Rocks, also, produced by subterranean fire in former ages at great depths in the bowels of the earth, present us, when upraised by gradual movements, and exposed to the light of heaven, with an image of those changes which the deep-seated volcano may... The Skies and the Earth - Page 1411902 - 191 pagesFull view - About this book
| sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835 - 440 pages
...the nature of the subaqueous processes now in operation, and of many forms of organic life, which, though now existing, are veiled from sight. Rocks,...interior of the solid globe; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe, - ire per omnes Terrasque, tractusque maris, ccelumque... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 568 pages
...the nature of the subaqueous processes now in operation, and of many forms of organic life, which, though now existing, are veiled from sight. Rocks,...interior of the solid globe; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe. ire per omnes Terruque, tractusque maris, coelumque profundum.... | |
| Samuel Sidwell Randall - 1846 - 216 pages
...the nature of the sub-aqueous processes now in operation, and of many forms of organic life, which, though now existing, are veiled from sight. Rocks,...interior of the solid globe ; free like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe : — : " ire per omnes Terrasque, tractusque maris, ccclumque... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1865 - 880 pages
...great depths in the bowels of the earth, present us, when upraised by gradual movements, and eiposed to the light of heaven, with an image of those changes...interior of the solid globe ; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe, ire per omnes Terruque, troctuaqae maris, coelumque profdndam.... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1867 - 746 pages
...regions. Thus, although we are mere sojourners on the surface of the planet, chained to a mere point iii space, enduring but for a moment of time, the human...interior of the solid globe ; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe, ire per omnes Terrasque, tractusque maris, ccelumquc... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 714 pages
...into the nature of the subaqueous processes now in operation, and of many forms of organic life which, though now existing, are veiled from sight. Rocks,...interior of the solid globe ; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe, -iro per omncs Terrasque, tractusque marU, ccelunxiuo... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1875 - 702 pages
...operation, and of many forms of organic life which, though now existing, are veiled from sight. Eocks, also, produced by subterranean fire in former ages,...interior of the solid globe ; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe, ire per omnes Terrasque. tractusque maris, coelumque... | |
| Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 482 pages
...into the nature of the subaqueous processes now in operation, and of many forms of organic life which, though now existing, are veiled from sight. Rocks,...interior of the solid globe; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe, ire per omnes Terrasque, tractusque maris, coelumque... | |
| 1910 - 476 pages
...into the nature of the subaqueous processes now in operation, and of many forms of organic life which, though now existing, are veiled from sight. Rocks,...interior of the solid globe; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe, ire per omnes Terrasque, tractusque maris, coelumque... | |
| 1910 - 436 pages
...Rocks, also, produced by subterranean fire in former ages, at great depths in the bowels of the eartl1, present us, when upraised by gradual movements, and...interior of the solid globe; free, like the spirit which the poet described as animating the universe, 1re per omnes Terrasque, tractusque maris, coelumque... | |
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