Short System of Polite Learning: Being an Epitome of the Arts and Sciences, for the Use of SchoolsBenj. Warner, 1820 - 212 páginas |
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... Sennar Abyssinia Gondar Abex › Suaquam Adel Zeila Guinea , Upper Benin Loango Loango Lower Congo St. Salvador Guinea Angola Benguela Loanda Benguela Mataman Countries . Chief towns . Monomugi Chicova Zanguebar Melinda Monomotapa 111.
... Sennar Abyssinia Gondar Abex › Suaquam Adel Zeila Guinea , Upper Benin Loango Loango Lower Congo St. Salvador Guinea Angola Benguela Loanda Benguela Mataman Countries . Chief towns . Monomugi Chicova Zanguebar Melinda Monomotapa 111.
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... Monomotapa Monomotapa Sofala Sofala Caffraria Hottentot Cape Town . In Egypt , Bilidulgerid , Zahara , and Abyssinia , the people are of a tawny complexion ; but in all other parts they are quite black , have flat noses , thick lips ...
... Monomotapa Monomotapa Sofala Sofala Caffraria Hottentot Cape Town . In Egypt , Bilidulgerid , Zahara , and Abyssinia , the people are of a tawny complexion ; but in all other parts they are quite black , have flat noses , thick lips ...
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... Monomotapa ; and the Peek of Teneriffe , which rises nearly three miles above the level of the sea . Q. What are its rivers ? A. They are neither numerous nor large , the Nile excepted : the most noted , are the Nile , in Nubia and ...
... Monomotapa ; and the Peek of Teneriffe , which rises nearly three miles above the level of the sea . Q. What are its rivers ? A. They are neither numerous nor large , the Nile excepted : the most noted , are the Nile , in Nubia and ...
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Página 70 - How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot: , A heap of dust alone remains of thee; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Be
Página 57 - bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought} Ind, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, smiling at grief. Shakesp.
Página 68 - certain number of syllables, connected, form a foot. They are called feet, because it is by their aid that the voice, as it were, steps along through the verse in a measured pace: and it is necessary that the syllables which mark this regular movement of the voice, should, in some
Página 72 - Warms' in the sun", refreshes' in the breeze, Glows' in the stars", and blossoms' in the trees; Spreads', undivided!', operates 1 , unspent.
Página 56 - and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Isaiah.
Página 55 - bend thy fair head over the waves, thou fairer than the ghost of the hills, when it moves in a sun-beam, at noon, over the silence of Morven. He is fallen! Thy youth is low; pale, beneath the sword of Cuchullin.
Página 60 - he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened.
Página 68 - A. Trochee has the first syllable accented, and the last unaccented; as, hateful, pettish. An Iambus has the first syllable unaccented, and the last accented; as, betray, consist. A Spondee has both the words or syllables accented; as, the pale moon. A
Página 65 - The bending Hermit here a pray'r begun— "Lord, as in heav'n, on earth thy will be done." Then, gladly turning, sought his ancient place, And pass'da life of piety and
Página 70 - toil for nought; Bliss in vain from earth is sought; Bliss, a native of the sky, Never wanders. Mortals, try; There, you cannot seek in vain; For, to seek her, is to gain.