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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... existence of several chapels said to have been built in me- mory of the deliverance which Tell's gallant action achieved for the liberties of his country , -by the names given to various parts of the rocks of the Rüssnacht , -by several ...
... existence of several chapels said to have been built in me- mory of the deliverance which Tell's gallant action achieved for the liberties of his country , -by the names given to various parts of the rocks of the Rüssnacht , -by several ...
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... existence was extinct , and where Death , unresisted , held his terrific reign . The only sound which meets the ear is that of the loud detonation of the ice , as it bursts open into new abysses with the crash of thunder , and ...
... existence was extinct , and where Death , unresisted , held his terrific reign . The only sound which meets the ear is that of the loud detonation of the ice , as it bursts open into new abysses with the crash of thunder , and ...
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... existence . The dissensions of the Arminians and Calvinists rose to such a height as to threaten the dissolution of the republic itself . At the ex- piry of the armistice , war was again commenced , and during twenty years , hostilities ...
... existence . The dissensions of the Arminians and Calvinists rose to such a height as to threaten the dissolution of the republic itself . At the ex- piry of the armistice , war was again commenced , and during twenty years , hostilities ...
Σελίδα 43
... existence . Its object is to afford a passage for large vessels from Amsterdam to the sea . This city has 40 feet of water in the road in front of its port , but the Pampas or bar in the Zuydersee , seven miles below , has only a depth ...
... existence . Its object is to afford a passage for large vessels from Amsterdam to the sea . This city has 40 feet of water in the road in front of its port , but the Pampas or bar in the Zuydersee , seven miles below , has only a depth ...
Σελίδα 45
... existence . The dissensions of the Arminians and Calvinists rose to such a height as to threaten the dissolution of the republic itself . At the ex- piry of the armistice , war was again commenced , and during twenty years , hostilities ...
... existence . The dissensions of the Arminians and Calvinists rose to such a height as to threaten the dissolution of the republic itself . At the ex- piry of the armistice , war was again commenced , and during twenty years , hostilities ...
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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,...