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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... reign of terror was established in this little republic in 1794. The inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud , irritated by the aristocratical government of Berne , cast themselves , in 1796 , on French protection ; and their example was ...
... reign of terror was established in this little republic in 1794. The inhabitants of the Pays de Vaud , irritated by the aristocratical government of Berne , cast themselves , in 1796 , on French protection ; and their example was ...
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... 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 reverberates from the wild rocks like the voice of the moun- tain - storms ...
... 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 reverberates from the wild rocks like the voice of the moun- tain - storms ...
Σελίδα 87
... reign of his weak successors , France was again split into a number of feudatory principalities , though the name continued paramount through all the struggles of those little monarchies , till at last it became that of the whole ...
... reign of his weak successors , France was again split into a number of feudatory principalities , though the name continued paramount through all the struggles of those little monarchies , till at last it became that of the whole ...
Σελίδα 88
... reign of Louis XIV . Lorraine was the last acquisi- tion of France previous to the late revolution : Louis XV . having , upon the death of his father - in - law , Stanislaus , seized upon the duchy of Lor- raine , properly so called ...
... reign of Louis XIV . Lorraine was the last acquisi- tion of France previous to the late revolution : Louis XV . having , upon the death of his father - in - law , Stanislaus , seized upon the duchy of Lor- raine , properly so called ...
Σελίδα 91
... reign of Valerian , about the year 254. They were at this time , and at many subsequent periods , repelled ; but , perse- vering in their efforts , they succeeded in establishing a monarchy in Flan- ders ; and about 420 we find them ...
... reign of Valerian , about the year 254. They were at this time , and at many subsequent periods , repelled ; but , perse- vering in their efforts , they succeeded in establishing a monarchy in Flan- ders ; and about 420 we find them ...
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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,...