Key to Pelton's Hemispheres: Designed as an Introduction to the Key to His Complete Series of Outline Maps, Arranged in Verse for Musical Recitations. To which is Added a Brief Description of the Present State of the WorldSower & Barnes, 1851 - 176 sidor |
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... RIVERS , Arranged in Verse for Musical Recitations . TO WHICH IS ADDED A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WORLD , CONFINED TO THE MOST INTERESTING AND CHARACTERISTIC MATTER . BY C. PELTON , A. M. " The Universe is a thought ...
... RIVERS , Arranged in Verse for Musical Recitations . TO WHICH IS ADDED A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WORLD , CONFINED TO THE MOST INTERESTING AND CHARACTERISTIC MATTER . BY C. PELTON , A. M. " The Universe is a thought ...
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... Rivers , & c . , represented thereon , comprise a succinct and comprehensive system of Physical , Political , and Descriptive Geography - and their superiority over every other Series of Outline Maps , as regards construction ...
... Rivers , & c . , represented thereon , comprise a succinct and comprehensive system of Physical , Political , and Descriptive Geography - and their superiority over every other Series of Outline Maps , as regards construction ...
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... Rivers , its Soil and Productions , the Physical and Moral condition of Man , and receives an expansion which no other study could equally afford . To accomplish his object more successfully , and to render the study of Geography in the ...
... Rivers , its Soil and Productions , the Physical and Moral condition of Man , and receives an expansion which no other study could equally afford . To accomplish his object more successfully , and to render the study of Geography in the ...
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... RIVER , ETC. , ON THE MAPS . By looking on the Map of the Western Hemisphere , you will see that it in divided into a large number of small Spaces or Areas by the Parallels of Latitude and Meridians , -lines running across the Map ...
... RIVER , ETC. , ON THE MAPS . By looking on the Map of the Western Hemisphere , you will see that it in divided into a large number of small Spaces or Areas by the Parallels of Latitude and Meridians , -lines running across the Map ...
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... Rivers glide . 2 . Where storms near the pole peal forth their dreary chorm And winter reigns o'er ice - bound plains Throughout all the year , There shall our fearless footsteps tread , Through scenes of darkness and of dread ; By love ...
... Rivers glide . 2 . Where storms near the pole peal forth their dreary chorm And winter reigns o'er ice - bound plains Throughout all the year , There shall our fearless footsteps tread , Through scenes of darkness and of dread ; By love ...
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Africa Arctic Ocean Asia Atlantic Australia Bolivia bound Britain called Cape capital Caribbean Sea Cazembe channel chief town chiefly China Chinese CITIES AND TOWNS climate coast comprises Continent desert divided earth east eastern Empire Equator Europe extends feet fertile flows globe grand division Grenada Guatemala Guiana Guinea Gulf of Mexico harbor Hemisphere Hindostan Indian inhabitants interior Ireland Isle Khokand Lake land large island largest latitude Lower Guinea Malacca miles in length Mississippi Missouri mountains mouth Mozambique nearly North northern noted Ohio Pacific peninsula plains population prairies principal productions QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES Questions.-1 region rich river separates Russia Russian America shore Siberia situated soil South America south-east south-west southern extremity Southern or Antarctic Spain Square miles Strait stream surface Tartary temperature Territory Thibet tis my delight tributary Tropic Tropic of Capricorn Turkey volcano western winds zone
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Sida 135 - tis haunted, holy ground ; No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon : Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone : Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Sida 136 - With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart^ The smiles of nature and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains...
Sida 108 - They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why ; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty; A stubborn race, fearing and flattering none.
Sida 135 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Sida 108 - But these are but their outcasts. View them near At home, where all their worth and pride is placed; And there their hospitable fires burn clear, And there the lowliest farm-house hearth is graced With manly hearts, in piety sincere, Faithful in love, in honor stern and chaste, In friendship warm and true, in danger brave, Beloved in life, and sainted in the grave.
Sida 109 - God hath set His rainbow on thy forehead : and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And he doth give Thy voice of thunder, power to speak of him Eternally — bidding the lip of man Keep silence — and upon thy rocky altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise.
Sida 12 - The circumference of the earth is the greatest distance round it. 54. The earth is about 8,000 miles in diameter, and 25,000 in circumference. 55. .The axis of the earth is an imaginary* straight line, passing through its centre from North to South. 56. The poles of the earth are the two ends of its axis ; one is called the North Pole and the other the South 'Pole. 57. The earth has two motions : it revolvesf on its axis once every day, 'causing day and night — and moves round the Sun once every...
Sida 118 - There are everywhere apertures in this limestone, through which, the waters of the rivers sink into the earth. The large rivers of Kentucky, for this reason, are more diminished during the dry season than those of any part of the United States, and the small streams entirely disappear.
Sida 109 - FLOW on for ever, in thy glorious robe Of terror and of beauty. Yea, flow on Unfathom'd and resistless. God hath set His rainbow on thy forehead: and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And he doth give Thy voice of thunder power to speak of Him Eternally — bidding the lip of man Keep silence — and upon thine altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise.
Sida 13 - A degree is 60 geographical, or 69J common or English miles ; 60 seconds make one minute, and 60 minutes or miles, one degree. 66. MERIDIANS are imaginary circles, extending North and South through the Poles of the earth, and intersecting the Equator at right angles. 67. LONGITUDE is distance East or West from any given meridian. It is marked in degrees on the Equator, or at the top and bottom of the map. 68. EAST LONGITUDE is distance East of any given meridian. 69. WEST LONGITUDE is distance West...