Universal Geography: Or, A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe ...J. Laval, 1829 |
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Page 450 - Hindostan unknown. On the whole, his impression of his new acquaintances would be favourable ; although he would feel, that without having lost the ruggedness of a barbarous nation, they were tainted with the vices common to all Asiatics. Yet he would reckon them virtuous, compared with the people to whom he had been accustomed ; would be inclined to regard them with interest and kindness; and could scarcely deny them a portion of his esteem.
Page 13 - ... a part of the disk of the sun ; and that every time it is in opposition, it ought to pass through the shadow which the earth projects behind it ; so that there would be, in the former case, an eclipse of the sun, and in the latter, an eclipse of the moon.
Page 351 - It has been remarked that, if the advantages of nature were duly seconded by the efforts of human skill, we might in the space of twenty leagues bring together in Syria the vegetable riches of the most distant countries. Besides wheat, rye, barley, beans, and the cotton-plant, which are cultivated everywhere, there are several objects of utility or pleasure, peculiar to different localities.
Page 450 - ... unrestrained. Amidst the stormy independence of this mode of life, he would regret the ease and security in which the state of India, and even the indolence and timidity of its inhabitants, enable most parts of that country to repose. He would meet with many productions of art and nature that do not exist in India; but, in general, he would find the arts of life less advanced, and many of the luxuries of Hindostán unknown.
Page 149 - There are some places in the sea where no bottom has yet been found. But we must not conclude that the sea is really bottomless ; an idea, which, if not absurd, is, at least, by no means conformable to the analogies of natural science. The mountains of continents seem to correspond with what are called the abysses of the sea ; but now, the highest mountains do not rise to 20,000 feet. It is true, that they have...
Page 295 - It is not enough to say, that the great plains with which Asia abounds give the conquerors an easier access. This only holds good in the central parts ; but how many inaccessible mountains, how many large rivers, and immense deserts, form the natural bulwarks and eternal barriers of other Asiatic nations...
Page 200 - ... WATER is, however, the most powerful of all the agents of nature in changing the face of the globe. Sometimes the waters of a rapid river, an agitated lake, or even of a subterraneous current, waste, consume, or secretly undermine a mass of rocks or of solid earth. The beds of sand, gravel, clay, or chalk, which serve as a support, are dissolved or swept away, an excavation is formed, and the superincumbent mass sinks down by its own weight. Currents of water produce changes in the adjacent country....
Page 196 - Until we come towards the 40th degree, the frost in the plains is neither intense nor of long duration — it is equally unusual to see snow fall there, though unquestionably it is not true, that when a fall of snow does take place, the ladies of Rome or of Naples leave the theatre to enjoy so extraordinary a spectacle, or that the Academicians run out, with their glasses in their hands, to examine this singular phenomenon.
Page 367 - ... from the pressure by which her existence had been threatened ; but Mahomet the first, with the assistance of the vizir Ibrahim Khan, re-established the fortunes of the Turks. The great Amurat the second, maintained a desperate contest with Joannes Hunyad and Scanderberg, antagonists every way worthy of him. He punished the perfidy of the Christians by the defeat of their main army at Varna. Mahomet the second, in 1453, entered Constantinople sword in hand, and established himself on the throne...
Page 449 - ... other conveniences, which a traveller would meet with in the wildest parts of Great Britain. Yet he would sometimes be delighted with the fertility and populousness of...