The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary ...: Accompanied by an Atlas, Հատոր 6A. Constable and Company, 1822 |
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... castle of Stran- raer , formerly a seat of the earls of Stair ; and not far from it is the castle of Culhorn , the beautiful residence of that noble family . The burgh is chiefly the property of that nobleman , or dependent upon him ...
... castle of Stran- raer , formerly a seat of the earls of Stair ; and not far from it is the castle of Culhorn , the beautiful residence of that noble family . The burgh is chiefly the property of that nobleman , or dependent upon him ...
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... castle , a monastery , a deanery , a Piarist college , and 4100 inhabitants , of whom a small part are Jews . 14 miles S. of Hradisch , and 36 S. E. of Brunn . STREAM , a hamlet of England , in the parish of St Decuman's , Somersetshire ...
... castle , a monastery , a deanery , a Piarist college , and 4100 inhabitants , of whom a small part are Jews . 14 miles S. of Hradisch , and 36 S. E. of Brunn . STREAM , a hamlet of England , in the parish of St Decuman's , Somersetshire ...
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... Castle Hedingham . MHAUBE , a mountain of Bohemia , a the Riesengebirge chain , about 4500 feet aheight . is a small artificial mount or keep . The manor was held by the abbey of Glaston- bury , by a grant from king Edgar , having ...
... Castle Hedingham . MHAUBE , a mountain of Bohemia , a the Riesengebirge chain , about 4500 feet aheight . is a small artificial mount or keep . The manor was held by the abbey of Glaston- bury , by a grant from king Edgar , having ...
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... saltpetre , earthen Ware , gunpowder , and sulphur . These , however , almost complete the list of Styrian STYRUM , a village and castle in the Prussian states , near the Rhine , on the Roer , 4 miles E. N. E. of Duisburg . STY STY 29.
... saltpetre , earthen Ware , gunpowder , and sulphur . These , however , almost complete the list of Styrian STYRUM , a village and castle in the Prussian states , near the Rhine , on the Roer , 4 miles E. N. E. of Duisburg . STY STY 29.
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... castle . The apartments which habitable have been converted into a p house , and a jail , principally used for confinement of debtors . According to radoc Llancarvan , this castle was buil the year 1099 , by Henry Beaumont , ex Warwick ...
... castle . The apartments which habitable have been converted into a p house , and a jail , principally used for confinement of debtors . According to radoc Llancarvan , this castle was buil the year 1099 , by Henry Beaumont , ex Warwick ...
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Էջ 26 - Dr. Solander, who had more than once crossed the mountains which divide Sweden from Norway, well knew that extreme cold, especially when joined with fatigue, produces a torpor and sleepiness...
Էջ 382 - TYHONE, a county of Ireland, in the province of Ulster, bounded on the northeast by Londonderry, on the east by Lough Neagh, on the south-east by Armagh, on the south by Monaghan, on the south-west by Fermanagh, and on the west by Donegal.
Էջ 9 - The eyes were of a light hazel, and the hair and beard auburn. The dress consisted of a scarlet doublet, over which was a loose black gown without sleeves. The lower part of the cushion before him was of a crimson colour, and the upper part green, with gilt tassels.
Էջ 450 - There, the colonist has no expense to incur in clearing his farm: he is not compelled to a great preliminary outlay of capital before he can expect a considerable return: he has only to set fire...
Էջ 26 - ... bushes, and in a few minutes they fell into a profound sleep ; soon after, some of the people who had been sent forward, returned, with the welcome news that a fire was kindled about a quarter of a mile farther on the way.
Էջ 231 - The colour, at the base, is white, in the middle black, and brown at the points. The musk is a secretion formed in a little bag or tumour, resembling a wen, situated at the navel; and is found only in the male.
Էջ 351 - Africa, forming one of the most powerful of the Barbary states. It consists chiefly of a large peninsula, stretching into the Mediterranean in a north-easterly direction, and coming within less than a hundred miles of the coast of Sicily.
Էջ 507 - In an extensive country, it will of course be expected that the climate is not the same in all its parts. It is remarkable, that proceeding on the same parallel of latitude westwardly, the climate becomes colder in like manner as when you proceed northwardly. This continues to be the case till you attain the summit of the Alleghany, which is the highest land between the ocean and the Mississippi.
Էջ 469 - As we ascend, nature appears gradually less animated, the beauty of the vegetable forms diminishes, the shoots become less succulent, and the flowers less coloured. The aspect of the Mexican oak quiets the alarms of travellers newly landed at Vera Cruz. "Its presence demonstrates to him that he has left behind him the zone so justly dreaded by the people of the north, under which the yellow fever exercises its ravages in New Spain. This...
Էջ 46 - Malayan, there arc a variety of languages spoken in Sumatra, which, however, have not only a manifest affinity among themselves, but also to that general language which is found to prevail in, and to be indigenous to all the islands of the eastern sea, from Madagascar to the remotest of Capt.