The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]., Том 25 |
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... town is pleasantly situated on rising ground between the Exe and Loman , and is well watered by a brook called the Town Leat , which rises about 5 miles north of the town , and was given , about 1260 , by the then countess of Devon ...
... town is pleasantly situated on rising ground between the Exe and Loman , and is well watered by a brook called the Town Leat , which rises about 5 miles north of the town , and was given , about 1260 , by the then countess of Devon ...
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... town of the Papal State , 16 miles east - north - east of Rome , situated on the slope of a hill on the left bank of the Anio , or Teverone , just above the spot where that river falls by a succession of rapids into the lowlands of the ...
... town of the Papal State , 16 miles east - north - east of Rome , situated on the slope of a hill on the left bank of the Anio , or Teverone , just above the spot where that river falls by a succession of rapids into the lowlands of the ...
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... town ; the Roman bridge called Ponte Celio , or Ponticelli , is still extant . There are considerable remains of the Villa of Mæcenas near the Cascatelle . Remains of that of Quintilius Varus are shown near a church called Quin- tiliolo ...
... town ; the Roman bridge called Ponte Celio , or Ponticelli , is still extant . There are considerable remains of the Villa of Mæcenas near the Cascatelle . Remains of that of Quintilius Varus are shown near a church called Quin- tiliolo ...
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... town , where a number of streets were from European Russia by the chain of the Ural Mountains . The principal rivers are the Obi , the Tobol , the Irtisch , and the Tura . In the south and south - western parts the summer is warm and ...
... town , where a number of streets were from European Russia by the chain of the Ural Mountains . The principal rivers are the Obi , the Tobol , the Irtisch , and the Tura . In the south and south - western parts the summer is warm and ...
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... town in the county of Zemplin , in Upper Hungary , on the river Bodrog , at its confluence with the Theiss . Tokay contains 4500 inhabitants , and has four churches , -one Roman Catholic , one Lutheran , one Calvinist , and one United ...
... town in the county of Zemplin , in Upper Hungary , on the river Bodrog , at its confluence with the Theiss . Tokay contains 4500 inhabitants , and has four churches , -one Roman Catholic , one Lutheran , one Calvinist , and one United ...
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Стр. 174 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Стр. 173 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Стр. 68 - No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner.
Стр. 68 - When one reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder to find that Providence should bestow such a profusion of days, such a seeming waste of longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander more than twothirds of its existence in a joyless stupor, and be lost to all sensation for months together in the profoundest of slumbers.
Стр. 68 - ... way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices; for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited on it for more than thirty years, it hobbles towards its benefactress with awkward alacrity ; but remains inattentive to strangers. Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib...
Стр. 68 - The rattle and hurry of the journey so perfectly roused it that, when I turned it out on a border, it walked twice down to the bottom of my garden ; however, in the evening, the weather being cold, it buried itself in the loose mould, and continues still concealed.
Стр. 102 - just one year and twenty days.' In the new administration formed by Pitt, now created Lord Chatham, Townshend was chancellor of the exchequer and leader of the House of Commons.
Стр. 103 - Townshend, nor of course know what a ferment he was able to excite in everything by the violent ebullition of his mixed virtues and failings ; for failings he had undoubtedly. Many of us remember them — We are this day considering the effi'ot of them.
Стр. 103 - For failings he had undoubtedly — many of us remember them; we are this day considering the effect of them. But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate, passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. He worshipped that goddess wheresoever she appeared; but he paid his particular devotions to her in her favourite habitation, in her chosen temple, the House of Commons.
Стр. 69 - The tortoise is very fond of water, drinking large quantities and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands alone possess springs, and these are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable height.