Saghalien (12), an extended slender island belonging to Russia, situated near the E. coast of Siberia, from which it is separated by the so-known as Gulf of Tartary; stretches N. from the island of Yezo, a distance of 670 m.; is mountainous and forest-clad within the inside; has wonderful coast fisheries, however a cold, damp local weather prevents successful agriculture; wealthy coal-mines exist, and are wrought by 4000 or 5000 convicts. Quebec, after a course of a hundred m.; is exceptional for its depth, and is navigable by the largest ships. Sahara, the largest desert region in the world, stretches E. and W. across Northern Africa, from the Atlantic to the valley of the Nile, a distance of 3000 m., and on the N. is limited by the slopes of the Atlas Mountains, and on the S. by the valleys of the Senegal and Niger Rivers. 962, and kept by Augustinian monks, who, with the help of canines known as of St. Bernard, do noble service in rescuing perishing travellers from the snow; 2, Little St. Bernard, in the Graian Alps, crosses the mountains which separate the valleys of Aosta and Tarantaise in Savoy.
St. Bernard, the identify of two mountain passes in the Alps: 1, Great St. Bernard, in the Pennine Alps, leading from Martigny to Aosta, is 8120 ft. The floor is diversified by lengthy sweeps of undulating sand-dunes, elevated plateaux, hill and mountain ranges (8000 ft. Seine-et-Oise, France; occupies an elevated site near the Seine, 10 m. Sacring-bell, or Sanctus-bell, the bell which rings when the Host is elevated on the celebration of High Mass. Sadducees, a sect of the Jews of high priestly origin that first came into prominence by their opposition to the Pharisees, being the celebration in energy when Pharisaism arose in protestation towards their policy as tending to the secularisation of the Jewish faith, or the prostitution of it to mere secular ends. They represented the Tory or Conservative celebration among the many Jews, because the Pharisees did the High Church celebration amongst us. S. of Whitehaven; has a Church of England Theological College, based in 1816 by Dr. Law, bishop of Chester; designed for students of limited means; a ruined priory church of Henry I.’s time was renovated for the accommodation of the faculty. NE. of Edinburgh; for long the ecclesiastical metropolis of Scotland, and related to many stirring occasions in Scottish history; its many fascinating ruins embrace a twelfth-century priory, a cathedral, “robbed” in 1559, a castle or bishop’s palace built within the 13th century; has a college (St. Salvator’s 1521 and St. Leonard’s 1537) the first founded in Scotland, and remains to be an vital academic centre, having a number of excellent faculties (Madras College the chief); for the reason that Reformation its commerce has progressively dwindled away; fishing is carried on, however it depends a very good deal on its massive influx of summer time visitors, attracted by the splendid golf hyperlinks and wonderful sea-bathing.
NW. of town of Morocco; has ruins of a castle of the Sultans and of the outdated Portuguese fortifications; has nonetheless a good export trade in beans, wool, olive-oil, &c. Sacrifice, anything of value given away to safe the possession of something of nonetheless greater value, and which is the higher and more meritorious the costlier the reward. You have already got all the belongings you need, however why do you still really feel like there’s something lacking? Okay, valid point.. but why was INS there? Several runs of fresh water were found in several elements of the bay, but there didn’t look like any situation to which there was not some very strong objection. There are various particular caravan routes connecting Timbuctoo and the Central Soudan with the Niger and coast-lands. Goltz himself identified that the fact that the elimination of the testicles did not stop coitus in no way proves that it didn’t begin it, for, when the central nervous mechanism is as soon as set in motion, it could proceed even when the exciting stimulus is eliminated. As to the refutation of the final argument, taken from the extrusions of the diurnal vertigo, far less than what hath been said, would have given me satisfaction: and yet the issues superfluously spoken, appeared to me so ingenious, that they’ve been so far from wearying my fancy, as that they have, by motive of their novelty, entertained me all along with so great delight, that I know not easy methods to need better: Therefore, when you have any other speculation so as to add, produce it, for I, as to my very own particular, shall gladly hearken to it.
Sadda, the name given to a Persian epitome of the Zend-Avesta. They denied the immortality of the soul, the separate existence of spirits, and this they did on strictly Old Testament grounds, however this not from any real respect for the authority of Scripture, solely as in accord with the primary article of their creed, which attached importance only to what bears upon this present life, and which in modern occasions goes under the title of secularism. Saint, a name utilized to a holy or sacred particular person, particularly one canonised; in the plural it’s the title assumed by the Mormons. Saigon (16), capital of French Cochin-China, on the river Saigon, one of the delta streams of the Mekhong, 60 m. St. Cyr (3), a French village, 2 m. The higher half is inside the sphere of French influence. Sagasta, Praxedes Mateo, Spanish statesmen of liberal sympathies; took half in the insurrections of 1856 and 1866, and was for a while a fugitive in France; entered Prim’s Cabinet, supported the elected King Amadeus, and since his abdication has led the Liberal get together; has twice been Prime Minister; b. NE. of Valencia; famous in historical past for its memorable siege by Hannibal in 219 B.C., which led to the Second Punic War.