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Page 49
... shore , the Kingdom opposite the Mysore is called the Carnatic , nominally possessed by the Nabob of Arcot , but virtually by the British . About half - way between Cape Comorin and Masulipatam , where the shore bends to the East , is ...
... shore , the Kingdom opposite the Mysore is called the Carnatic , nominally possessed by the Nabob of Arcot , but virtually by the British . About half - way between Cape Comorin and Masulipatam , where the shore bends to the East , is ...
Page 57
... shore has taken a Southward direction , and Barca , and still Eastward is Egypt . The whole coast from Fez to Tripoli inclusive is called the Barbary Coast ; and the Governments are of a military nature , under a Governor called a Dey ...
... shore has taken a Southward direction , and Barca , and still Eastward is Egypt . The whole coast from Fez to Tripoli inclusive is called the Barbary Coast ; and the Governments are of a military nature , under a Governor called a Dey ...
Page 65
... shores of the Pacific and the immense Gulph of California . Below these is Mexico , or New Spain , divided into various provinces , at the lower part of which is Hon- duras , where logwood is cut . The last province in North America is ...
... shores of the Pacific and the immense Gulph of California . Below these is Mexico , or New Spain , divided into various provinces , at the lower part of which is Hon- duras , where logwood is cut . The last province in North America is ...
Page 72
... shore cannot be seen . The Rio de la Plata flows into the Atlantic , and is principally formed by the two streams of the Paraguay and Parana , besides some other very great though less mighty rivers . It rises in the mountains of Brazil ...
... shore cannot be seen . The Rio de la Plata flows into the Atlantic , and is principally formed by the two streams of the Paraguay and Parana , besides some other very great though less mighty rivers . It rises in the mountains of Brazil ...
Page 82
... shores of the Adriatic , and was also called Gallia togata , from their use of the Roman toga . It contained Liguria , on the coast , at the bend or knee of the boot , where is Genua , now the territory and gulph of Genoa . Above them ...
... shores of the Adriatic , and was also called Gallia togata , from their use of the Roman toga . It contained Liguria , on the coast , at the bend or knee of the boot , where is Genua , now the territory and gulph of Genoa . Above them ...
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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.