 Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe, is covered with a vegetation of incredible profusion. Indeed, so rank and luxuriant is the growth, that Nature seems to riot in the very wantonness of power.  History of Civilization in England - עמוד 74מאת Henry Thomas Buckle - 1883תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1860 - 620 דפים
...in glowing colors the obstacles which the prodigality of Nature may oppose to the progress of man. "Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of...tangled forests, whose noble trees, blossoming in unrivaled beauty, and exquisite with a thousand hues, throw out their produce in endless prodigality.... | |
 | 1858 - 604 דפים
...accompanied by heat, has stimulated the soil into an activity unequalled in any other part of the world. Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe,...out their produce in endless prodigality. On their summits are perched birds of gorgeous plumage, which nestle in their dark and lofty recesses. Below,... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1858 - 894 דפים
...13 ; Gardner's Travels in BrazA, pp. 53, 99, 114, 175, 233, 394. in any other part of the world.159 Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe,...forests, whose noble trees, blossoming in unrivalled beanty, and exquisite with a thousand hues, throw out their produce in endless prodigality. On their... | |
 | 1858 - 754 דפים
...Buckle evinces descriptive powers of no ordinary kind. We make no apology for quoting at length:— " Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe,...that nature seems to riot in the very wantonness of ]>ower. A great part of this immense country is tilled with dense and tangled forests, whose noble... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860 - 624 דפים
...in glowing colors the obstacles which the prodigality of Nature may oppose to the progress of man. " Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe,...tangled forests, whose noble trees, blossoming in unrivaled beauty, and exquisite with a thousand hues, throw out their produce in endless prodigality.... | |
 | James William Buel - 1884 - 832 דפים
...accompanied by heat, has stimulated the soil into an activity uuequaled in any other part of the world. Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe,...covered with a vegetation of incredible profusion. A great part of this immense country is filled with dense and tangled forests, whose noble trees, blossoming... | |
 | Charles Paul MacKie - 1887 - 370 דפים
...is found on mountains more frequently than on low land. Mr. Buckle, in his well-known work, says : " Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe,...Nature seems to riot in the very wantonness of power. . . . The progress of agriculture is stopped by impassable forests, and the harvests are destroyed... | |
 | Christopher Columbus Andrews - 1887 - 374 דפים
...is found on mountains more frequently than on low land. Mr. Buckle, in his well-known work, says : " Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe,...Nature seems to riot in the very wantonness of power. . . . The progress of agriculture is stopped by impassable forests, and the harvests are destroyed... | |
 | Christopher Columbus Andrews - 1889 - 372 דפים
...is found on mountains more frequently than on low land. Mr. Buckle, in his well-known work, says : " Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe,...Nature seems to riot in the very wantonness of power. . . . The progress of agriculture is stopped by impassable forests, and the harvests are destroyed... | |
 | Queensland. Department of Public Instruction - 1890 - 526 דפים
...of a lesson on "Glaciers." 16 5. (a) " Brazil, which is nearly as large as the whole of Europe, i» covered with a vegetation of incredible profusion....Nature seems to riot in the very wantonness of power." State briefly the causes of the profusion referred to in the foregoing passage. (6) Contrast this country... | |
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