Madam How and Lady Why; OrMacmillan and Company, 1885 - 321 páginas |
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... CHAPTER II . EARTHQUAKES 33 CHAPTER III . VOLCANOS 54 CHAPTER IV . THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF A GRAIN OF SOIL 78 CHAPTER V. THE ICE - PLOUGH THE TRUE FAIRY TALE 97 CHAPTER VI . 116 b THE CHALK - CARTS CHAPTER VII . CHAPTER VIII .
... CHAPTER II . EARTHQUAKES 33 CHAPTER III . VOLCANOS 54 CHAPTER IV . THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF A GRAIN OF SOIL 78 CHAPTER V. THE ICE - PLOUGH THE TRUE FAIRY TALE 97 CHAPTER VI . 116 b THE CHALK - CARTS CHAPTER VII . CHAPTER VIII .
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Charles Kingsley. THE CHALK - CARTS CHAPTER VII . CHAPTER VIII . MADAM HOW'S TWO GRANDSONS PAGE 137 158 CHAPTER IX . THE CORAL - REEF 181 CHAPTER X. FIELD AND WILD 209 CHAPTER XI . THE WORLD'S END 245 CHAPTER XII . HOMEWARD BOUND 276 ...
Charles Kingsley. THE CHALK - CARTS CHAPTER VII . CHAPTER VIII . MADAM HOW'S TWO GRANDSONS PAGE 137 158 CHAPTER IX . THE CORAL - REEF 181 CHAPTER X. FIELD AND WILD 209 CHAPTER XI . THE WORLD'S END 245 CHAPTER XII . HOMEWARD BOUND 276 ...
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... holds good - that is , to look at other valleys - not merely the valleys round here , but valleys in clay , in chalk , in limestone , in the hard slate rock such as you saw in Devonshire - and see whether my guess does THE GLEN . 23.
... holds good - that is , to look at other valleys - not merely the valleys round here , but valleys in clay , in chalk , in limestone , in the hard slate rock such as you saw in Devonshire - and see whether my guess does THE GLEN . 23.
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... chalk cliff at Ramsgate - two sets of cracks , sloping opposite ways , which I told you were made by two separate sets of earthquakes . long , long ago , perhaps while the chalk was 50 MADAM HOW AND LADY WHY .
... chalk cliff at Ramsgate - two sets of cracks , sloping opposite ways , which I told you were made by two separate sets of earthquakes . long , long ago , perhaps while the chalk was 50 MADAM HOW AND LADY WHY .
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... chalk , and sands again ; clays , soft limestones , and clays again — which all act as buffers to deaden the earthquake shocks , and deaden too , the earthquake noise . And how ? Put your ear to one end of a soft bolster , and let some ...
... chalk , and sands again ; clays , soft limestones , and clays again — which all act as buffers to deaden the earthquake shocks , and deaden too , the earthquake noise . And how ? Put your ear to one end of a soft bolster , and let some ...
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Página 138 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Página 29 - When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Página 160 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling ; And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel, With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, — And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river ; For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Página 69 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture's eye hath not seen: The lion's whelps have not trodden it, Nor the fierce lion passed by it.