A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions, Τόμος 2A. Fullarton and Company, 1832 |
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... century . Switzerland extends from 45 ° 50 ' to 47 ° 50 ' N.L. , and from 5 ° 50 ′ to 10 ° 30 ' E. L. Its greatest length from E. to W. has been estimated at 200 British miles ; and its greatest breadth from N. to S. at about 130 miles ...
... century . Switzerland extends from 45 ° 50 ' to 47 ° 50 ' N.L. , and from 5 ° 50 ′ to 10 ° 30 ' E. L. Its greatest length from E. to W. has been estimated at 200 British miles ; and its greatest breadth from N. to S. at about 130 miles ...
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... century . Tell was present at the battle of Morgarten , and is said to have lost his life in 1350 , during an inundation of the river Schächenbach.2 Struggle with Austria . ] On the 1st of January , 1308 , the Swiss began one of the ...
... century . Tell was present at the battle of Morgarten , and is said to have lost his life in 1350 , during an inundation of the river Schächenbach.2 Struggle with Austria . ] On the 1st of January , 1308 , the Swiss began one of the ...
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... century . Engrossed with paltry jealousies , and divided among themselves , they heeded not the awful warning of the French revolution , and neglected to take advantage of the six or seven years ' breathing - time allowed them to ...
... century . Engrossed with paltry jealousies , and divided among themselves , they heeded not the awful warning of the French revolution , and neglected to take advantage of the six or seven years ' breathing - time allowed them to ...
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... century having bearded warriors ; those of the 16th , angels with wings , and demons with tails . Watchmen perambulate the streets all night , proclaiming , in German recitative , the hour and the state of the weather . - In the ...
... century having bearded warriors ; those of the 16th , angels with wings , and demons with tails . Watchmen perambulate the streets all night , proclaiming , in German recitative , the hour and the state of the weather . - In the ...
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... century , which possesses a college , and a library of 8,000 volumes . CHAP X. - THE CANTON OF GLARUS . GLARUS consists of two valleys lying between lofty ridges of glaciers . The principal river is the Linth . A canal is executing ...
... century , which possesses a college , and a library of 8,000 volumes . CHAP X. - THE CANTON OF GLARUS . GLARUS consists of two valleys lying between lofty ridges of glaciers . The principal river is the Linth . A canal is executing ...
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Σελίδα 413 - Son of God, Begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made...
Σελίδα 423 - Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs ! and the day When Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's sword in bearing fame away ! Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page ! — but these shall be Her resurrection • all beside — decay. Alas, for Earth, for never shall we see That brightness in her eye she bore when Rome was free...
Σελίδα 8 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Σελίδα 413 - God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
Σελίδα 202 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.
Σελίδα 413 - And I believe in the Holy Ghost the Lord, and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spake by the Prophets.
Σελίδα 413 - And He shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, Whose kingdom shall have no end.
Σελίδα 189 - ... The truth is that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth and prove by events the reasonableness of...
Σελίδα 457 - Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging from their original chaos ; and light and darkness seemed still undivided, till the morning by degrees advancing, completed the separation. The stars are extinguished, and the shades disappear.
Σελίδα 457 - Deserta, or the frigid zone of /r'.tna, is the first object that calls your attention. It is marked out by a circle of snow and ice, which extends on all sides to the distance of about eight miles. In the centre of this circle, the great crater of the...