The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 22A. Constable, 1814 |
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... vegetable bowl , 66 Symbol of social rites , and intercourse of soul ? Such to their grateful ear the gush of springs , Who course the ostrich , as away she wings ; Sons of the desert ! who delight to dwell Mid kneeling camels round the ...
... vegetable bowl , 66 Symbol of social rites , and intercourse of soul ? Such to their grateful ear the gush of springs , Who course the ostrich , as away she wings ; Sons of the desert ! who delight to dwell Mid kneeling camels round the ...
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... vegetable tribes become gradually stunted and finally extinguished , by the prevalence of cold in such high latitudes . Occupied with these researches , he seldom ventures to touch on other topics , and scarcely stops to notice the ...
... vegetable tribes become gradually stunted and finally extinguished , by the prevalence of cold in such high latitudes . Occupied with these researches , he seldom ventures to touch on other topics , and scarcely stops to notice the ...
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... vegetable remains . But these socondary rocks have been again separated by Wer- ner into two kinds , which , in the spirit of subdivision , he de- nominates the Transition Rocks , and the Fleetz Rocks . * He supposes the terraqueous ...
... vegetable remains . But these socondary rocks have been again separated by Wer- ner into two kinds , which , in the spirit of subdivision , he de- nominates the Transition Rocks , and the Fleetz Rocks . * He supposes the terraqueous ...
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... vegetable , some of known specics , but mostly the re- mains of extinct races of organic beings . The floetz rocks ... vegetables , make their first appearance . This class of rocks is very exten- sive ; including red sandstone , compact ...
... vegetable , some of known specics , but mostly the re- mains of extinct races of organic beings . The floetz rocks ... vegetables , make their first appearance . This class of rocks is very exten- sive ; including red sandstone , compact ...
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... vegetables . From this point to the frozen ocean , the mountainous range consists of granite , supported by primitive clay - slate , smaragdite , and sometimes mi- ca - slate . M. Von Buch had now approached the sources of the river ...
... vegetables . From this point to the frozen ocean , the mountainous range consists of granite , supported by primitive clay - slate , smaragdite , and sometimes mi- ca - slate . M. Von Buch had now approached the sources of the river ...
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