The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena : Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Brighton, Том 1A. H. Maltby, 1839 - 804 стор. |
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... example , affords silica , to give strength to the epidermis of grasses , bamboos , equi- seta , & c .; and potassa and soda , derived from decom- posed felspar and from other minerals , pass by absorption into the juices of plants ...
... example , affords silica , to give strength to the epidermis of grasses , bamboos , equi- seta , & c .; and potassa and soda , derived from decom- posed felspar and from other minerals , pass by absorption into the juices of plants ...
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... example , were colossal in size , and terrible in form , it is probable that the latter of these terrestrial saurians was harmless and inoffensive , while the tooth of the megalo- saurus would indicate a ferocious animal of prey , like ...
... example , were colossal in size , and terrible in form , it is probable that the latter of these terrestrial saurians was harmless and inoffensive , while the tooth of the megalo- saurus would indicate a ferocious animal of prey , like ...
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... example of men , alike distin- guished for their piety and learning , cultivating with ardour this fascinating department of natural science , and stating their conviction of its high importance and beneficial influence upon the mind ...
... example of men , alike distin- guished for their piety and learning , cultivating with ardour this fascinating department of natural science , and stating their conviction of its high importance and beneficial influence upon the mind ...
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... example . The islands of the Pacific Ocean possess no quadrupeds , except hogs , dogs , rats , and a few bats . The distribution of vegetable life , although per- haps more arbitrarily fixed by temperature and by local influences than ...
... example . The islands of the Pacific Ocean possess no quadrupeds , except hogs , dogs , rats , and a few bats . The distribution of vegetable life , although per- haps more arbitrarily fixed by temperature and by local influences than ...
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... off that ring , which might sometimes retain its figure , of which we have a beautiful example in Saturn . This result , however , could not take place unless the annular band were of 26 26 LECT . I THE WONDERS OF GEOLOGY .
... off that ring , which might sometimes retain its figure , of which we have a beautiful example in Saturn . This result , however , could not take place unless the annular band were of 26 26 LECT . I THE WONDERS OF GEOLOGY .
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Сторінка 108 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Сторінка 6 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Сторінка 179 - My heart is awed within me when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me, — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Сторінка 7 - ... from analogy, but by the incontrovertible evidence of physical phenomena) that there were former conditions of our planet, separated from each other by vast intervals of time, during which man, and the other creatures of his own date, had not been called into being.
Сторінка 49 - Far down, and shining through their stillness lies ! Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal argosies. Sweep o'er thy spoils, thou wild and wrathful main ! Earth claims not these again.
Сторінка 263 - The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine...
Сторінка 24 - Scripture accounts of time ; no fragments of buildings, no public monuments, no intaglios, cameos, statues, basso-relievos, medals, inscriptions, utensils, or artificial works of any kind are ever discovered, which may bear testimony to the existence of those mighty empires, those successions of monarchs, heroes, and demi-gods, for so many thousand years ? Let us look forward and suppose ten or twenty thousand years to come ; during which time we will suppose that plagues, famines, wars, and earthquakes...
Сторінка 95 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Сторінка 49 - Yet more, the Depths have more ! — What wealth untold Far down, and shining through their stillness lies ! Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal Argosies.
Сторінка 75 - Nothing can be more melancholy," says Denon, "than to walk over villages swallowed up by the sand of the Desert, to trample under foot their roofs...