 But if he afterwards found three buried cities, one above the other, the intermediate one being Roman, while, as in the former example, the lowest was Greek and the uppermost Italian, he would then perceive the fallacy of his former opinion, and would...  The Skies and the Earth - Page 1361902 - 191 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 562 pages
...data, that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the Italian language in Campania. Suppose he afterwards found three buried cities, one above...and would begin to suspect that the catastrophes, whereby the cities were inhumed, might have no relation whatever to the fluctuations in the language... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 570 pages
...the modern, Italians. But he would reason very hastily, if he also concluded from these data, that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the Italian language in Campania. Suppose he afterwards found three buried cities, one above the other, the intermediate VOL. IIL D 34... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 442 pages
...data, that there had been a sudden change from th.e Greek to the Italian language in Campania. Suppose he afterwards found three buried cities, one above...and would begin to suspect that the catastrophes, whereby the cities were inhumed, might have no relation whatever to the fluctuations in the language... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 450 pages
...the modern, Italians. But he would reason very hastily, if he also concluded, from these data, that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the Italian language in-Campania. Suppose he afterwards found three buried cities, one above the other, the intermediate... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1875 - 702 pages
...modern towns Italians. But he would reason very hastily if he also concluded from these data, that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the...Italian language in Campania. But if he afterwards found Ikret buried cities, one above the other, the intermediate one being Roman, while, as in the former... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 494 pages
...modern towns Italians. But he would reason very hastily if he also concluded from these data, that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the...then perceive the fallacy of his former opinion, and I would begin to suspect that the catastrophes, by which the cities were inhumed might have no relation... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1909 - 310 pages
...town were Greeks while those of the upper one were Italians. But he would be wrong in supposing that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the Italian language in Campania. I think it is clear that Darwin's metaphor is partly taken from this passage. See for instance (in... | |
 | Stephen Edelston Toulmin, Stephen Toulmin, June Goodfield - 1982 - 292 pages
...the modern Italians. But he would reason very hastily, if he also concluded, from these data, that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the Italian language in Campania. . . . So, in geology, if we can assume that it is part of the plan of nature to preserve, in every... | |
 | Charles Lyell - 1990 - 604 pages
...data, that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the Italian language in Campania. Suppose he afterwards found three buried cities, one above...and would begin to suspect that the catastrophes, whereby the cities were inhumed, might have no relation whatever to the fluctuations in the language... | |
 | Charles Lyell - 1990 - 604 pages
...data, that there had been a sudden change from the Greek to the Italian language in Campania. Suppose he afterwards found three buried cities, one above the other, the intermediate one Vor.. III. D 34 CAUSE OF VIOLATIONS OF CONTINUITY. [Ch. III. being Roman, while, as in the former example,... | |
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