The modern geographical readers, Book 3 |
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... place as Reading Books side by side with ordinary School Readers . Children learn through the eye as well as through the ear , and clearer and more correct ideas of natural objects , such as rocky coasts , mountain chains , rivers ...
... place as Reading Books side by side with ordinary School Readers . Children learn through the eye as well as through the ear , and clearer and more correct ideas of natural objects , such as rocky coasts , mountain chains , rivers ...
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... places a gradual and pleasant slope into a level country of great extent , of much fertility , and extreme rural beauty . 6. Notwithstanding the formidable aspect of the mountains themselves , with their coverings of dark brown heath ...
... places a gradual and pleasant slope into a level country of great extent , of much fertility , and extreme rural beauty . 6. Notwithstanding the formidable aspect of the mountains themselves , with their coverings of dark brown heath ...
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... places which look as if no sun- shine could ever brighten them . 10. Through some of these glens clear streams glide merrily along ; whilst in the deeper defiles the torrents struggle to force a downward passage ; and in some places the ...
... places which look as if no sun- shine could ever brighten them . 10. Through some of these glens clear streams glide merrily along ; whilst in the deeper defiles the torrents struggle to force a downward passage ; and in some places the ...
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... independence , and especially with Wallace - his hiding - places and his gatherings . From its source to Renfrew , below Glasgow , the Clyde runs through the * Sir W. Scott . CORRA LINN . county of Lanark . It is a SCOTLAND . 17.
... independence , and especially with Wallace - his hiding - places and his gatherings . From its source to Renfrew , below Glasgow , the Clyde runs through the * Sir W. Scott . CORRA LINN . county of Lanark . It is a SCOTLAND . 17.
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... facing the North Sea are of no great height , but some of them are very interesting . They are torn and rent into fantastic shapes , and in some places hollowed into caverns . The most singular - looking of. 22 THIRD GEOGRAPHICAL READER .
... facing the North Sea are of no great height , but some of them are very interesting . They are torn and rent into fantastic shapes , and in some places hollowed into caverns . The most singular - looking of. 22 THIRD GEOGRAPHICAL READER .
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Page 83 - 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.
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.
Page 153 - ... of which we speak. In winter, a dazzling surface of purest snow; in early summer, a vast expanse of grass and pale pink roses; in autumn too often a wild sea of raging fire. No ocean of water in the world can vie with its gorgeous sunsets; no solitude can equal the loneliness of a night-shadowed prairie: one feels the stillness, and hears the silence, the wail of the prowling wolf makes the voice of solitude audible, the stars look down through infinite silence upon a silence almost as intense.
Page 83 - 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...
Page 158 - Autumn, in honor of this high holiday, had collected together all the past glories of the year, adding them to her own; she borrows the gay colors that have been lying during the summer months among the flowers, in the fruits, upon the plumage of the bird, on the wings of the butterfly, and working them together in broad and glowing masses, she throws them over the forest to grace her triumph.
Page 127 - It is beautifully situated— as regards the water, just at the point where the river becomes sea. It has quays and wharves, at which vessels of small tonnage can lie, in the very heart of the town. Vessels of any tonnage can lie a mile out from its streets. It is surrounded by hills and mountains, from which views can be had which would make the fortune of any district in Europe.