The first book of geographyJ. Green, 1841 - 142 páginas |
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... civilized , and generally speaking more virtuous than those of the torrid . The two Frigid zones extend from the polar circles to the poles , and are so called from the great cold that prevails in them ; they are each twenty - three ...
... civilized , and generally speaking more virtuous than those of the torrid . The two Frigid zones extend from the polar circles to the poles , and are so called from the great cold that prevails in them ; they are each twenty - three ...
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... civilizing his subjects , who before his time were nearly barbarians . One of the empresses had a palace built at St. Petersburgh , wholly of ice ; all the furniture in it , and even two large cannons in front , were made of ice . These ...
... civilizing his subjects , who before his time were nearly barbarians . One of the empresses had a palace built at St. Petersburgh , wholly of ice ; all the furniture in it , and even two large cannons in front , were made of ice . These ...
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... civilized . Chinese Tartary is to the east of Independent Tartary . It is a country not very well known and for the most part subject to China , or rather , China is subject to Tartary , the royal family of China being Tartars . This ...
... civilized . Chinese Tartary is to the east of Independent Tartary . It is a country not very well known and for the most part subject to China , or rather , China is subject to Tartary , the royal family of China being Tartars . This ...
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... civilized than the wanderers . The Arabs were , some hundreds of years back , a learned people , but are now ignorant and unpolished . The religion of the Arabs , as of the Turks and some other eastern nations , is the Mahometan ; and ...
... civilized than the wanderers . The Arabs were , some hundreds of years back , a learned people , but are now ignorant and unpolished . The religion of the Arabs , as of the Turks and some other eastern nations , is the Mahometan ; and ...
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... civilized as the Persians . The country is tolerably well cultivated . Affghanistan consists of Caubul , of which the capi- tal , Peshawer , is a large and fine city , and Candahar , whose capital is also called Candahar . The large ...
... civilized as the Persians . The country is tolerably well cultivated . Affghanistan consists of Caubul , of which the capi- tal , Peshawer , is a large and fine city , and Candahar , whose capital is also called Candahar . The large ...
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...