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Էջ 133 - The most western of them are the Maldives, and the most eastern the Moluccas ; between which are several very large ones, as Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Celebes ; besides many others of considerable importance as to riches, though much inferior in extent. Indies...
Էջ 321 - In the reign of Edward vi it was formed into a twenty-sixth ward, by the name of Bridge Ward Without. On the death of the alderman of this ward, he is succeeded by the next in seniority, to whatever ward he may belong ; this ward being considered as a sinecure, and consequently the most proper for
Էջ 6 - This is succeeded, without interval, by a cloudless sky, and a vertical sun ; but cold nights constantly follow these scorching days. The earth, notwithstanding these days, is cold to the soles of the feet ; partly owing to the six months...
Էջ 166 - River, with many good springs within the city itself, further contributes to the abundance of that necessary element. All these are advantages, with respect to health, in which this metropolis is exceeded by few.
Էջ 273 - ... and as many in height. The stones are very skilfully cemented, and none of them of less dimensions than thirty feet." " The ascent of the pyramid was regularly graduated by what some call steps and others altars.
Էջ 166 - London, but now united to it, is governed by a high steward, who is generally a nobleman, chosen by the dean and chapter, and he has an under steward who officiates for him. Next to him is the high bailiff, chosen also by the dean and chapter ; whose power resembles that of a sheriff. The suburbs are under the jurisdiction of the magistrates ; and those of Middlesex...
Էջ 166 - The most important of its peculiar manufactures is the silk weaving established in Spitalfields by refugees from France. A variety of works in gold, silver, and jewellery, the engraving of prints, the making of optical and mathematical instruments, are likewise principally executed here, and some of them in greater perfection than in any other country.
Էջ 134 - It is, on the whole, of a mountainous character, but well watered with lakes and rivers ; and the soil, in most parts, is very good and fertile : even in those places where the bogs and morasses have been drained, there is good meadow ground. It produces corn...
Էջ 146 - It has a session-house, a jail, a foundling- hospital, and a hospital for invalid soldiers. Here the knights for the county of Dublin are elected ; and it was the seat of government before the castle of Dublin was appropriated to that purpose.
Էջ 133 - CHAP. V. MISSION IN THE WEST INDIES. THE WEST INDIES comprehend a number of larger and smaller islands, lying, nearly in the form of a crescent, between North and South America, extending across the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, from the north-west extremity of the Bahama islands, off the coast of Florida, to the island of Tobago, 120 miles from the coast of Terra Firma. These islands have for a long series of years been in the possession of different European states. Those islands, in which the...