The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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Page 114
... course the only resource is to borrow in foreign markets . " The Venezuelan Constitution - like most paper toys of that description -- looks well enough in books , but works badly in practice . The individual States attend but little to ...
... course the only resource is to borrow in foreign markets . " The Venezuelan Constitution - like most paper toys of that description -- looks well enough in books , but works badly in practice . The individual States attend but little to ...
Page 130
... course through the empire of nearly 2,300 miles . It is one of the wonderful rivers of the globe . It empties itself into the ocean with such velocity that navigators , after losing sight of land , may yet drink of its waters , its ...
... course through the empire of nearly 2,300 miles . It is one of the wonderful rivers of the globe . It empties itself into the ocean with such velocity that navigators , after losing sight of land , may yet drink of its waters , its ...
Page 156
... course flow so directly towards the interior that for long they were sup- posed to debouch into an inland sea . This Mediterranean theory was long and not unreasonably held by physical geographers . It has , indeed , been discovered ...
... course flow so directly towards the interior that for long they were sup- posed to debouch into an inland sea . This Mediterranean theory was long and not unreasonably held by physical geographers . It has , indeed , been discovered ...
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