 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 468 pages
...600 yards from the village of Geesh, in the province of Sacala. About the middle of a triangular But of all parts of the world, America, as it exhibits the most lofty mountains, so also it supplies marsh; and not quite 40 yards from the foot of the mountain on which. Geesh stands,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 910 pages
...in watering deserts and savage countries, whose poverty or fierceness have ktpt strangers away. Rut of all parts of the world, America, as it exhibits the most lofty mountains, so also it supplies the largest rivers. The principal of these is the great river Amazons, which, from... | |
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - 1820 - 346 pages
...that time overflowed. From these inundations the inhabitants of Egypt derive plenty and happiness. But of all parts of the- World, America, as it exhibits...mountains, so it supplies the largest rivers. The principal oi these is the great river Am'azon, which, according to some, performs a course of nearly 4000 miles.... | |
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - 1821 - 366 pages
...these inundations the inhabitants of Egypt derive plenty and happiness. But of all parts of the wo: Id, America, as it exhibits the most lofty mountains,...principal of these is the great river Am'azon, which, according to some, pei forms a course of nearly 4000 miles. The breadth and depth of this river are... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...Mediterranean, is thought to extend as far; and the Niger, whose length has not yet been ascertained. But of all parts of the world, AMERICA, as it exhibits...great river Amazon, which performs a course of nearly 4000 miles. The breadth and depth of this river are answerable to its vast length, and where its width... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...in watering deserts and savage countries, whose poverty or fierceness have kept strangers away. But of all parts of the world, America, as it exhibits the most lofty mountains, so also it supplies the largest rivers. The foremost of these is the great river Amazon, which, from its... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 724 pages
...in watering deserts and savage countries, whose poverty or fierceness have kept strangers away. But of all parts of the world, America, as it exhibits the most lofty mountains,8 so also it supplies the largest rivers. The foremost of these is the great river Amazon,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1862 - 702 pages
...watering deserts and savage countries, whose poverty or fierceness have kept strangers away. . But of all parts of the world, America, as it exhibits the most lofty mountains,8 so also it supplies the largest rivers. The foremost of tliese is the great river Amazon,... | |
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Coanza, from the greatness of whose openings into the sea, and the rapidity of whose streams, we form an estimate of the great distance from whence they come. Their courses, however, are spent in watering deserts and savage countries, whose poverty or... 