Scribner's Geographical Reader and Primer: A Series of Journeys Round the World (based on Guyot's Introduction) with Primary Lessons

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American Book Company, 1883 - 282 páginas
 

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Página 184 - With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow, With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles ? "Ah, you are so great, and I am so small, I...
Página 184 - You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
Página 201 - America has a hot climate, our country has a temperate climate, and the Arctic shores have a cold climate. Countries alike in climate are situated about the same distance from the equator; so we think of them as forming belts, or zones, around the earth. There are four parallels, with names, which mark the boundaries of the zones. The climate of a country is the state of the air. It may be warm, cold, or temperate ; moist or dry; healthy or unhealthy. The hottest countries lie on and near the equator,...
Página 214 - House," as shown in the engraving. Who is President at the present time ? 9. By what body are the laws made ? Of what does Congress consist ? By whom are the Senators chosen ? The Representatives ? Where does Congress meet ? 10. How old is the United States ? Tell what you know about its history. LESSON XI., p. 28. — I. In what part of the United States is New England ? What does this name imply ? 2. Who gave New England its name ? 3.
Página 145 - Alps, a high, rugged mountain range. Its lower slopes are covered with vineyards, orchards, wheat fields, and meadows, with pleasant villages in every valley. Higher up are green forests of oak and walnut, then tall, dark pines and firs.
Página 215 - Their landing-place was at Plymouth, on the coast of Massachusetts. New England contains six States, — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The country is rough, but beautiful. The rivervalleys and a part of the coast are the only level lands. There are no very high mountains. The White Mountains, in New Hampshire, are the highest ; and the Green Mountains, in Vermont, are the longest range.
Página 31 - ... it, deep below the surface of the plain. These high steep slopes are called bluffs. 7. The bluffs do not rise close along both banks of the river. They are separated by a broad band of land, so low and flat as to be always overflowed when the water is a little higher than usual. This is called bottom-land. Some parts of it are great marshes, covered with tall...
Página 111 - ... cold parts of the ocean, to catch the whale. When a whale is seen, some of the sailors get into a small, strong boat, and row toward it. Fastened to the boat, are long, stout ropes, with sharp spears, called harpoons, attached to the ends. When the boat has come near LIFE ON AND IN THE OCEAN.
Página 91 - Here and there long-legged swamp-birds wade about, darting their long beaks into the water after the frogs and snakes, which they devour ; while whole flocks, which have finished their fishing, stand asleep on the shore. The noonday sun, directly over our heads, pours down his burning rays, and almost blinds us by the dazzling light that is reflected from the water all around.

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