The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots magazine, Томове 1–21818 |
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... ground a- bove the level of the sea , and that the continent of America is distinguish- ed by its general and prodigious ele- vation ; nor does the land in Mexi- co rise in abrupt and mountainous ridges . On the contrary , it has been ...
... ground a- bove the level of the sea , and that the continent of America is distinguish- ed by its general and prodigious ele- vation ; nor does the land in Mexi- co rise in abrupt and mountainous ridges . On the contrary , it has been ...
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... ground , it must be obvious , that a country so elevated , and to be reached only by a conti- nued ascent through difficult roads , must abound in defensive military positions , and that , with the least de- gree of skill on the part of ...
... ground , it must be obvious , that a country so elevated , and to be reached only by a conti- nued ascent through difficult roads , must abound in defensive military positions , and that , with the least de- gree of skill on the part of ...
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... ground , so that the inhabi- tants enjoy a pleasant medium be- tween the opposite extremes of heat and cold . They are indebted for this singularity of temperature to a chain of the Andes of moderate height , and in breadth generally ...
... ground , so that the inhabi- tants enjoy a pleasant medium be- tween the opposite extremes of heat and cold . They are indebted for this singularity of temperature to a chain of the Andes of moderate height , and in breadth generally ...
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... ground in the country , and , conse- quently , forms the dividing ridge be- tween the streams which run south and those which run north . The lat- ter rise on the northern declivity of these mountains , and fall into the Car- ribean Sea ...
... ground in the country , and , conse- quently , forms the dividing ridge be- tween the streams which run south and those which run north . The lat- ter rise on the northern declivity of these mountains , and fall into the Car- ribean Sea ...
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... ground , and brown shorn fields , of which the harvest has been gathered . On the left , part of the lake is concealed by a gently slop- ing hill , on which are cultivated fields , and a few houses half hidden by trees . On the right ...
... ground , and brown shorn fields , of which the harvest has been gathered . On the left , part of the lake is concealed by a gently slop- ing hill , on which are cultivated fields , and a few houses half hidden by trees . On the right ...
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Страница 221 - Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home; Where a blue sky, and glowing clime, extends, He had the passion and the power to roam ; The desert, forest, cavern, breaker's foam, Were unto him companionship; they spake A mutual language, clearer than the tome Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glass'd by sunbeams on the lake.
Страница 149 - ... such a scene of natural romance and beauty as had never before greeted my eyes. To the left lay the valley, down which the Forth wandered on its easterly course, surrounding the beautiful detached hill, with all its garland of woods. On the right, amid a profusion of thickets, knolls, and crags, lay the bed of a broad mountain lake, lightly curled into tiny waves by the breath of the morning breeze, each glittering in its course under the influence of the sun-beams.
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