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... PEBBLES IN THE STREET 47 III . THE STONES IN THE WALL 70 IV . THE COAL IN THE FIRE . 89 69 V. THE LIME IN THE MORTAR 111 VI . THE SLATES ON THE ROOF 126 ON BIO - GEOLOGY 155 THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY 181 SUPERSTITION SCIENCE ...
... PEBBLES IN THE STREET 47 III . THE STONES IN THE WALL 70 IV . THE COAL IN THE FIRE . 89 69 V. THE LIME IN THE MORTAR 111 VI . THE SLATES ON THE ROOF 126 ON BIO - GEOLOGY 155 THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY 181 SUPERSTITION SCIENCE ...
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... pebbles the moment it enters the pond , and then the sand in a fan - shaped heap at the nearest end ; but carries the fine mud on , and holds it suspended , to be gradually deposited at the bottom in the still water ; and say to ...
... pebbles the moment it enters the pond , and then the sand in a fan - shaped heap at the nearest end ; but carries the fine mud on , and holds it suspended , to be gradually deposited at the bottom in the still water ; and say to ...
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... pebbles in the street . Meanwhile I wish you to face fairly the truly grand idea , which all I have said tends to prove true — that all the soil we see is made by the destruction of older soils , whether soft as clay , or hard as rock ...
... pebbles in the street . Meanwhile I wish you to face fairly the truly grand idea , which all I have said tends to prove true — that all the soil we see is made by the destruction of older soils , whether soft as clay , or hard as rock ...
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... more where there is a sea , or a tidal æstuary , there is geology enough to be learnt , to explain the greater part of the making of all the continents on the globe . II . THE PEBBLES IN THE STREET . IF you 46 [ I. TOWN GEOLOGY .
... more where there is a sea , or a tidal æstuary , there is geology enough to be learnt , to explain the greater part of the making of all the continents on the globe . II . THE PEBBLES IN THE STREET . IF you 46 [ I. TOWN GEOLOGY .
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... pebbles , but fewer and smaller as you go south . It matters not what the rocks and soils of the country round may be . However much they may differ , these pebbles will be , on the whole , the same everywhere . But if your town be ...
... pebbles , but fewer and smaller as you go south . It matters not what the rocks and soils of the country round may be . However much they may differ , these pebbles will be , on the whole , the same everywhere . But if your town be ...
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Página 284 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 318 - While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Página 9 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Página 17 - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Página 323 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Página 213 - As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself...
Página 253 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Página 283 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Página 305 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.
Página 285 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.