The Certainties of GeologySmith, Elder, & Company, 1840 - 370 páginas |
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... structure of the globe has not equally been appealed to for evidences of this exalting kind - evidences of which that vast department of geolo- gical inquiry furnishes so inexhaustible , so instructive , and so interesting a source ...
... structure of the globe has not equally been appealed to for evidences of this exalting kind - evidences of which that vast department of geolo- gical inquiry furnishes so inexhaustible , so instructive , and so interesting a source ...
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... structure of ancient Fossil animals -- Ammonites - Pachydermata- Fossil Saurians - Interesting character of the study of these remains - Resulting Evidences of Design - Those displayed in the structure of the Icthyosaurus adduced ...
... structure of ancient Fossil animals -- Ammonites - Pachydermata- Fossil Saurians - Interesting character of the study of these remains - Resulting Evidences of Design - Those displayed in the structure of the Icthyosaurus adduced ...
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... structure which have long ceased to occupy its surface , and by " plants of which no living species are known ; " or merely called from their long repose in stony sepulture , to our own astonished gaze the very generations which lived ...
... structure which have long ceased to occupy its surface , and by " plants of which no living species are known ; " or merely called from their long repose in stony sepulture , to our own astonished gaze the very generations which lived ...
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... structures which now inhabit its surface by one leading feature - that of similarity in the principle of their construction ; —a feature which connects the inhabitants of the globe in most widely separated periods , the intervals ...
... structures which now inhabit its surface by one leading feature - that of similarity in the principle of their construction ; —a feature which connects the inhabitants of the globe in most widely separated periods , the intervals ...
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... structure , of the substances of which it is composed , and of the order in which its mineral treasures occur , not only on account of the instruction and interest which re- sult from the inquiry , but of the practical importance of ...
... structure , of the substances of which it is composed , and of the order in which its mineral treasures occur , not only on account of the instruction and interest which re- sult from the inquiry , but of the practical importance of ...
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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.