Geological Sketches and Glimpses of the Ancient EarthDarton and Harvey, 1839 - Всего страниц: 401 |
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... facts , I have sought to per- petuate my own pleasure , and also to contribute something towards the entertainment of others , by attempting a series of sketches , which , without pre- tending to the completeness of a system , may af ...
... facts , I have sought to per- petuate my own pleasure , and also to contribute something towards the entertainment of others , by attempting a series of sketches , which , without pre- tending to the completeness of a system , may af ...
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... shell , will find that he advances gradually and naturally from the observation of particular facts to the investigation of causes , and to some PREFACE . acquaintance with the opinions entertained by the best iv PREFACE .
... shell , will find that he advances gradually and naturally from the observation of particular facts to the investigation of causes , and to some PREFACE . acquaintance with the opinions entertained by the best iv PREFACE .
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... facts - Shells in limestone - Flu- idity of the primitive Earth - Form of the Earth - Probability that it was not always inhabited - The Deluge - Ancient inundations - Land formed by deposition from water - By coral - worms - Captain ...
... facts - Shells in limestone - Flu- idity of the primitive Earth - Form of the Earth - Probability that it was not always inhabited - The Deluge - Ancient inundations - Land formed by deposition from water - By coral - worms - Captain ...
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... facts respecting the use of coal in Great Britain - Effects of the discovery of coal on national prosperity -Fossil - wood - Dr . Plot's experiment - Coal fossils - Fine ex- amples in the Coal mines of Bohemia - Primitive climate ...
... facts respecting the use of coal in Great Britain - Effects of the discovery of coal on national prosperity -Fossil - wood - Dr . Plot's experiment - Coal fossils - Fine ex- amples in the Coal mines of Bohemia - Primitive climate ...
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... facts , and endeavouring to make him acquainted with the occupations as well as with the duties of life . Individual character is said to be the result of the circumstances by which persons are surrounded from childhood- " an insensible ...
... facts , and endeavouring to make him acquainted with the occupations as well as with the duties of life . Individual character is said to be the result of the circumstances by which persons are surrounded from childhood- " an insensible ...
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Стр. 110 - Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old, Where the great vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold; Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth, And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Стр. 1 - Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings ;, And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved.
Стр. 14 - These he detested ; those he scorn'd to wield : He wish'd to be the guardian, not the king, Tyrant far less, or traitor of the field. And sure the sylvan reign unbloody joy might yield. Lo ! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine ; And sees, on high, amidst th...
Стр. xvi - Meanwhile, whate'er of beautiful, or new, Sublime, or dreadful, in earth, sea, or sky, By chance, or search was offered to his view, He scann'd with curious and romantic eye.
Стр. 269 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Стр. 50 - ... the tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms of different lengths and colours, some being as fine as a thread, and several feet long, of a bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour.
Стр. 197 - The scene though chang'd, nor negligently tread ; These variegated walks, however gay, Were once the silent mansions of the dead. In every shrub, in every flow'ret's bloom That paints with different hues yon smiling plain, Some Hero's ashes issue from the tomb, And live a vegetative life again. For matter dies not as the Sages...
Стр. 49 - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of a star, with...
Стр. 325 - ... living adamant, Which, pois'd by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him, whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Though ev'na giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fixt as Snowdon.
Стр. 14 - Th' exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap, or net, by arrow, or by sling; These he detested; those he...