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Beihai

(Encyclopedia) BeihaiBeihaibāˈhīˈ [key] or PakhoiPakhoibäkˈhoiˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 135,500), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, SE China, an important fishing and trade port on the Gulf of…

Enriquillo, Lago

(Encyclopedia) Enriquillo, LagoEnriquillo, Lagolägˈō ĕnˌrēkēˈlyō [key], salt lake, SW Dominican Republic, the largest lake of Hispaniola and the Caribbean islands, c.89 ft. (27 m) below sea level.…

Guadiana

(Encyclopedia) GuadianaGuadianagwäᵺyäˈnä [key], river, 510 mi (821 km) long, rising in the La Mancha Plateau, E Spain. It flows west through central Spain, then south, forming part of the Spanish-…

Tweed , river, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Tweed, river, 97 mi (156 km) long, rising in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It flows E through S Scotland then NE, forming the Scotland-England border for 17 mi (27 km) before…

Aguascalientes, state, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Aguascalientes Aguascalientes äˌgwäskälyānˈtās, äˌwäs– [key] [Span.,=hot waters], state, 2,007 sq mi (5,200 sq km), central Mexico, on the Anáhuac…

Waukesha

(Encyclopedia) WaukeshaWaukeshawôˈkĭshô [key], city (1990 pop. 56,958), seat of Waukesha co., SE Wis., on the Fox River; inc. 1896. It is an industrial center in a dairy area. Waukesha was a stop on…

Nile

(Encyclopedia) Nile, longest river in the world, c.4,160 mi (6,695 km) long from its remotest headstream, the Luvironza River in Burundi, central Africa, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea, NE…

John Milton - Paradise Lost: Book I

Book I Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man Restore us,…

John Milton - Paradise Lost: Book VIII

Book VIII No more of talk where God or Angel Guest With Man, as with his Friend, familiar us'd To sit indulgent, and with him partake Rural repast, permitting him the while Venial discourse…

Paradise Lost

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