From there he went north to Hangzhou, which he described as one of the largest cities he had ever seen, and he noted its charm, describing that the city sat on a beautiful lake and was surrounded by gentle green hills.

From the eastern coast the hills rise instantly but less abruptly, and the indentations are wider and deeper.

In Galileo Was Right, episode 10 of From the Earth to the Moon ( HBO TV miniseries ), at 48: 00 into the episode, Mission Control is overheard telling the crew of Apollo 15 " As the space-poet Rhysling would say, we're ready for you to ' come back again, to the homes of men, on the cool green hills of Earth ' "

From this place originated the line of later Stewards of Gondor, and after the War of the Ring the Lordship of the hills was granted to Faramir, Prince of Ithilien and Steward to the King Elessar.

From its highest point at Slieve Gullion, in the south of the County, Armagh's land falls away from its rugged south with Carrigatuke, Lislea and Camlough mountains, to rolling drumlin country in the middle and west of the county and finally flatlands in the north where rolling flats and small hills reach sea level at Lough Neagh.

From its steps in 1849, Dahlonega Mint assayor Dr. M. F. Stephenson tried to persuade miners to stay in Dahlonega instead of joining the California Gold Rush, saying, " There's millions in it ," famously misquoted as " There's gold in them thar hills.

From the summits of these hills the country extends back in a comparatively level table-land, on which a large section of the city now stands.

From numerous vantage points in the hills just west of town, one can see Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, and Mount St. Helens — weather permitting.

From various surrounding barrows and from Avebury, the step aligns with hills on the horizon behind Silbury, or with the hills in front of Silbury, leaving only the topmost part visible.

From Saalfeld the Saale enters the limestone hill region north of the Thuringian Forest, and sweeps beneath the barren, conical hills enclosing the university town of Jena.

From 1933 to 1935, a concentration camp primarily for political opponents of the regime was established on the Kuhberg, one of the hills surrounding Ulm.

From here the river runs southwestwards to the city of Siegen and the hills of Siegerland, both named after the river.

From the north side hills a fairly even plain slopes down to the south coast: this was the prime sugar land on the island.

From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky

From the lakes, from the hills, from the skies

From 450 to 15 BC Celtic peoples built their settlements on the tops of the hills.

From Lossiemouth it is possible to see the hills of Caithness and the hills are easily identified, one being Morven and the other being Scaraben.

From here it runs northwards, its valley separating the Fichtelgebirge in the east and the lower Frankenwald hills in the west.

From its north to south, a series of sloping ridges, hills and mountains ranges adorn the town.

From the coast the land rises sharply to the escarpment hills of Mtanda, once a residential area for colonial civil servants, with views of Lindi Bay.

From west to east, the topography can be summarised as moderately-high mountains, then low-lying mountains, hills, basin, and finally plains.

From the Sunset Drive / Pacific Grove gate, the drive runs inland past Spanish Bay, then adjacent to beaches and up into the coastal hills, providing scenic viewpoints.

From time to time the medium mentions other people `` around him '', who were `` on the other side '', and reports what they are saying.

From the seventeenth to the nineteenth century it was a popular practice to flood the piazza in the summer, and the aristocrats would then ride around the inundated square in their carriages.

From behind, he had put his arms on her shoulders, turned her around, and pressed her to him, so close she couldn't breathe.

From Kola, there are indications of a similar situation, suggesting a population of around 20 adults.

From the fort, the Bonnburg, as well as from a new medieval settlement to the South centred around what later became the minster, grew the medieval city of Bonn.

From the beginning they have been the largest vote-winning party, averaging around 40 %.

From around 1840 to 1860, laissez-faire advocates of the Manchester School and writers in The Economist were confident that their early victories would lead to a period of expanding economic and personal liberty and world peace but would face reversals as government intervention and activity continued to expand from the 1850s.

From the mid-fourth century BC onwards, evidence of the Greek use of crossbows becomes more dense and varied: Arrow firing machines ( katapeltai ) are briefly mentioned by Aeneas Tacticus in his treatise on siegecraft written around 350 BC.

From the mid-fourth century BC onwards, evidence of the Greek use of arrow-shooting machines becomes more dense and varied: Arrow firing machines ( katapaltai ) are briefly mentioned by Aeneas Tacticus in his treatise on siegecraft written around 350 BC.

From 1960 these were replaced with Stainless Steel ID Tags on a Green Nylon Cord, 2 circular & 1 Oval, the Oval was withdrawn around 1990

The music video for the single " From a Distance " off of the Bicycles & Tricycles album by ambient house act, The Orb revolves around Doraemon.

From the poles, declination is uniform around the entire horizon, approximately 0 °.

The voltage source V on the left drives a Current ( electricity ) | current I around the circuit, delivering electrical energy into the resistor R. From the resistor, the current returns to the source, completing the circuit.

From these early species the Australopithecines arose around diverged into robust ( also called Paranthropus ) and gracile branches, one of which ( possibly A. garhi ) probably went on to become ancestors of the genus Homo.

From around 1000 AD, Flanders historically meant to English-speaking peoples the land situated along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt estuary with ill-defined southern borders.

From around 1778, a larger " heavy " frigate was developed with a main battery of twenty-six or twenty-eight 18-pounder guns ( again with the remaining ten smaller guns carried on the quarter deck and forecastle ).

From 2007, Taipei's Department of Cultural Affairs also began permitting graffiti on fences around major public construction sites.

From here, the genus Giraffa evolved and, around 7 mya, entered Africa.

From 1100, new towns were founded around imperial strongholds, castles, bishops ' palaces, and monasteries.

From around 1810 to 1840, the best-known Shakespearean performances in the United States were tours by leading London actors — including George Frederick Cooke, Junius Brutus Booth, Edmund Kean, William Charles Macready, and Charles Kemble.

From around 700 BC the Iron age brought numerous hill forts, brochs and fortified settlements which support the image of quarrelsome tribes and petty kingdoms later recorded by the Romans, though evidence that at times occupants neglected the defences might suggest that symbolic power had as much significance as warfare.

From the 1980s Scottish literature enjoyed another major revival, particularly associated with a group of Glasgow writers focused around critic, poet and teacher Philip Hobsbaum and editor Peter Kravitz.

From January onwards, operations became increasingly militarized, with the intervention of a number of Arab Liberation Army regiments inside Palestine, each active in a variety of distinct sectors around the different coastal towns.

From the Middle Ages to around 1750 part of today's Afghanistan was recognized as Khorasan.

From the 6th century AD until 771, the area around modern-day Hastings, as the territory of the Haestingas tribe, considered itself to be a separate Kingdom from the surrounding Kingdoms of Suth Saxe (" South Saxons ", i. e. Sussex ) and Kent, and attempted to retain its separate cultural identity until the 11th century.