The first book of geographyJ. Green, 1841 - 142 páginas |
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Página 11
... fruitful countries of the earth are in it , and it is from these countries we get all our sugar , tea , coffee , and spices , with a great deal of our cotton , indigo , and rice . These things will grow only in very hot countries , Most ...
... fruitful countries of the earth are in it , and it is from these countries we get all our sugar , tea , coffee , and spices , with a great deal of our cotton , indigo , and rice . These things will grow only in very hot countries , Most ...
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... fruitful than Ireland . Corn , flax , hemp , and tobacco grow here , and a great quantity of butter is made . Numbers of pigs and eggs are sent every week to England . Ireland has large and handsome towns , some of them places of great ...
... fruitful than Ireland . Corn , flax , hemp , and tobacco grow here , and a great quantity of butter is made . Numbers of pigs and eggs are sent every week to England . Ireland has large and handsome towns , some of them places of great ...
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... fruitful , and nearly the same things grow there as in Spain . Portugal is divided into six Provinces . Lisbon on the Tagus is the capital : it is built on the side of a hill overlooking the sea , and from a ship it looks pretty , but ...
... fruitful , and nearly the same things grow there as in Spain . Portugal is divided into six Provinces . Lisbon on the Tagus is the capital : it is built on the side of a hill overlooking the sea , and from a ship it looks pretty , but ...
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... fruitful , so warm , and so pleasant , it is called the garden of Europe . The sun shines here with uncommon splen- dor , and the sky is usually of a deep blue colour , without a single cloud . Of course , the heat must be at times very ...
... fruitful , so warm , and so pleasant , it is called the garden of Europe . The sun shines here with uncommon splen- dor , and the sky is usually of a deep blue colour , without a single cloud . Of course , the heat must be at times very ...
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... fruitful place , and produces corn , flax , tobacco , grapes , and other fruits . The Swiss are a religious people ; plain in their manners , and industrious : they are good mechanics , and fond of their homes ; yet many of them are ...
... fruitful place , and produces corn , flax , tobacco , grapes , and other fruits . The Swiss are a religious people ; plain in their manners , and industrious : they are good mechanics , and fond of their homes ; yet many of them are ...
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
Pasajes populares
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...