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... passes through the alluvial primi- tive transition and into the flætz formation . In the east we have an ocean of salt water . In the west we have fresh - water seas of im- mense extent : there is every indication , not only of the ...
... passes through the alluvial primi- tive transition and into the flætz formation . In the east we have an ocean of salt water . In the west we have fresh - water seas of im- mense extent : there is every indication , not only of the ...
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... pass in the remotest wilds of Louisiana . A bed of gypsum begins in the town of Sullivan , in Madison county , and branches in a western direc- tion ; it is very wide , and its depth has not been ascertained : it appears in several ...
... pass in the remotest wilds of Louisiana . A bed of gypsum begins in the town of Sullivan , in Madison county , and branches in a western direc- tion ; it is very wide , and its depth has not been ascertained : it appears in several ...
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... pass , fann'd with unnumber'd plumes . " PARADISE LOST . And Tasso , in like manner , says , " With such a sound the cranes embodied fly From Thracian shores to seek a warmer sky , With noise they cut the clouds , and leave behind The ...
... pass , fann'd with unnumber'd plumes . " PARADISE LOST . And Tasso , in like manner , says , " With such a sound the cranes embodied fly From Thracian shores to seek a warmer sky , With noise they cut the clouds , and leave behind The ...
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... pass between the secretary of the society and the members , postage free . That for the defraying the expense of such experiments as the society shall judge proper to cause to be made , and other contingent charges for the common good ...
... pass between the secretary of the society and the members , postage free . That for the defraying the expense of such experiments as the society shall judge proper to cause to be made , and other contingent charges for the common good ...
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... pass through the ridge correspond exactly in appearance with the entrance of the streams into the lake . These facts evince , beyond doubt , that Lake Ontario has receded from this elevated ground ; and the cause of this retreat must be ...
... pass through the ridge correspond exactly in appearance with the entrance of the streams into the lake . These facts evince , beyond doubt , that Lake Ontario has receded from this elevated ground ; and the cause of this retreat must be ...
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Page 36 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 107 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
Page 36 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation...
Page vi - York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever...
Page 100 - That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians; that the Great Man above, looking down and seeing this, was so enraged that he seized his lightning, descended...
Page 90 - And all philosophical Experiments that let Light into the Nature of Things, tend to increase the Power of Man over Matter, and multiply the Conveniences or Pleasure of Life.
Page 45 - Here then are the advantages of free states. Though a republic should be barbarous, it necessarily, by an infallible operation, gives rise to Law, even before mankind have made any considerable advances in the '.other sciences. From law arises security : From security curiosity : And from curiosity knowledge.
Page 323 - ... terrific. Darkness was only visible at eight o'clock; and the birth of May dawned like the day of judgment : a chaotic gloom enveloped the mountain, and an impenetrable haze hung over the sea, with black sluggish clouds of a sulphureous cast. The whole island was covered with favilla, cinders, scoria, and broken masses of volcanic matter. It was not until the afternoon, the muttering noise of the mountain sunk gradually into a solemn yet suspicious silence.
Page 107 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And if each system in gradation roll, Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all "That system only, but the whole must fall.
Page 137 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.