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... Italy , and ancient Sicily , all of which countries he tra- versed thoroughly , the classic authors in his hand . Alexander von Humboldt has become , by his thorough studies of nature in Europe , Asia , and America , the founder of ...
... Italy , and ancient Sicily , all of which countries he tra- versed thoroughly , the classic authors in his hand . Alexander von Humboldt has become , by his thorough studies of nature in Europe , Asia , and America , the founder of ...
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... In Europe we discover the working of the law in the peninsulas of Spain , Italy , Greece , the Morea , and the Crimea , and also D in the great Scandinavian peninsula . The same pheno- menon PYRAMIDAL FORMS OF THE GREAT LAND - MASSES . 49.
... In Europe we discover the working of the law in the peninsulas of Spain , Italy , Greece , the Morea , and the Crimea , and also D in the great Scandinavian peninsula . The same pheno- menon PYRAMIDAL FORMS OF THE GREAT LAND - MASSES . 49.
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... Italy and Sicily their Hesperia ; while the Romans called Spain theirs . Between the Orient and Occident , and yet to the south of both , lay the Libya of the ancients , exposed to the sun's direct rays . In the very middle of the earth ...
... Italy and Sicily their Hesperia ; while the Romans called Spain theirs . Between the Orient and Occident , and yet to the south of both , lay the Libya of the ancients , exposed to the sun's direct rays . In the very middle of the earth ...
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... Italy , and from the Nile to the Don , including the valleys of the Euphrates and the Gihon . This broad and fertile reach of territory has been the fruitful mother of the world's present thought and culture . Nor must we overlook the ...
... Italy , and from the Nile to the Don , including the valleys of the Euphrates and the Gihon . This broad and fertile reach of territory has been the fruitful mother of the world's present thought and culture . Nor must we overlook the ...
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... Italy , have really important deviations from a true level , though the eye is not able to discern them . Milan is four hundred feet above the Adriatic ; but the eye does not discern that it is not at the centre of a plain as perfect as ...
... Italy , have really important deviations from a true level , though the eye is not able to discern them . Milan is four hundred feet above the Adriatic ; but the eye does not discern that it is not at the centre of a plain as perfect as ...
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