The World and Its People, Book 6Larkin Dunton Silver, Burdett, 1897 |
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... coast line of Asia , like that of Europe , is very irregular . Great peninsulas jut out from the land , and there are numerous seas and islands along the coast . The three southern peninsulas , Arabia , India , and Indo- China , are the ...
... coast line of Asia , like that of Europe , is very irregular . Great peninsulas jut out from the land , and there are numerous seas and islands along the coast . The three southern peninsulas , Arabia , India , and Indo- China , are the ...
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... coast , thousands of miles in extent , is locked in ice nearly the entire year . We have noticed the great size of Asia . It is not only the largest of the continents , it is also the highest . Across the central part , from east to ...
... coast , thousands of miles in extent , is locked in ice nearly the entire year . We have noticed the great size of Asia . It is not only the largest of the continents , it is also the highest . Across the central part , from east to ...
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... coast . It is like a great wedge extending far into the Indian Ocean . " Vast are the shores of India's wealthful soil ; Here down the wastes of Taurus ' rocky side Two infant rivers pour the crystal tide , Indus the one , and one the ...
... coast . It is like a great wedge extending far into the Indian Ocean . " Vast are the shores of India's wealthful soil ; Here down the wastes of Taurus ' rocky side Two infant rivers pour the crystal tide , Indus the one , and one the ...
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... coast lands the cocoa palm is abundant , and of great value to the people . It furnishes them food and shelter , and , like the bamboo , it is used for an end- less variety of purposes . Our poet Whittier sings its praises in his poem ...
... coast lands the cocoa palm is abundant , and of great value to the people . It furnishes them food and shelter , and , like the bamboo , it is used for an end- less variety of purposes . Our poet Whittier sings its praises in his poem ...
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... coast from Labrador to Vir- ginia , and that this was not the discovery they had hoped to make . They sailed from England expecting to reach the East Indies by passing through some un- known channel in the Arctic Ocean to the north of ...
... coast from Labrador to Vir- ginia , and that this was not the discovery they had hoped to make . They sailed from England expecting to reach the East Indies by passing through some un- known channel in the Arctic Ocean to the north of ...
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ancient animal Arabs Asia bamboo bazaars beautiful Benares boats Bombay Brahmin buildings built Calcutta called camels canals Canton capital caravan caste Cawnpore Ceylon China Chinaman Chinese coast commerce covered crowded curious customs Delhi desert dress East elephant emperor empire English enter famous feet fertile flowers foreign Ganges gardens Gate gold harbor Himalayas Hindu houses Hung Chang important India interesting island Japan Japanese journey Jumna River Kioto known Kobé land large number Li Hung Chang magnificent marble mikado Mogul Mohammedan mosques mountains nations native northern palace Parsees pass Peking peninsula Persia plains port priests Punjab railroad rice rich river road sacred seen Shanghai shops shores Siam Siberia side sight silk soon southern steamers story strange streets surrounded Taj Mahal temples thousand Tibet Tientsin Tokio town trade travelers trees vast villages walls whole worship Yokohama
Popular passages
Page 300 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 83 - Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river. Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares...
Page 103 - Hark cannonade, fusillade! is it true what was told by the scout, Outram and Havelock breaking their way through the fell mutineers? Surely the pibroch of Europe is ringing again in our ears! All on a sudden the garrison utter a jubilant shout, Havelock's glorious Highlanders answer with conquering cheers...
Page 83 - Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could...
Page 83 - It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines and minarets and balconies and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude...
Page 261 - Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses * Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
Page 80 - After which, one of the men, taking a large earthen vessel, with a capacious mouth, filled it with water, and turned it upside down, when all the water flowed out ; but the moment it was placed with the mouth upwards, it always became full. He then emptied it, allowing any one to inspect it who chose. This being done, he desired that one of the party would fill it ; his request was obeyed ; still, when he reversed the jar, not a...
Page 131 - I remember, four white elephants, wrought in shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four points of the compass. From the rounded summit rises, like a needle, a sharp spire. This was the temple tower, and all over the magnificent pile, from the tip of the highest needle to the base, from every prominent angle and projection, there were hanging sweet-toned bells, with little gilded fans attached to their tongues ; so swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze.
Page 275 - O'er Arabia's desert sands The patient Camel walks : 'Mid lonely caves and rocky lands The fell Hyena stalks. On her cool and shady hills, Coffee shrubs, and tam'rinds grow ; Headlong fall the welcome rills Down the fruitful dells below.
Page 255 - Mid rose-trees hid, or perched on some high palm, The bulbul sings through eve's delicious calm ; While girt by planes, or washed by cooling streams, On some green flat the stately city gleams. — 'Tis as a demon there had cast his frown, And here an angel breathed a blessing down ; As if in nature...