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... capital of the country , measured in a direction east or west , either along the equator or any circle parallel to it . * Thus the English measure their longitude East and West of London ( or rather Greenwich ) , the French East and ...
... capital of the country , measured in a direction east or west , either along the equator or any circle parallel to it . * Thus the English measure their longitude East and West of London ( or rather Greenwich ) , the French East and ...
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... Capital of the King of Sardinia's Continental Dominions . At the top of Italy , on the East , is Venice , giving name to the Gulph of Venice , which separates Italy from Turkey in Europe . The lower part of Turkey in Europe is called ...
... Capital of the King of Sardinia's Continental Dominions . At the top of Italy , on the East , is Venice , giving name to the Gulph of Venice , which separates Italy from Turkey in Europe . The lower part of Turkey in Europe is called ...
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... Capital of Denmark . And in the Arctic Sea is Nova Zembla . The following are the Capitals of the principal European States , with their Lat . and Long . The learner is desired not only to look for them in the Map of Europe , but in the ...
... Capital of Denmark . And in the Arctic Sea is Nova Zembla . The following are the Capitals of the principal European States , with their Lat . and Long . The learner is desired not only to look for them in the Map of Europe , but in the ...
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... capital of Bohemia . Which is the modern capital of Hungary . Which was the antient capital of the late Kingdom of Poland . Olmutz 49 30 Trieste 45 51 17 35 14 3 Which is the only seaport belonging to the Emperor of Austria . The ...
... capital of Bohemia . Which is the modern capital of Hungary . Which was the antient capital of the late Kingdom of Poland . Olmutz 49 30 Trieste 45 51 17 35 14 3 Which is the only seaport belonging to the Emperor of Austria . The ...
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... capital of Silesia . The former capital of Poland . Dantzic 54 21 18 38 Potzdam Magdeburg 52 25 53 10 11 53 13 7 A favourite Royal residence . A prodigiously strong fortress . The principal Rivers of Prussia are the Elbe , already ...
... capital of Silesia . The former capital of Poland . Dantzic 54 21 18 38 Potzdam Magdeburg 52 25 53 10 11 53 13 7 A favourite Royal residence . A prodigiously strong fortress . The principal Rivers of Prussia are the Elbe , already ...
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Page 216 - 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...
Page 248 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium ; iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
Page 48 - Arctic, on the East by the Pacific, and on the South by the Indian Ocean ; its Western boundary, which separates it from Europe, has already been described.
Page 105 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.
Page 105 - Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis Obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda. At Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, 425 Ora exsertantem et naves in saxa trahentem. Prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo Pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix Delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
Page 250 - Temple (so celebrated in antiquity) of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him, when perishing with thirst, in the form of a ram, and shewed him a fountain.