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... length . Some of the shells were very elevated , especially in the middle , where they formed , as it were , a lump ; others again were depressed in the middle ; but in most of them the outward surface was remarkably elevated , and the ...
... length . Some of the shells were very elevated , especially in the middle , where they formed , as it were , a lump ; others again were depressed in the middle ; but in most of them the outward surface was remarkably elevated , and the ...
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... to the shafts , shook them off as they fell ; but missing one at length , it wounded him in the side ; whereon springing round , he bounded over the Ohio , over the Wabash , the Illinois 100 NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS .
... to the shafts , shook them off as they fell ; but missing one at length , it wounded him in the side ; whereon springing round , he bounded over the Ohio , over the Wabash , the Illinois 100 NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... length . " Buffon's Natural History , translated by Smellie , vol . 9 . In Siberia a similar animal was supposed to exist under ground , and many fables were related respecting it under the Russian name of mammoth . Notwithstanding ...
... length . " Buffon's Natural History , translated by Smellie , vol . 9 . In Siberia a similar animal was supposed to exist under ground , and many fables were related respecting it under the Russian name of mammoth . Notwithstanding ...
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... length in a straight line , seventeen feet ; length of the tusks , ten feet seven inches ; weight of a grinder , four pounds ten ounces ; of the whole skeleton , one thousand pounds . In 1799 , upon the shores of the Frozen Ocean , near ...
... length in a straight line , seventeen feet ; length of the tusks , ten feet seven inches ; weight of a grinder , four pounds ten ounces ; of the whole skeleton , one thousand pounds . In 1799 , upon the shores of the Frozen Ocean , near ...
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... length ; another is thinner bristles of coarse flexible hair , of a reddish brown colour , and the third is a coarse reddish brown wool , which grew among the roots of the long hair ; affording , according to Cuvier , an undeniable ...
... length ; another is thinner bristles of coarse flexible hair , of a reddish brown colour , and the third is a coarse reddish brown wool , which grew among the roots of the long hair ; affording , according to Cuvier , an undeniable ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.