Relics from the Wreck of a Former World, Or, Splinters Gathered on the Shores of a Turbulent Planet: Proving to a Demonstration, the Vast Antiquity of the Earth, and the Existence of Animal Life, of the Most Fantastic Shapes, and the Most Elegent Colors ...W.H. Graham, 1847 - 96 pages |
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... shells , leaves , and prostrate trunks , and with con- summate skill the botanist and comparative anatomist have traced the animal and vegetable forms indicated by the fragments gathered from the wreck of life . Ancient con- ditions of ...
... shells , leaves , and prostrate trunks , and with con- summate skill the botanist and comparative anatomist have traced the animal and vegetable forms indicated by the fragments gathered from the wreck of life . Ancient con- ditions of ...
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... shells , which are common in that vicinity , had formerly been snakes , which the foundress of the abbey , St. Hilda , succeeded in decapitating by her prayers , and then convert- ing into stone : - " And how the nuns of Whitby told ...
... shells , which are common in that vicinity , had formerly been snakes , which the foundress of the abbey , St. Hilda , succeeded in decapitating by her prayers , and then convert- ing into stone : - " And how the nuns of Whitby told ...
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... shells of various kinds , are common in this formation : almost all the sandstones contain the stems of trees belonging to genera or species now unknown , and many of the clays abound with the most delicate impressions of the fronds and ...
... shells of various kinds , are common in this formation : almost all the sandstones contain the stems of trees belonging to genera or species now unknown , and many of the clays abound with the most delicate impressions of the fronds and ...
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... shells in it are all of marine origin . The Lias * formation is superimposed upon the new red sand- stone : it consists principally of limestone and shale , abound- ing with a vast profusion of organic remains , differing in species ...
... shells in it are all of marine origin . The Lias * formation is superimposed upon the new red sand- stone : it consists principally of limestone and shale , abound- ing with a vast profusion of organic remains , differing in species ...
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... shells , which are char- acteristic of that division of the chalk formation . In the quarry in which the remains of this iguanodon were found , Mr. Benson has discovered fossil wood by the boring shells , the lithodomi ; impressions of ...
... shells , which are char- acteristic of that division of the chalk formation . In the quarry in which the remains of this iguanodon were found , Mr. Benson has discovered fossil wood by the boring shells , the lithodomi ; impressions of ...
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Page 45 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 15 - Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty mountain winds be free To blow against thee: and, in after years, When these wild ecstasies shall be matured Into a sober pleasure, when thy mind Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms, Thy memory be as a dwelling-place For all sweet sounds and harmonies...
Page 12 - The one led me to see a system in every star. The other leads me to see a world in every atom.
Page 61 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 8 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish ; to graze the herb all leaving, Devoured each other; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or with countenance grim Glared on him passing.
Page 61 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night ! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; 690 Around her throne the vivid planets roll.
Page 64 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 13 - Millions of millions thus, from age to age, With simplest skill and toil unweariable, No moment and no movement unimproved, Laid line on line, on terrace terrace spread, To swell the heightening, brightening gradual mound, By marvellous structure climbing towards the day.
Page 34 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, 195 Lay floating many a rood...
Page 30 - ... is evident from the form of its paddles ; that it was marine is almost equally so, from the remains with which it is universally associated ; that it may have occasionally visited the shore, the resemblance of its extremities to those of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion...