A Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer: Containing Topographical, Statistical, and Other Information, of All the More Important Places in the Known World, from the Most Recent and Authentic SourcesLindsay & Blakiston, 1847 - 630 էջ |
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... present edition still more worthy of the public pa- tronage . They have carefully revised the whole work , and made a number of corrections , which , though for the most part minute to appearance , they cannot but regard as important in ...
... present edition still more worthy of the public pa- tronage . They have carefully revised the whole work , and made a number of corrections , which , though for the most part minute to appearance , they cannot but regard as important in ...
Էջ vii
... present , which , as respects some of its more important characteristics , is quite new , the authors feel themselves called upon to explain briefly the object and nature of the work , as well as the motives which induced them to ...
... present , which , as respects some of its more important characteristics , is quite new , the authors feel themselves called upon to explain briefly the object and nature of the work , as well as the motives which induced them to ...
Էջ x
... present time , additionally important . Particular pains have been taken in the present work , with the European , and the better known of the Asiatic languages , not only to give the accent correctly , but also to notice all important ...
... present time , additionally important . Particular pains have been taken in the present work , with the European , and the better known of the Asiatic languages , not only to give the accent correctly , but also to notice all important ...
Էջ xi
... present work , at least as a school book . While we have dictionaries of almost every description , and adapted to every stage of intellectual development , to which the pupil may refer for the definition , correct spelling , and ...
... present work , at least as a school book . While we have dictionaries of almost every description , and adapted to every stage of intellectual development , to which the pupil may refer for the definition , correct spelling , and ...
Էջ xiv
... present , when so much must be omitted , and so little , comparatively speaking , could be inserted , it has been a point of the highest importance to make a judicious selection of matter . Without claiming to have made such a selection ...
... present , when so much must be omitted , and so little , comparatively speaking , could be inserted , it has been a point of the highest importance to make a judicious selection of matter . Without claiming to have made such a selection ...
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Alleghany ancient Austrian empire bordering called canal Cape capital celebrated central centre coast Columbia commercial Conn Cumberland Delaware dist England English Erie Essex co estimated extensive fåll fåt Fåte Fayette flows formerly forming fortified France Franklin Franklin co French GAZETTEER Germany greatest breadth Greene co Gulf harbour Hindostan inhab inhabitants institutions intersected island Italy Jackson Jefferson kingdom Lake length Madison manufacturing Mass mẻ Milledgeville Mississippi Monroe mountain mouth N. E. extremity navigable nearly nearly like ng nỏ nôt Ohio õõ Pike co pine or pine plne port of entry principal pron pronounced pronunciation prov remarkable river Russia Scotland seaport Seat of justice situated sound Spain Sullivan co Tenn thin town Washington Wayne
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Էջ 641 - Croix ; thence down the main channel of said river to the Mississippi ; thence down the centre of the main channel of that river to the northwest corner of the State of Illinois...
Էջ 431 - Indian, who, in pursuit of a llama up the steep, to save himself from falling caught hold of a shrub, which being torn from the soil exposed a mass of solid silver at the roots; it was that mountain, incapable of producing even a blade of grass, which yet...
Էջ 400 - Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the Ocean, with free access into and through the said River or Rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall in like manner be free and...
Էջ 447 - But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone, with nothing like to thee — Worthiest of God, the holy and the true. Since Zion's desolation, when that He Forsook his former city, what could be, Of earthly structures, in his honour piled, Of a sublimer aspect? Majesty, Power, Glory, Strength, and Beauty all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship undefiled.
Էջ 161 - N. Lat., and 71° 55' and 73° 50' W. Lon. ; bounded on the N. by Massachusetts, E. by Rhode Island, S. by Long Island Sound, and W. by New York; and divided into 8 counties.* Its length, from E.
Էջ 60 - ALGIERS, a celebrated city, and cap. of the country of the same name, is situated on the coast of the Mediterranean, upon the declivity of a hill, on which the houses rise gradually in the form of an amphitheatre, and terminate nearly in a point at the summit. It is not above a mile and a half in circuit. The largest street is said to be 1200 paces long, and not more than 12 feet wide. The population, previous to the French conquest, had been variously estimated, from 80,000 to 200,000, and even...
Էջ xvi - Oh never talk again to me Of northern climes and British ladies ; It has not been your lot to see, Like me, the lovely girl of Cadiz. Although her eye be not of blue, Nor fair her locks, like English lasses, How far its own expressive hue The languid azure eye surpasses ! 2.
Էջ 29 - XIX. 1. A, in French, is generally considered to have two sounds ; the first long, as in the English word far, eg in pas ; the second short, almost like a in fat, eg in bal.
Էջ 225 - ... wherein affairs are finally decided. The object of the Germanic Confederation and the duties of the Federative diet are— the maintenance of external security or mutual defence from a common enemy, and the preservation of internal peace among the Federative states, which have no right to declare war on each other, but must submit their differences to the decision of the diet. The maintenance of internal security comprehends not only the prevention of...
Էջ 232 - W. Lon.); others make Cape Apollonia the western boundary. Of all parts of Guinea, and indeed of the African coast, this is the one where European settlements and trade have been carried to the greatest extent Its name sufficiently indicates the cause. It appears, however, that the gold for which this region formerly enjoyed an exaggerated celebrity, was chiefly procured from other portions of Africa. GOLNOW, gol'-nov, a t. of Prussia, in Pomerania, 18m. NE of Stettin. Pop. 3,600. (B.) GOM-BROON',...