Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... haue been drowned and deuoured by the sea , and that at other times they haue appeared out of the sea , where before they neuer were seene , and haue so continued . Moreouer that it hath bin seene that Iles being situated neere vnto the ...
... haue been drowned and deuoured by the sea , and that at other times they haue appeared out of the sea , where before they neuer were seene , and haue so continued . Moreouer that it hath bin seene that Iles being situated neere vnto the ...
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... haue had some parts of them broken away , as I haue obserued in passing the Alpes and other mountaines , this may well bee thought to haue proceeded in old time by occasion of earth - quakes , but the breaches found in rockes are neuer ...
... haue had some parts of them broken away , as I haue obserued in passing the Alpes and other mountaines , this may well bee thought to haue proceeded in old time by occasion of earth - quakes , but the breaches found in rockes are neuer ...
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... haue here beene shewed to bee . This coniuncture to haue remained for some space after the great and generall deluge , and the breach and separation of Albion from Gallia by the said deluge not to haue beene caused , is by sundrie ...
... haue here beene shewed to bee . This coniuncture to haue remained for some space after the great and generall deluge , and the breach and separation of Albion from Gallia by the said deluge not to haue beene caused , is by sundrie ...
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... haue farre ouer - shot himselfe , and to haue beene of slender con- sideration in weening that the sea hath euer come vp as farre as vnto Tongres , notwithstanding the good reasons which the other alleageth to proue it ( and among other ...
... haue farre ouer - shot himselfe , and to haue beene of slender con- sideration in weening that the sea hath euer come vp as farre as vnto Tongres , notwithstanding the good reasons which the other alleageth to proue it ( and among other ...
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... haue talked with such labouring men as vsually haue digged wells , and the deepe foundations of buildings , and they all agree , that they doe commonly in all places find an innu- merable quantitie of these shells , some whole and some ...
... haue talked with such labouring men as vsually haue digged wells , and the deepe foundations of buildings , and they all agree , that they doe commonly in all places find an innu- merable quantitie of these shells , some whole and some ...
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Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young Geologists David Page (F.G.S.) Visualização integral - 1869 |
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Página 135 - 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.
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