 | William Mathews - 1880 - 80 pages
...student of history follows with intense interest the march of a conquerer or the migrations of a nation Yet, absurd as it may seem to those who have not thought...his famous march from Phaselis, than to comprehend how the larva of a Patella crossed the fathomless gulf between Finmark and Greenland." Edward Forbes.... | |
 | Klaus Lüning - 1991 - 550 pages
...history follows, with intense interest, the march of a conqueror, or the migrations of a nation . . . Yet, absurd as it may seem to those who have not thought of such things before, there is deeper interest in the march of a periwinkle, and the progress of a limpet" (cited in Hedgpeth )957a).... | |
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The traveller traces with almost breathless delight, every step of the progress of some mighty hero of ancient days. I have had my share of the pleasure when tracking the course of Alexander and his armies in Pisidia, and determining mile by mile the... 