Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 páginas |
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... varied conditions and climate , and , finally , the distribution of the plants and animals by which they are respectively peopled . As Geology labours to inter- pret the rocky structure of the earth , and to write the history of the ...
... varied conditions and climate , and , finally , the distribution of the plants and animals by which they are respectively peopled . As Geology labours to inter- pret the rocky structure of the earth , and to write the history of the ...
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... varied surface , to learn the variety of its products — to know all , in fine , that relates to the home we tenant , and the comforts and neces- saries with which it is furnished , as well as the obstacles or facili- ties that lie in ...
... varied surface , to learn the variety of its products — to know all , in fine , that relates to the home we tenant , and the comforts and neces- saries with which it is furnished , as well as the obstacles or facili- ties that lie in ...
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... varied regions . As the botanist , zoologist , and geologist find the objects of their studies in every walk through the fields around them , so the student of Physical Geography will find the illustrations of his science in every ...
... varied regions . As the botanist , zoologist , and geologist find the objects of their studies in every walk through the fields around them , so the student of Physical Geography will find the illustrations of his science in every ...
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... varied effects on vegetable and animal life ; from the unequal reception of the sun's heat by the terra- queous surface and atmosphere result the multifarious phenomena of what we call weather and climate ; while from the attraction of ...
... varied effects on vegetable and animal life ; from the unequal reception of the sun's heat by the terra- queous surface and atmosphere result the multifarious phenomena of what we call weather and climate ; while from the attraction of ...
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... varied effects on vegetable and animal life ; from the unequal reception of the sun's heat by the terra- queous surface and atmosphere result the multifarious phenomena of what we call weather and climate ; while from the attraction of ...
... varied effects on vegetable and animal life ; from the unequal reception of the sun's heat by the terra- queous surface and atmosphere result the multifarious phenomena of what we call weather and climate ; while from the attraction of ...
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Página 32 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho...