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 148
... Hill after hill meets the eye , until the city , expanding to the view , spreads , like ancient Rome , over the amphitheatre of its seven hills and intervening valleys . " ספהנחו Mr. Hinchliff is equally enthusiastic . He assures his ...
... Hill after hill meets the eye , until the city , expanding to the view , spreads , like ancient Rome , over the amphitheatre of its seven hills and intervening valleys . " ספהנחו Mr. Hinchliff is equally enthusiastic . He assures his ...
Page 257
... hill " -is not considered by strangers an attractive place . One voyager declares that , with the exception of Tristan ... hills are but rarely available for a walk , consisting for the most part of little else than rock and boggy ground ...
... hill " -is not considered by strangers an attractive place . One voyager declares that , with the exception of Tristan ... hills are but rarely available for a walk , consisting for the most part of little else than rock and boggy ground ...
Page 99
... hills are altogether un - Australian , and very like to that with which we are familiar in the west of Ireland and the highlands of Scotland . The mountains are brown and sharp and serrated , the rivers are bright and rapid , and the ...
... hills are altogether un - Australian , and very like to that with which we are familiar in the west of Ireland and the highlands of Scotland . The mountains are brown and sharp and serrated , the rivers are bright and rapid , and the ...
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