When speculations on the long series of events which occurred in the glacial and post-glacial periods are indulged in, the imagination is apt to take alarm at the immensity of the time required to interpret the monuments of these ages, all referable to... Report of the Annual Meeting - Page lxxivby British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1865Full view - About this book
| 1897 - 370 pages
...Lyell struck so true a note that I am tempted to re-produce the paragraph to which I refer : — " When speculations on the long series of events which...excessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day that when he was about to contribute somewhat parsimoniously towards a public charity, he was... | |
| 1864 - 668 pages
...occurred in the glacial and postglacial periods are indulged in, the imagination is apt to take alai'm at the immensity of the time required to interpret...excessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day, that when he was about to contribute somewhat parsimoniously towards a public charity, he... | |
| 1864 - 576 pages
...indulged in, the imagination is apt to take alarm at the immensity of the time required to interrupt the monuments of these ages, all referable to the...excessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day that when ho was about to contribute somewhat parsimoniously towards a public charity he was... | |
| 1864 - 868 pages
...order to abridge the number of centuries which would otherwise be indispensable, a disposition is shewn by many to magnify the rate of change in pre-historic...excessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day that when he was about to contribute somewhat parsimoniously towards a public charity, he was... | |
| 1864 - 964 pages
...order to abridge We number of centuries which would otherwise be indispensable, a disposition is shewn by many to magnify the rate of change in pre-historic...the animate and inanimate world with extraordinary J^lexcessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day that when he w«s about to contribute... | |
| 1865 - 332 pages
...in which the carcase of a mammoth was imbedded, so perfect that, among other parts, the pupil of its eye was taken out, and is now preserved in the Museum...excessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day, that when he was about to contribute somewhat parsimoniously towards a public charity, he... | |
| 1865 - 388 pages
...Moscow, íío one will deny that this elephant had lain for several thousand years in its icy envelop ; and if it had been left undisturbed, and the cold...excessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day, that when he was about to contribute somewhat parsimoniously towards a public charity, he'... | |
| 1865 - 372 pages
...had gone on increasing, (or myriads of centuries, we might reasonably expect that the frozen ilesh might continue undecayed until a second glacial period...excessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day, tliat when he was about to contribute somewhat parsimoniously towards a public charity, he... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1865 - 560 pages
...events which occurred in the glacial and post-glacial periods are indulged in," says Sir C. Lyell,* " the imagination is apt to take alarm at the immensity...investing the causes which have modified the animate and the inanimate world with extraordinary and excessive energy. .... We of the living generation, when... | |
| 1865 - 372 pages
...postglacial periods are indulged in, the imagination is apt to take alarm at the inunensity of the tune required to interpret the monuments of these ages,...excessive energy. It is related of a great Irish orator of our day, that when he was about to contribute somewhat parsimoniously towards a public charity, he... | |
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