The first book of geographyJ. Green, 1841 - 142 páginas |
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... they powerfully diminish the pleasure felt in the study in riper years . Many a poor child has turned with disgust from a string of names which i convey no meaning to his mind ; and thus has PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION .
... they powerfully diminish the pleasure felt in the study in riper years . Many a poor child has turned with disgust from a string of names which i convey no meaning to his mind ; and thus has PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION .
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... proof of his great goodness that he has made these poor people so very happy and so contented with their lot as to think their country the finest in the world . There if they have long nights they have also long 12 GEOGRAPHY .
... proof of his great goodness that he has made these poor people so very happy and so contented with their lot as to think their country the finest in the world . There if they have long nights they have also long 12 GEOGRAPHY .
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... poor . The Bay of Dublin is very beautiful . In Belfast , Coleraine , and other towns in the north , linen of a fine quality is made , generally called Irish - cloth . Waterford , Cork , and Limerick are also places of great trade . It ...
... poor . The Bay of Dublin is very beautiful . In Belfast , Coleraine , and other towns in the north , linen of a fine quality is made , generally called Irish - cloth . Waterford , Cork , and Limerick are also places of great trade . It ...
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... poor people have been burnt alive by this cruel inquisition because they could not believe as the priests would have them . Let us be thankful to Almighty God that this hate- ful tribunal is now abolished . A great deal of copper , tin ...
... poor people have been burnt alive by this cruel inquisition because they could not believe as the priests would have them . Let us be thankful to Almighty God that this hate- ful tribunal is now abolished . A great deal of copper , tin ...
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... to smell very keenly ; and when they find a poor traveller lying down nearly dead in the snow , one of them tries to make him understand that the clothes and meat and wine are for him , whilst the other barks very loudly to SWITZERLAND. ...
... to smell very keenly ; and when they find a poor traveller lying down nearly dead in the snow , one of them tries to make him understand that the clothes and meat and wine are for him , whilst the other barks very loudly to SWITZERLAND. ...
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...