 His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism, adapted exactly to the work it had to do ; strong and ponderous in proportion as this work was heavy, and calculated to be the vehicle of life and enjoyment to a gigantic race of quadrupeds ; which,...  The Quarterly Review - Page 48edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
 | William Buckland - Bible and geology - 1837 - 476 pages
...in what more powerful creature can we find the cause that has effected the extirpation of his race ? His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism,...race of quadrupeds ; which, though they have ceased to be counted among the living inhabitants of our planet, have, in their fossil bones, left behind... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1837 - 756 pages
...in what more powerful creature can we find the cause that has effected the extirpation of his race? His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism,...it had to do. Strong and ponderous in proportion as the work was heavy and calculated to be the vehicle of life and enjoyment to a gigantic race of quadrupads,... | |
 | English essays - 1837 - 728 pages
...the cause tli, effected the extirpation of his race ? II entire frame was an apparatus of coloss.-ii mechanism, adapted exactly to the work it had to do. Strong and ponderou* proportion as the work was heavy and calculated to be the vehicle of life and enjoyment to... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 554 pages
...in what more powerful creature can we find the cause that has effected the extirpation of his race? His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism,...race of quadrupeds, which, though they have ceased to be counted among the living inhabitants of our planet, have, in their fossil bones, left behind... | |
 | 1839 - 532 pages
...we find the cause that has effected the extirpation of his race? His entire frame was an ap. paratus of colossal mechanism, adapted exactly to the work...proportion as this work was heavy, and calculated to be time vehicle of life and enjoyment to a gigantic race of quadrupeds, which, though they have ceased... | |
 | William Buckland - Bible and geology - 1841 - 492 pages
...what more powerful creature can we find the cause that has effected 1 the extirpation of his race ? His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism,...race of quadrupeds ; which, though they have ceased to be counted among the living inhabitants of our planet, have, in their fossil bones, left behind... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1842 - 434 pages
...rapid locomotion to an animal whose occupation of digging roots for food was almost stationary? . . . His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism,...had to do ; strong and ponderous in proportion as the work was heavy, and calculated to be the vehicle of life and enjoyment to a gigantic race of quadrupeds,... | |
 | 1844 - 498 pages
...extremities, and that it was given neither for rapidity of motion nor offence, but for digging." " His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism,...work it had to do, strong and ponderous in proportion us this work was heavy, and calculated to be the vehicle of life and enjoyment to a gigantic race of... | |
 | Astronomy - 1847 - 112 pages
...in what more powerful creature can we find the cause that has effected the extirpation of his race ? His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism,...race of quadrupeds, which, though they have ceased to he counted among the living inhabitants of our planet, have in their fossil bones left behind them... | |
 | Joseph Curtis Platt, George Lillie Craik - London (England) - 1851 - 860 pages
...rapid locomotion to an animal whose occupation of digging roots for food was almost stationary ? ... His entire frame was an apparatus of colossal mechanism,...had to do ; strong and ponderous in proportion as the work was heavy, and calculated to be the vehicle of life and enjoyment to a gigantic race of quadrupeds,... | |
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