms ; but the power of the kings is not so great as in absolute governments ; these are called limited monarchies . Switzerland , and San Marino in Italy , are republics , where the people ...
Página 77
... Holland , water became hard enough to bear an elephant on it . The king told him that hitherto he had believed all he had said , but this he could not believe . The king had never seen ice , and therefore could not conceive of its ...
... Holland , water became hard enough to bear an elephant on it . The king told him that hitherto he had believed all he had said , but this he could not believe . The king had never seen ice , and therefore could not conceive of its ...
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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...