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... limited sense supreme , but they all revolve around the common centre , the Earth . Beyond the seven , and including them all , is the Firmament , in which the other stars stand like golden nails in an imperishable floor ; the whole ...
... limited sense supreme , but they all revolve around the common centre , the Earth . Beyond the seven , and including them all , is the Firmament , in which the other stars stand like golden nails in an imperishable floor ; the whole ...
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... limited life , there can be no step taken toward the enjoyment of the life without limitations which is to come . Without the capacity of breaking the higher law , there is no glory in obeying it , no freedom to be valued , even in the ...
... limited life , there can be no step taken toward the enjoyment of the life without limitations which is to come . Without the capacity of breaking the higher law , there is no glory in obeying it , no freedom to be valued , even in the ...
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... limited the plum- met's descent ; Captain Ross sounded , near St Helena , to a depth of 25,000 feet ; and Captain Denhorn , in the South Atlantic , reached a point 46,000 feet from the surface - not far from twice the height of the ...
... limited the plum- met's descent ; Captain Ross sounded , near St Helena , to a depth of 25,000 feet ; and Captain Denhorn , in the South Atlantic , reached a point 46,000 feet from the surface - not far from twice the height of the ...
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... ones , adapted to more limited conceptions of the extent of the earth , but growing out of the same root with the larger division . Bactriana and India constituted the Orient to the inhabi- tants 52 COMPARATIVE GEOGRAPHY .
... ones , adapted to more limited conceptions of the extent of the earth , but growing out of the same root with the larger division . Bactriana and India constituted the Orient to the inhabi- tants 52 COMPARATIVE GEOGRAPHY .
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... limited , and his character little different , whether in northern Asia or northern America . America forms the real West of the great land - mass , the true Occident of the earth , young as yet , but to re- ceive as its gift the entire ...
... limited , and his character little different , whether in northern Asia or northern America . America forms the real West of the great land - mass , the true Occident of the earth , young as yet , but to re- ceive as its gift the entire ...
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advance Africa ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON Alexander von Humboldt Alps altitude ancient Aral Asia Atlas Australia basin breadth Caspian central chain character characteristics civilisation cloth coast coast-line connection continents Crown 8vo culture Danube depression direction distance districts earth east eastern Elbe elevation embracing entire Europe extends Fcap feet high formation geography geological globe greater height highlands hills Himalayas Humboldt immense influence islands Lake Lake Baikal Lake Tchad land land-mass less lower course lowlands Maps mass middle course mountain-chains mountains mouth nature North America northern ocean Old World peninsulas Persian plateau phenomena physical plains planets plateau Professor Pyrenees range region relations Rhine rise river-systems rivers Scotland Second Edition shore side southern square miles steppe Strabo streams surface table-land tion tract tributaries uniform upheaval upper course Ural Ural Mountains Valdai Hills valleys Vistula volcanic Volga vols Weser whole
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