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... produced by volcanoes . Most of the large mountains are formed of granite , which is the hardest of all rocks , and which has , consequently , been least diminished by the influence of the atmosphere . Caverns are ge- nerally found in ...
... produced by volcanoes . Most of the large mountains are formed of granite , which is the hardest of all rocks , and which has , consequently , been least diminished by the influence of the atmosphere . Caverns are ge- nerally found in ...
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... produce a very striking effect . The whole chain is subject to the most terrible earthquakes , and it con- tains no less than forty volcanoes , which are constantly burning , and which discharge not only lava , but THE ANDES . 25.
... produce a very striking effect . The whole chain is subject to the most terrible earthquakes , and it con- tains no less than forty volcanoes , which are constantly burning , and which discharge not only lava , but THE ANDES . 25.
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... produce such furious gusts of wind as to sweep every thing before them to a vast distance . In other dis- tricts , the efforts of the contending elements are be- trayed , especially during the rainy season , by a doleful moaning noise ...
... produce such furious gusts of wind as to sweep every thing before them to a vast distance . In other dis- tricts , the efforts of the contending elements are be- trayed , especially during the rainy season , by a doleful moaning noise ...
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... produced by the fall of such an enormous mass . The force of the wind was so great that millstones were raised and carried up an ascent of several yards ; the beams of several houses were con- veyed nearly a mile into the forest , and ...
... produced by the fall of such an enormous mass . The force of the wind was so great that millstones were raised and carried up an ascent of several yards ; the beams of several houses were con- veyed nearly a mile into the forest , and ...
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... produced ex- ceeds all calculation . A small chapel has been built on the spot where the Vale of Goldau once stood ; and in this chapel the pious Swiss annually meet on the second of September to pray to God to preserve them from a ...
... produced ex- ceeds all calculation . A small chapel has been built on the spot where the Vale of Goldau once stood ; and in this chapel the pious Swiss annually meet on the second of September to pray to God to preserve them from a ...
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Page 278 - Some years ago I kept a sloth, in my room for several months. I often took him out of the house, and placed him upon the ground, in order to have an opportunity of observing his motions. If the ground were rough, he would pull himself forwards, by...
Page 312 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.