The Bass Rock: Its Civil and Ecclesiastic History (Classic Reprint)1kg Limited, 2016 - 604 страници Excerpt from The Bass Rock: Its Civil and Ecclesiastic History The Geological description of the rock which follows, comes from the pen of one of whom it may be truly said, as it was of Goldsmith, that there was nothing he touched that he did not adorn. It would be mere afi'ectation in one who can hardly boast of having mas tered the nomenclature of the science which Mr Miller has done so much to popularize and advance, to pretend to act as his cicerone. And, indeed, I feel very much in the predicament of the servant who, after in vain attempting to enunciate the name of a Russian noble man at a party, begged as a particular favour that his Excellence would Show up himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
