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... miles . 8. The surface of the mainland measures a little more than 26,000 square miles , and the islands about 4,000 more , making in all a total of a little over 30,000 ; that is an area rather more than half that of England and Wales ...
... miles . 8. The surface of the mainland measures a little more than 26,000 square miles , and the islands about 4,000 more , making in all a total of a little over 30,000 ; that is an area rather more than half that of England and Wales ...
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... miles . Though its shores are much indented on the west side , as a whole the island is much less irregular in outline than its sister kingdom of Great Britain . Its area is about 32,500 square miles , which is somewhat greater than ...
... miles . Though its shores are much indented on the west side , as a whole the island is much less irregular in outline than its sister kingdom of Great Britain . Its area is about 32,500 square miles , which is somewhat greater than ...
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... square miles . About one - seventh of the surface of Ireland is bog land , and would be almost waste but for the peat or " black turf " cut therefrom for fuel . LESSON XIV . THE WATER SYSTEM . 1. It is in the Great Plain of Ireland that ...
... square miles . About one - seventh of the surface of Ireland is bog land , and would be almost waste but for the peat or " black turf " cut therefrom for fuel . LESSON XIV . THE WATER SYSTEM . 1. It is in the Great Plain of Ireland that ...
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... square miles , and sufficient in extent to make sixty " United Kingdoms " —all help to make up that vast British Empire on which , as it has been said , “ the sun never sets . " 2. Fifteen centuries ago England was a colony of Rome ...
... square miles , and sufficient in extent to make sixty " United Kingdoms " —all help to make up that vast British Empire on which , as it has been said , “ the sun never sets . " 2. Fifteen centuries ago England was a colony of Rome ...
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... square miles , and a population of 90,000 . The islands are noted for their mild climate . The chief exports are potatoes and other vegetables , granite , cattle , eggs , and fruit . 3. The Scilly Isles are a group of islets and rocks ...
... square miles , and a population of 90,000 . The islands are noted for their mild climate . The chief exports are potatoes and other vegetables , granite , cattle , eggs , and fruit . 3. The Scilly Isles are a group of islets and rocks ...
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Atlantic Australia beautiful Ben Lomond Bengal Britain British called Cape capital Cassell's Castle centre chain chief town climate cloth Clyde colony cotton district dividing range Dominion east coast eastern England English estuary exports extends feet fertile Firth fishery flow forests GALPIN Ganges glens harbour height Highlands hills Hudson's Bay important India inhabitants Ireland island Isle islets lakes land largest LESSON Loch Loch Maree Lough Lough Neagh Lowther Hills manufactures million mountains mouth native navigable nearly north-east north-west northern Nova Scotia numerous Ocean Ontario Orange River Outer Hebrides peaks peninsula PETTER plains plateau population port province Quebec rain range region rocks rocky scenery Scotland season settlement sheep shores slopes South Australia South Island South Wales south-west southern square miles streams summer surface trade trees tributaries valleys Victoria west coast western Western Ghats whilst Wicklow Wicklow Mountains wild winds winter Zealand
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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.