Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volumen50John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1860 |
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... remains have perished , was not only established , but the duration of their existence on the globe was clearly hinted at . " Dr. Duncan states , " says Buckland , " that the strata which bear these impressions lie on each other , like ...
... remains have perished , was not only established , but the duration of their existence on the globe was clearly hinted at . " Dr. Duncan states , " says Buckland , " that the strata which bear these impressions lie on each other , like ...
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... remains of the Connecticut sandstone are so numerous , that it re- quires not a strong imagination to picture the scene down on which the sun shone , and the rains descended , and over which the winds swept at the time , between which ...
... remains of the Connecticut sandstone are so numerous , that it re- quires not a strong imagination to picture the scene down on which the sun shone , and the rains descended , and over which the winds swept at the time , between which ...
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... remains , suggestive of all this , lie em- bedded . In the work before us , Profes- sor Hitchcock gives us information of great value . Sir Charles Lyell has also turned his attention to it , while Professor Rogers has brought to its ...
... remains , suggestive of all this , lie em- bedded . In the work before us , Profes- sor Hitchcock gives us information of great value . Sir Charles Lyell has also turned his attention to it , while Professor Rogers has brought to its ...
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... remains ; the latter probably is the most plausible suppo- sition . My own opinion is , that the thick bedded sandstone below the trap was deposited in much deeper water , and therefore we find in it scarcely any thing but fucoids . But ...
... remains ; the latter probably is the most plausible suppo- sition . My own opinion is , that the thick bedded sandstone below the trap was deposited in much deeper water , and therefore we find in it scarcely any thing but fucoids . But ...
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... remains supposed stone of the valley , or only to certain to be jurassic scarcely extend below the trap , we may reasonably assign the inferior beds to beds ? This question I have been trying an older formation ; what one , remains to ...
... remains supposed stone of the valley , or only to certain to be jurassic scarcely extend below the trap , we may reasonably assign the inferior beds to beds ? This question I have been trying an older formation ; what one , remains to ...
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Página 48 - And hark ! like the roar of the billows on the shore, The cry of battle rises along their charging line: For God! for the Cause! for the Church! for the Laws! For Charles, King of England, and Rupert of the Rhine! The furious German comes, with his clarions and his drums, His bravoes of Alsatia, and pages of Whitehall; They are bursting on our flanks! Grasp your pikes! Close your ranks!
Página 298 - But, hark! the cry is Astur: And lo ! the ranks divide ; And the great lord of Luna Comes with his stately stride. Upon his ample shoulders Clangs loud the fourfold shield, And in his hand he shakes the brand Which none but he can wield.
Página 2 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise,— The son of parents passed into the skies!
Página 44 - Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Página 525 - My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. "Thus fares it still in our decay: And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.
Página 474 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Página 539 - God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty...
Página 298 - Then, whirling up his broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned the blow: The blow, though turned, came yet too nigh; It missed his helm, but gashed his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow.
Página 535 - Thou madst us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee ! ' You are beginning to understand that St.
Página 5 - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.