The Certainties of GeologySmith, Elder, & Company, 1840 - 270 páginas |
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... quadrupeds , or at all events , of those of the larger kinds . Thus , in the Transition series , we find the remarkable family of Trilobites , belonging to the class Articulated animals ; several families of Mol- RECENT CREATION OF MAN ...
... quadrupeds , or at all events , of those of the larger kinds . Thus , in the Transition series , we find the remarkable family of Trilobites , belonging to the class Articulated animals ; several families of Mol- RECENT CREATION OF MAN ...
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... quadrupeds , even of rep- tiles , and then we do not find the remains of warm- blooded terrestrial Mammalia . This extensive series exclusively comprehends those gigantic reptiles of the Saurian class , both marine , amphibious , and ...
... quadrupeds , even of rep- tiles , and then we do not find the remains of warm- blooded terrestrial Mammalia . This extensive series exclusively comprehends those gigantic reptiles of the Saurian class , both marine , amphibious , and ...
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... quadrupeds . The foregoing facts then clearly prove : - First , From the mineralogical characters of the various stratified and unstratified formations that compose the crust of the globe - That our planet was not originally created in ...
... quadrupeds . The foregoing facts then clearly prove : - First , From the mineralogical characters of the various stratified and unstratified formations that compose the crust of the globe - That our planet was not originally created in ...
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... quadrupeds , and there , accordingly do we find the monuments of ano- ther distinct creation - of the creation of an order of animals , differing in almost every respect from those which had preceded them , and of which not a single ...
... quadrupeds , and there , accordingly do we find the monuments of ano- ther distinct creation - of the creation of an order of animals , differing in almost every respect from those which had preceded them , and of which not a single ...
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... quadrupeds possessing the structure of a fish and a lizard - and which are confined to that extensive series . These vast changes in the forms of organic life , evidently cor- responded with physical mutations of the surface , and while ...
... quadrupeds possessing the structure of a fish and a lizard - and which are confined to that extensive series . These vast changes in the forms of organic life , evidently cor- responded with physical mutations of the surface , and while ...
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Página 194 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 153 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Página 152 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Página 20 - Universally and cordially do we recommend this delightful volume. We believe no person could read this work and not be the better for its pious and touching lessons.
Página 6 - This is a work that must make its way into a permanent place in our literature. The quaintness of its language, the touching simplicity of its descriptions and dialogues, and the reverential spirit of love which breathes through it, will insure it...
Página 244 - ... are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons of most graceful foliage, flung in wild irregular profusion over every portion of its surface.
Página 12 - ANGLO-SAXON VERSION OF THE STORY OF APOLLONIUS of Tyre ;— upon which is founded the Play of Pericles, attributed to Shakespeare; — from a MS., with a Translation and Glossary.
Página 17 - He finds strange and unlocked for changes in the forms and fashions of organic life, during each of the long periods he thus contemplates. He traces these changes backwards, through each successive era, till he reaches a time when the monuments lose all symmetry, and the types of organic life are no longer seen. He has then entered on the dark age of nature's history ; and he closes the old chapter of her records.
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Página 6 - A work of this description, which contributes new data for the Military History of the age, cannot fail of proving acceptable to the public. It is written by a well-known Russian General ; and the details, we feel sure, are as correct as they are interesting.