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Page 40
... seems to render it most indisputable , that certain stony and metalline substances have , at dif- ferent periods , fallen on the earth . Whence their origin , or whence they came , is yet , in my judgment , involved in complete ...
... seems to render it most indisputable , that certain stony and metalline substances have , at dif- ferent periods , fallen on the earth . Whence their origin , or whence they came , is yet , in my judgment , involved in complete ...
Page 42
... seems , also received a piece of one of the largest stones , which weighed upwards of five pounds ; andhad seen ... seem probable that it could have been forced from any rocks , the nearest of which are those of Ham- borough Head , at a ...
... seems , also received a piece of one of the largest stones , which weighed upwards of five pounds ; andhad seen ... seem probable that it could have been forced from any rocks , the nearest of which are those of Ham- borough Head , at a ...
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... seems to pro- claim a certain degree of approbation ; and this praise by in- ference , joined to the motto adopted in the preface , ( a parody . of a passage in one of Pliny's letters ) multum scribendum non multa , excited in us the ...
... seems to pro- claim a certain degree of approbation ; and this praise by in- ference , joined to the motto adopted in the preface , ( a parody . of a passage in one of Pliny's letters ) multum scribendum non multa , excited in us the ...
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