| 1811 - 538 pages
...his Creator, or of his redeemer, either loo little or too much. A COMPEND OF GEOLOUY. Of th.s earth we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end. A new Heaven and a new Earth. The mountain is worn down to the ocean; the laiul gradually tends to... | |
| Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 pages
...system of nature, he concludes his dissertation in these words ; " The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end." 6. MR. WHITFHURST'S THFORY. naturally spherical, have been originally in a state of fluidity. Again,... | |
| Thomas Keith - 1819 - 380 pages
...system of nature, he concludes his dissertation in these words ; " The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end." 6. ME. WHrrEHURST»S THEORY. Mr. Whitehurst first proceeds to show, that all fluid bodies, which do... | |
| Joseph Sutcliffe - 1822 - 172 pages
...look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of our present enquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning ; no prospect of an end." It is not questioned but the Doctor's mother gave him suck ; but it may be of moment to repeat a few... | |
| 1829 - 742 pages
...under the waters to be fitted again to re.ppear in its turn. Of these alternations Dr. Hutton >:iv s. we find no vestige of a beginning — no prospect of an end." 'his conclusion has been regarded by many as atheistical and mpious. But the supporters of this theory,... | |
| Edward Nares - 1834 - 366 pages
...in conformity to Scripture ; which is certainly not the case with other more fashionable theories. " The result therefore of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of beginning, no prospect of an end." (Theory of the Earth, &c. by James Hutton, MD) But surely the first... | |
| 1837 - 608 pages
...look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The ' result, therefore, of our present enquiry is, that we find no ' vestige of a beginning — no prospect of an end.' These enlarged and philosophical views, which he subsequently expanded into a more perfect work, attracted... | |
| Antoine Claude Gabriel Jobert - 1847 - 212 pages
...vain to look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end."* Mr. Lyell, adopting the philosophy of Hutton — " that geology is in nowise concerned with questions... | |
| Antoine Claude Gabriel Jobert - 1847 - 206 pages
...vain to look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end."* Mr. Lyell, adopting the philosophy of Hutton— " that geology is in nowise concerned with questions... | |
| Antoine Claude Gabriel Jobert - 1846 - 390 pages
...look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of our present inquiry c2 is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end."* Mr. Lyell, adopting the philosophy of Hutton — " that geology is in nowise concerned with questions... | |
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