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 |
Αναζήτηση στο βιβλίο
Αποτελέσματα 1 - 5 από τα 100.
Σελίδα 7
... celebrated by every traveller for its magnificent and picturesque scenery ; and is certainly one of the most remarkable countries in Europe . Nature offers here the most striking contrasts ; here the icy climate of the poles alternates ...
... celebrated by every traveller for its magnificent and picturesque scenery ; and is certainly one of the most remarkable countries in Europe . Nature offers here the most striking contrasts ; here the icy climate of the poles alternates ...
Σελίδα 12
... celebrated by Rousseau's stay on it ; and the Lac de Joux , in the Vaud . There are many thermal springs found among the valleys of the Alps , which some geologists have attributed to the presence of pyrites in the soil , others to the ...
... celebrated by Rousseau's stay on it ; and the Lac de Joux , in the Vaud . There are many thermal springs found among the valleys of the Alps , which some geologists have attributed to the presence of pyrites in the soil , others to the ...
Σελίδα 17
... celebrated naturalist , Conrad Gessner ; the great orientalist , Hottinger ; the celebrated theologians , Bullinger , Gualther , Breitinger , Heidegger , and Wolf ; the learned Solomon Gessner ; the ingenious Lavater , Hans Hirzel , and ...
... celebrated naturalist , Conrad Gessner ; the great orientalist , Hottinger ; the celebrated theologians , Bullinger , Gualther , Breitinger , Heidegger , and Wolf ; the learned Solomon Gessner ; the ingenious Lavater , Hans Hirzel , and ...
Σελίδα 22
... celebrated for the battles fought there in 1345 and 1798 . CHAP . XII . - THE CANTON OF FRYBURG . THE canton of Fryburg or Freiburg is very mountainous , but contains some large plains . The principal river is the Saane . The ...
... celebrated for the battles fought there in 1345 and 1798 . CHAP . XII . - THE CANTON OF FRYBURG . THE canton of Fryburg or Freiburg is very mountainous , but contains some large plains . The principal river is the Saane . The ...
Σελίδα 23
... celebrated Erasmus , is a Gothic building of consider- able elegance . The council - hall is well built ; it is believed that Holbein painted three of the walls , only one of which has escaped the ravages of time . Basle has a library ...
... celebrated Erasmus , is a Gothic building of consider- able elegance . The council - hall is well built ; it is believed that Holbein painted three of the walls , only one of which has escaped the ravages of time . Basle has a library ...
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical ..., Τόμος 2 James Bell Πλήρης προβολή - 1832 |
A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical ..., Τόμος 2 James Bell Πλήρης προβολή - 1836 |
A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or, a Physical ..., Τόμος 2 James Bell Πλήρης προβολή - 1853 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
Albania Alps amount ancient annually Appenines army Austria Austrian beautiful birth-place British called canal canton capital Catholic celebrated century chain CHAP Charles chief town church clergy climate coast commerce considerable Constantinople contains cultivated Danube districts divided dominions duchy duke Dutch emperor empire English Europe exported extends feet fertile France French Genoa German Greece Greeks Gröningen gulf harbour height Holland houses inhabitants island Italian Italy king kingdom lake land language Louis magnificent manufactures marble Mediterranean Moldavia Mont Morea mountains Naples neighbourhood Netherlands northern Paris peace Piedmont plain poets Pope population port Portugal possession prince principal produce province Pyrenees quantity reign republic revenue Rhine river rock Roman Rome Russians sandshak Sardinia Savoy Sicily side Sierra situated soil southern Spain Spanish square miles summit Switzerland territory Thessaly treaty troops Turkish Turks Tuscany Valais valley Wallachia whole wine Zeeland
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 432 - In the upper zone, which is 8 or 10 miles in breadth, vegetation entirely disappears. The surface is, for the most part, flat and even, presenting a dreary expanse of snow and ice. In the midst of this desert, the lofty summit of the mountain is descried at a distance, rearing its tremendous head above the surrounding snows, and vomiting out torrents of smoke. The ascent up this part is toilsome and hazardous. From the base the mountain rises, like a pyramid, by an acclivity nearly equal on all sides,...