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... rises ) as often as the Moon passes the meridian , both the arc above , and the arc below the horizon ; and it ebbs ( i . e . falls ) , as often as she passes the horizon , both East and West . When the Moon is in the first , and third ...
... rises ) as often as the Moon passes the meridian , both the arc above , and the arc below the horizon ; and it ebbs ( i . e . falls ) , as often as she passes the horizon , both East and West . When the Moon is in the first , and third ...
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... rises above the level country , it is called a hill or mountain ( öpoc mons 11 ) , as M ' Parnassus , M ' Blanc ; and , when this high land runs continuously through a country , or a number of countries , it is called a Chain , or Ridge ...
... rises above the level country , it is called a hill or mountain ( öpoc mons 11 ) , as M ' Parnassus , M ' Blanc ; and , when this high land runs continuously through a country , or a number of countries , it is called a Chain , or Ridge ...
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... rises on the borders of Gaul and Germany , separates the latter country from Vindelicia , Noricum , and Pannonia , and flows , with an Easterly course , between Moesia and Dacia into the Euxine Sea : it receives , in it's way , several ...
... rises on the borders of Gaul and Germany , separates the latter country from Vindelicia , Noricum , and Pannonia , and flows , with an Easterly course , between Moesia and Dacia into the Euxine Sea : it receives , in it's way , several ...
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... rises in the Emodi Montes , and , having broken through the Paropamisus or Indian Caucasus , enters the sea by several mouths . Below it , may be mentioned the Eryman- thus Bunwas , Namadus Nerbuddah , and Nanaguna Tapty , which ...
... rises in the Emodi Montes , and , having broken through the Paropamisus or Indian Caucasus , enters the sea by several mouths . Below it , may be mentioned the Eryman- thus Bunwas , Namadus Nerbuddah , and Nanaguna Tapty , which ...
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... rises in Tibet close to the source of the Bautisus or Hoang - Ho , is the longest river in the Eastern Hemisphere , and enters the Yellow Sea a little below Nankin . In the Eastern part of Mongolia , is the Amoor or Sagalin , which rises ...
... rises in Tibet close to the source of the Bautisus or Hoang - Ho , is the longest river in the Eastern Hemisphere , and enters the Yellow Sea a little below Nankin . In the Eastern part of Mongolia , is the Amoor or Sagalin , which rises ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Adriatic Adriatic Sea Africa afterwards Alps amongst ancient Asia atque bank birth-place Boeotia Boii Britain built Cæsar called capital Carm celebrated chief city chief towns Church coast contained Danube derived it's name divided Duchy dwelled Earth East Eastern emperor Epirus Europe extended famed famous farther Gaul Germany Greece Greek hence Iapygia Illyricum inhabitants island Ital Italy king kingdom Latium latter likewise Locri longitude Lucan Macedonia Mediterranean Mediterranean Sea mentioned metropolis Mons Moon Mosia mountains mouth Noricum North Northern Ocean Ovid Palus Pannonia Pelasgi Peloponnesus peninsula population Portus possessed principal promontory province quæ Rhine rises river Roman colony Rome Samnium Saxons shores Sicily Sinus G situated South Southern Spain square miles temple territory Thessaly Thrace tribes Umbria VIII Virg West Western whence whilst whole δὲ ἐν καὶ τε τὸν
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Página 17 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these Heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 498 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 567 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Página 73 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus, By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Página 2 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Página 516 - First, Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol.
Página xxii - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Página 2 - The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails.
Página 561 - Etrurian shades, High overarched, embower; or scattered sedge Afloat, when with fierce winds Orion armed Hath vexed the Red-Sea coast, whose waves o'erthrew Busiris and his Memphian chivalry...
Página 6 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...