North AmericaFerdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn E. Stanford, 1883 - 652 頁 |
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... exceeding the first - class rivers of Europe , the area of country which it drains , the vast system of inter- nal navigation which it affords , and the populous towns. 1. Extent - General Features . THE RAPIDS AT NIAGARA .
... exceeding the first - class rivers of Europe , the area of country which it drains , the vast system of inter- nal navigation which it affords , and the populous towns. 1. Extent - General Features . THE RAPIDS AT NIAGARA .
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... navigation of unsurpassed magnificence . " 2. Lake Itasca - Course of the Mississippi . In the northern part of the State of Minnesota , in a region of lakes and forests , lies Lake Itasca , under a low sandstone ridge , overgrown with ...
... navigation of unsurpassed magnificence . " 2. Lake Itasca - Course of the Mississippi . In the northern part of the State of Minnesota , in a region of lakes and forests , lies Lake Itasca , under a low sandstone ridge , overgrown with ...
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... navigation , and much labour and money have been expended in attempts to remove them . This has at last been accomplished by an American engineer , Mr. J. B. Edes . By means of a system of jetties , by which the rapidity of the current ...
... navigation , and much labour and money have been expended in attempts to remove them . This has at last been accomplished by an American engineer , Mr. J. B. Edes . By means of a system of jetties , by which the rapidity of the current ...
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... navigation in rivers , like the Colorado , winding through a series of cañons are natu- rally often of a very ... navigate a rapid in the Grand Cañon at the imminent peril of his life . " About eleven o'clock , " he writes , " we hear a ...
... navigation in rivers , like the Colorado , winding through a series of cañons are natu- rally often of a very ... navigate a rapid in the Grand Cañon at the imminent peril of his life . " About eleven o'clock , " he writes , " we hear a ...
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... navigation of the Patapsco River , near the Chesapeake Bay . In 1870 it had a population of about 267,000 . The city is mainly laid out at right angles , the build- ings being principally of brick , with some of granite and iron . It ...
... navigation of the Patapsco River , near the Chesapeake Bay . In 1870 it had a population of about 267,000 . The city is mainly laid out at right angles , the build- ings being principally of brick , with some of granite and iron . It ...
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第 388 頁 - THESE are the gardens of the Desert, these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name — The Prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell, Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless for ever.
第 388 頁 - No — they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath, The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye ; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges.
第 389 頁 - With whom he came across the eastern deep, Fills the savannas with his murmurings, And hides his sweets, as in the golden age, Within the hollow oak. I listen long To his domestic hum, and think I hear The sound of that advancing multitude Which soon shall fill these deserts.
第 612 頁 - That an humble address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that she may be graciously pleased to cause a measure to be submitted to the Imperial Parliament for the purpose of uniting the Colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island, in one government, with provisions based on certain resolutions which were adopted at a conference of delegates from the said colonies, held at the city of Quebec on the 10th October 1864.
第 388 頁 - The hand that built the firmament hath heaved And smoothed these verdant swells, and sown their slopes With herbage, planted them with island groves, And hedged them round with forests.
第 344 頁 - From its geographical position and its peculiar characteristics, Manitoba may be regarded as the keystone of that mighty arch of sister provinces which spans the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
第 97 頁 - ... now and then, in the bay of a recess, to admire the gigantic scenery. And ever, as we go, there is some new pinnacle or tower, some crag or peak, some distant view of the upper plateau, some strange shaped rock, or some deep, narrow side canon.
第 137 頁 - The whole country from San Francisco to Los Angeles and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada resounds to the sordid cry of gold! gold!! gold!!!
第 610 頁 - But if a union, either partial or complete, should hereafter be proposed with the concurrence of all the Provinces to be united, I am sure that the matter would be weighed in this country both by the public, by Parliament, and by Her Majesty's Government, with no other feeling than an anxiety to discern and promote any course which might be the most conducive to the prosperity, the strength, and the harmony of all the British communities in North America.
第 388 頁 - As o'er the verdant waste I guide my steed, Among the high, rank grass that sweeps his sides, The hollow beating of his footstep seems A sacrilegious sound.