The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]., Band 27 |
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... rise the old red - sandstone and the Silurian strata , conformable in position to the coal and mountain limestone . Coal , M. L No. 3 . Old Red . 473 : 2 1 [ S 1 L URI A N. J North Cambrian . being a reversal of dip to the north , so ...
... rise the old red - sandstone and the Silurian strata , conformable in position to the coal and mountain limestone . Coal , M. L No. 3 . Old Red . 473 : 2 1 [ S 1 L URI A N. J North Cambrian . being a reversal of dip to the north , so ...
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... rise much above 4000 feet . From the western portion of this range several offsets branch off towards the north - west , which grow lower as they proceed in that direction , and at a distance of less than 100 miles from the principal ...
... rise much above 4000 feet . From the western portion of this range several offsets branch off towards the north - west , which grow lower as they proceed in that direction , and at a distance of less than 100 miles from the principal ...
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... rise to the elevation of the plains west of the river ; their tops present sometimes level plains , but as the hills are composed of sandstone destitute of a layer of soil , they have as little vegetation on them as the steep ...
... rise to the elevation of the plains west of the river ; their tops present sometimes level plains , but as the hills are composed of sandstone destitute of a layer of soil , they have as little vegetation on them as the steep ...
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... rise to a considerable elevation . It is composed of sandstone , and is only partially covered with vegetation , except a few isolated heights , which generally consist of trap - rock , and are covered with a tolerably good soil and ...
... rise to a considerable elevation . It is composed of sandstone , and is only partially covered with vegetation , except a few isolated heights , which generally consist of trap - rock , and are covered with a tolerably good soil and ...
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... rise only to the elevation of moderate hills , being clothed with thin forests and affording tolerable pasture for sheep . The most southern portion however between Port Stephens and the Hunter is a low tract , covered with sand , and a ...
... rise only to the elevation of moderate hills , being clothed with thin forests and affording tolerable pasture for sheep . The most southern portion however between Port Stephens and the Hunter is a low tract , covered with sand , and a ...
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Seite 270 - Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Seite 102 - For his was the singular destiny and merit, of leading the armies of his country successfully through an arduous war, for the establishment of its independence; of conducting its councils through the birth of a Government, new in its forms and principles, until it had settled down into a quiet and orderly train; and of scrupulously obeying the laws through the whole of his career, civil and military, of which the history of the world furnishes no other example.
Seite 234 - They went away then, and returned again when I had the painting finished. Reynolds seated himself before the picture. examined it with deep and minute attention for half an hour ; then rising, said to Drummond, West has conquered — he has treated his subject as it ought to be treated — I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art.
Seite 102 - Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where, hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best; and certainly no general ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated by sudden circumstances, he was slow in a re-adjustment. The consequence was that he often failed in the field, and rarely against an enemy in station, as at Boston and New York.
Seite 62 - The Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist, from the Omission of the Doctrine of a Future State of Rewards and Punishments in the Jewish Dispensation ;" which being attacked by several opponents, he published a " Vindication
Seite 233 - I have seen them often," he continued, " standing in the very attitude of this Apollo, and pursuing with an intense eye the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
Seite 138 - We have said that Mr. Watt was the great Improver of the steamengine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...
Seite 229 - Be content," said the great John Wesley to his froward wife, "be content to be a private insignificant person, known and loved by God and me. Of what importance is your character to mankind ? If you was buried just now, or if you had never lived, what loss would it be to the cause of God ?" This energetic remonstrance can hardly be said to exhaust the matter.
Seite 102 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation; his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words.
Seite 110 - The right to the use of water rests on clear and settled principles. Prima facie, the proprietor of each bank of a stream is the proprietor of half the land covered by the stream, but there is no property in the water. Every proprietor has an equal right to use the water which flows in the stream ; and consequently no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor.