Geographical Delineations: Or, A Compendious View of the Natural and Political State of All Parts of the GlobeF. Nichols, 1807 - 416 sider |
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Side 11
... regions have remained either totally unoccupied by man , or very imperfectly possessed by him , although situated in climates the best adapted to his cul- The ocean , too , which an ancient poet has termed dis- sociable , has been ...
... regions have remained either totally unoccupied by man , or very imperfectly possessed by him , although situated in climates the best adapted to his cul- The ocean , too , which an ancient poet has termed dis- sociable , has been ...
Side 14
... ; but the prevalent character of Europe is that of moderate temperature . Of the two extremes that of cold alone is felt ; the heat in no part can be compared with ous . that of the torrid regions . In no 14 Corea 260.
... ; but the prevalent character of Europe is that of moderate temperature . Of the two extremes that of cold alone is felt ; the heat in no part can be compared with ous . that of the torrid regions . In no 14 Corea 260.
Side 15
... regions . In no part is the human skin black- ened by the rays of the sun ; nor does nature in any part yield those spontaneous products which sustain the life of man with- out care and toil . To these circumstances it is probably owing ...
... regions . In no part is the human skin black- ened by the rays of the sun ; nor does nature in any part yield those spontaneous products which sustain the life of man with- out care and toil . To these circumstances it is probably owing ...
Side 17
... regions , and the change from winter to summer is almost instant . The common products of northern agriculture are raised with success in Denmark , and the different kinds of grain are grown in sufficient quantity to allow of ...
... regions , and the change from winter to summer is almost instant . The common products of northern agriculture are raised with success in Denmark , and the different kinds of grain are grown in sufficient quantity to allow of ...
Side 18
... their course , and often present very beautiful and picturesque scenery , which would excite admiration if it were placed in a more inviting and frequented country . Although the general character of this region is that of 18 NORWAY .
... their course , and often present very beautiful and picturesque scenery , which would excite admiration if it were placed in a more inviting and frequented country . Although the general character of this region is that of 18 NORWAY .
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Side 76 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
Side 396 - Thence winding eastward to the Tartar's coast, She sweeps the howling margin of the main ; Where, undissolving, from the first of time, Snows swell on snows amazing to the sky ; And icy mountains high, on mountains piled, Seem to the shivering sailor from afar, Shapeless and white, an atmosphere of clouds.
Side 143 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Side 1 - A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference.
Side 397 - And bid to roar no more : a bleak expanse, Shagg'd o'er with wavy rocks, cheerless, and void Of every life, that from the dreary months Flies conscious southward. Miserable they ! Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their last look of the descending sun ; While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold frost, The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible.
Side 339 - Britain in the spring, the heat of Africa in summer, the temperature of Italy in June, the sky of Egypt in autumn, the cold and...
Side 116 - The French, beyond all people, are the creatures of Society; by it their manners and sentiments are fashioned, and in it are centred their chief pleasures and gratifications. They would excel all nations in the art of conversation, were not the desire of shining too universal. The love of glory operates upon them with extraordinary force and stimulates them to •great exertions ; but it is often attended with empty ostentation and gasconade.
Side 406 - HAIL, thou inexhaustible source of wonder and contemplation ! Hail, thou multitudinous ocean ! whose waves chase one another down like the generations of men, and, after a momentary space, are immerged forever in oblivion.
Side 406 - How glorious ! how awful are the scenes which thou displayest! Whether we view thee when every wind is hushed, when the morning sun silvers the level line of the horizon, or when its evening track is marked with flaming gold, and thy unrippled...
Side 397 - Ocean itself no longer can resist The binding fury ; but, in all its rage Of tempest, taken by the boundless frost, Is many a fathom to the bottom chained, And bid to roar no more...