The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... islands ; nor are these appearances of recent date . The ancients called them chasmata , trabes , and bolides , according to their forms or co- lours . But , in old times , they were extremely rare , and , on that account , were the ...
... islands ; nor are these appearances of recent date . The ancients called them chasmata , trabes , and bolides , according to their forms or co- lours . But , in old times , they were extremely rare , and , on that account , were the ...
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... island . I purpose to inquire , in this paper , into the theory and causes of these pheno- mena , of which the history of all ages and countries has afforded such terrible examples ; examples so num- berless , indeed , as to justify the ...
... island . I purpose to inquire , in this paper , into the theory and causes of these pheno- mena , of which the history of all ages and countries has afforded such terrible examples ; examples so num- berless , indeed , as to justify the ...
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... island of Sicily . He introduces a description , replete with the most awful imagery , of a city on the point of being swallowed up by an earthquake ; and he expatiates at length upon the signs that precede it , as well as upon its ...
... island of Sicily . He introduces a description , replete with the most awful imagery , of a city on the point of being swallowed up by an earthquake ; and he expatiates at length upon the signs that precede it , as well as upon its ...
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... island of Sicily , is un- questionably the most ancient on record . As Homer , however , who flourished about 980 years before Christ , makes no mention of a phenomenon at once so tremendous and extraordinary , this mountain is supposed ...
... island of Sicily , is un- questionably the most ancient on record . As Homer , however , who flourished about 980 years before Christ , makes no mention of a phenomenon at once so tremendous and extraordinary , this mountain is supposed ...
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... island of Sicily , is un- questionably the most ancient on record . As Homer , however , who flourished about 980 years before Christ , makes no mention of a phenomenon at once so tremendous and extraordinary , this mountain is supposed ...
... island of Sicily , is un- questionably the most ancient on record . As Homer , however , who flourished about 980 years before Christ , makes no mention of a phenomenon at once so tremendous and extraordinary , this mountain is supposed ...
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