 Oreologist would trace back the progress of waste, till he come in sight of that original structure, of which the remains are still so vast, he perceives an immense mass of solid rock, naked and unshapely, as it first emerged from the deep, and incomparably...  Works, with a memoir of the author - Page 121by John Playfait - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Jean André Luc - 1809 - 456 pages
...same conclusion, may be deduced from the " general facts, known in the natural history of moun" tains; and, if the oreologist would trace back the " progress...whole into its present " form; has hollowed out the vallies, and gradually " detached the mountains from the general mass, " cutting down their sides into... | |
 | Samuel Sidwell Randall - 1846 - 216 pages
...orologist," he continues, in another place, " would trace back the progress of waste, till he came in sight of that original structure of which the remains...him. The operation of rains and torrents, modified hy the hardness and tenacity of the rock, has worked the whole into its present form ; has hollowed... | |
 | Frederick Albert Richardson - 1901 - 786 pages
...incomparably greater than all that now remains. " The operation of rains and torrents," he remarks, " modified by the hardness and tenacity of the rock,...whole into its present form ; has hollowed out the valleys, and gradually detached the mountains from the general mass, cutting down their sides into... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 484 pages
...have opened or kept up a communication between the inequalities of an irregular and alpine surface? Many more arguments, all leading to the same conclusion,...the hardness and tenacity of the rock, has worked out the whole into its present form ; has hollowed out the vallies, and gradually detached the mountains... | |
 | James Geikie - 1913 - 520 pages
...incomparably greater than all that now remains. " The operation of rains and torrents," he remarks, " modified by the hardness and tenacity of the rock,...whole into its present form ; has hollowed out the valleys, and gradually detached the mountains from the general mass, cutting down their sides into... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 466 pages
...have opened or kept up a communication between the inequalities of an irregular and alpine surface? Many more arguments, all leading to the same conclusion,...the hardness and tenacity of the rock, has worked out the whole into its present form ; has hollowed out the vallies, and gradually detached the mountains... | |
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