The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 18Charles Knight, 1840 |
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... principal branch of the Amazonas . In the southern district is the lake of Chinchaycocha , of large dimensions , from which a river issues which is the principal branch of the Jauja , and consequently one of the greatest affluents of ...
... principal branch of the Amazonas . In the southern district is the lake of Chinchaycocha , of large dimensions , from which a river issues which is the principal branch of the Jauja , and consequently one of the greatest affluents of ...
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... principal features . Some hills of considerable elevation rise on the plain between 74 ° and 75 ° W. long .; and ... principal branches of the Rio Amazonas . The Marañon , and a great degree of heat , it is capable of maintaining a which ...
... principal features . Some hills of considerable elevation rise on the plain between 74 ° and 75 ° W. long .; and ... principal branches of the Rio Amazonas . The Marañon , and a great degree of heat , it is capable of maintaining a which ...
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... principal articles of export are bullion , sugar , and rice . Population 9000. The valley of Chimu contains the ruins of a large Indian town . In the vale of the Marañon are the towns of Caxamarca and Chachapoyas . Caxamarca stands on ...
... principal articles of export are bullion , sugar , and rice . Population 9000. The valley of Chimu contains the ruins of a large Indian town . In the vale of the Marañon are the towns of Caxamarca and Chachapoyas . Caxamarca stands on ...
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... principal productions are the cerealia and fruits of Europe . The population consists of Indians : whites are only found in the town . The capital is Huamango , a large place with 26,000 inhabitants , founded by Francisco Pizarro , in ...
... principal productions are the cerealia and fruits of Europe . The population consists of Indians : whites are only found in the town . The capital is Huamango , a large place with 26,000 inhabitants , founded by Francisco Pizarro , in ...
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... principal harbours from which the exports are made , are Payta , Lambayeque , Callao , Pisco , Islay , Arica , and Iquique . We have no recent account of the commerce of the first four harbours , in which probably three - fourths of the ...
... principal harbours from which the exports are made , are Payta , Lambayeque , Callao , Pisco , Islay , Arica , and Iquique . We have no recent account of the commerce of the first four harbours , in which probably three - fourths of the ...
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Page 191 - It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Page 34 - All which they most humbly pray of your most excellent majesty as their rights and liberties, according to the laws and statutes of this realm ; and that your majesty would also vouchsafe to declare, that the awards, doings, and proceedings, to the prejudice of your people in any of the...
Page 192 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Page 191 - Pardon me, gentlemen [bowing to the ministry], confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. Youth is the season of credulity. By comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an overruling influence.
Page 34 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 268 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.
Page 190 - Sir, the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number, who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Page 303 - ... a large portion of phrases and figures of speech which from father to son have long been regarded as the common inheritance of Poets. I have also thought it expedient to restrict myself still further, having abstained from the use of many expressions, in themselves proper and beautiful, but which have been foolishly repeated...
Page 268 - When hastening to the place from whence others fled with the utmost terror, he steered his direct course to the point of danger, and with so much calmness and presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate his observations upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene.
Page 268 - They consulted together whether it would be most prudent to trust to the houses, which now shook from side to side with frequent and violent concussions ; or fly to the open fields, where the calcined stones and cinders, though light indeed, yet fell in large showers, and threatened destruction.