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Page 126 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 14 - Scotland, on the East by the German Ocean, on the South by the English Channel, and on the West by St.
Page 6 - Is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea.
Page 107 - Elam ; on the south by the Persian Gulf ; and on the west by the Arabian desert. It constitutes the largest portion of the country now known as "Iraq el Arabi.
Page 54 - It is bounded on the North by the Arctic Ocean ; on the East by the Pacific Ocean ; on the South by the Indian Ocean ; and on the West by the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Oural Mountains.
Page 43 - Ireland is bounded on the east by the North Channel, Irish Sea, and St. George's Channel ; and on the south, west, and north, by the Atlantic Ocean.
Page 91 - Bessarabia ; on the east by the Black Sea ; on the south by the sandjaks of Kirk-kilissia and Tchirmen ; and it has on the west Rustchuk and Lower Wallachia.
Page 142 - It is bounded on the north by the territory of the United States ; on the east by the United States...
Page 6 - Ocean, on the South by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the East by the Caspian Sea, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains.
Page 97 - GUIANA extends from 50 miles to 560 miles north of the equator, and is bounded on the North by the Atlantic ; on the South by Brazil; and on the West by Venezuela.