Works, Volume 23D. Estes, 1989 |
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Page 185
... course of the primal valleys . So that , in the actual form of any mountain peak , there must usually be traceable the shadow or skeleton of its former self ; like the obscure indications of the first frame of a war - worn tower ...
... course of the primal valleys . So that , in the actual form of any mountain peak , there must usually be traceable the shadow or skeleton of its former self ; like the obscure indications of the first frame of a war - worn tower ...
Page 218
... course greatest when the ice flows fastest , and contains more embedded stones ; that is to say , greater towards the lower part of a mountain than near its summit . Suppose now a chain of mountains raised in any acci- dental form ...
... course greatest when the ice flows fastest , and contains more embedded stones ; that is to say , greater towards the lower part of a mountain than near its summit . Suppose now a chain of mountains raised in any acci- dental form ...
Page 438
... course the inquiry into this branch of the hill influence is partly complicated with that into its opera- tion on domestic habits and personal character , of which hereafter but there is one curious witness borne to the general truth of ...
... course the inquiry into this branch of the hill influence is partly complicated with that into its opera- tion on domestic habits and personal character , of which hereafter but there is one curious witness borne to the general truth of ...
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