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 ...W.H. Graham, 1847 - 96 страници |
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... sands . There has been , however , no little flippancy and contraction of mind evinced by many who have carped at the demands of geological time , for time is long or short ac- cording to the particular standard we employ in its mea ...
... sands . There has been , however , no little flippancy and contraction of mind evinced by many who have carped at the demands of geological time , for time is long or short ac- cording to the particular standard we employ in its mea ...
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... sand on the high field of immensity . * The other teaches me , that every grain of sand may harbor within it the tribes and the families of a busy population . The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon . The other ...
... sand on the high field of immensity . * The other teaches me , that every grain of sand may harbor within it the tribes and the families of a busy population . The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon . The other ...
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... sand , and ev- ery particle of dust wafted by the wind , may teem with the relics of beings that lived and died in periods long antece- dent to the creation of the human race . Astounding as are these propositions , they rest upon ...
... sand , and ev- ery particle of dust wafted by the wind , may teem with the relics of beings that lived and died in periods long antece- dent to the creation of the human race . Astounding as are these propositions , they rest upon ...
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... sand on the sea - shore , is replete with les- sons of wisdom to the mind that is fitted to receive and comprehend their sublime import . " The rocks of which the crust of the earth is chiefly com- posed , occur in beds or layers ; on ...
... sand on the sea - shore , is replete with les- sons of wisdom to the mind that is fitted to receive and comprehend their sublime import . " The rocks of which the crust of the earth is chiefly com- posed , occur in beds or layers ; on ...
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... sand- stone , and consolidated mud , with which the conglome- rates alternate . The largest of our existing rivers , in rainy seasons , carry great quantities of gravel , sand and mud , into their estuaries or the sea ; but great as the ...
... sand- stone , and consolidated mud , with which the conglome- rates alternate . The largest of our existing rivers , in rainy seasons , carry great quantities of gravel , sand and mud , into their estuaries or the sea ; but great as the ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 12 - The one led me to see a system in every star. The other leads me to see a world in every atom.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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 ; 690 Around her throne the vivid planets roll.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...