Relics from the Wreck of a Former World, Or, Splinters Gathered on the Shores of a Turbulent Planet: Proving to a Demonstration, the Vast Antiquity of the Earth, and the Existence of Animal Life, of the Most Fantastic Shapes, and the Most Elegent Colors ... |
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... strata of fourteen feet in thickness , almost wholly composed of the silicified shields of animalcules . The size of a single one , forming the polishing slate , " amounts upon an average , and in the greatest part , to 8 of a line ...
... strata of fourteen feet in thickness , almost wholly composed of the silicified shields of animalcules . The size of a single one , forming the polishing slate , " amounts upon an average , and in the greatest part , to 8 of a line ...
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... strata we know to be enormous , their depths are discovered by geological observations and inferences : that they ex- tend to many miles was also proved . We have every reason to know , from what is now taking place on our own earth ...
... strata we know to be enormous , their depths are discovered by geological observations and inferences : that they ex- tend to many miles was also proved . We have every reason to know , from what is now taking place on our own earth ...
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... strata , near the town of Dumfries , the same marks were discovered , and in one instance a track extended from twenty to thirty feet in length . Dr. Buckland refers these impressions to land tortoises . In 1834 , an account was ...
... strata , near the town of Dumfries , the same marks were discovered , and in one instance a track extended from twenty to thirty feet in length . Dr. Buckland refers these impressions to land tortoises . In 1834 , an account was ...
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... strata of many miles in extent , and mixed up so abundantly with teeth and rolled fragments of the bones of reptiles and fishes , as to show that this re- gion , having been the bottom of an ancient sea , was for a long period the ...
... strata of many miles in extent , and mixed up so abundantly with teeth and rolled fragments of the bones of reptiles and fishes , as to show that this re- gion , having been the bottom of an ancient sea , was for a long period the ...
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... strata of the Wealden formation , Dr. Mantell mentions the discovery of another at Maidstone , in an arenaceous or sandy limestone , called Kentish rag , belonging to the Shanklin sands . This rock , he observes , abounds in the marine ...
... strata of the Wealden formation , Dr. Mantell mentions the discovery of another at Maidstone , in an arenaceous or sandy limestone , called Kentish rag , belonging to the Shanklin sands . This rock , he observes , abounds in the marine ...
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Page 45 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 15 - Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty mountain winds be free To blow against thee; and in after years, When these wild ecstasies shall be matured Into a sober pleasure, when thy mind Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms, Thy memory be as a dwelling-place For all sweet sounds and harmonies; oh!
Page 61 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 61 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 8 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish ; to graze the herb all leaving, Devoured each other; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or with countenance grim Glared on him passing.
Page 64 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 13 - Millions of millions thus, from age to age, With simplest skill and toil unweariable, No moment and no movement unimproved, Laid line on line, on terrace terrace spread, To swell the heightening, brightening gradual mound, By marvellous structure climbing towards the day.
Page 34 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, 195 Lay floating many a rood...
Page 30 - ... is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine is almost equally so, from the remains with which it is universally associated ; that it may have occasionally visited the shore, the resemblance of its extremities to those of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion...
Page 12 - ... me to see a world in every atom. The one taught me that this mighty globe, with the whole burden of...