Earth, Sea and Sky, Or Marvels of the Universe: Being a Full and Graphic Description of All that is Wonderful in Every Continent of the Globe ...Collins-Campbell manf'g and printing Company, 1887 |
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... thrown back so far , that the base of the skull almost touches the tail , without the bones appearing to be in an unnatural position . But it is chiefly in the bones of the extremity , by means of which the animal was enabled to fly ...
... thrown back so far , that the base of the skull almost touches the tail , without the bones appearing to be in an unnatural position . But it is chiefly in the bones of the extremity , by means of which the animal was enabled to fly ...
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... thrown back on the body ; its fore extremities have four free toes , but the fifth toe folded down on the body ; its hind legs are short , and its feet perhaps webbed . This animal , running along upon the ground , pursues and devours ...
... thrown back on the body ; its fore extremities have four free toes , but the fifth toe folded down on the body ; its hind legs are short , and its feet perhaps webbed . This animal , running along upon the ground , pursues and devours ...
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... Voltaire as- serted that the shells found on the Alps and Apennines had been thrown there by pilgrims returning from Rome . Buffon might have replied to his opponent by pointing out whole mountains formed by. 98 EARTH , SEA , AND SKY .
... Voltaire as- serted that the shells found on the Alps and Apennines had been thrown there by pilgrims returning from Rome . Buffon might have replied to his opponent by pointing out whole mountains formed by. 98 EARTH , SEA , AND SKY .
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... Calabria , 1873 , the most elevated portion of the granite mountain mass of the Aspromonte was seen to move up and down rapidly persons were raised from the ground and thrown to THE TERRIBLE PHENOMENA OF EARTHQUAKES . 109.
... Calabria , 1873 , the most elevated portion of the granite mountain mass of the Aspromonte was seen to move up and down rapidly persons were raised from the ground and thrown to THE TERRIBLE PHENOMENA OF EARTHQUAKES . 109.
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... thrown to the ground . On each side of the church were a number of square buttresses of good solid brick work , six feet square . Those on the western side were all thrown down , as were all but two on the eastern side ; these two were ...
... thrown to the ground . On each side of the church were a number of square buttresses of good solid brick work , six feet square . Those on the western side were all thrown down , as were all but two on the eastern side ; these two were ...
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630 ページ - Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes; • They moved in tracks of shining white; And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire — Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
570 ページ - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
771 ページ - ... the caverns of the deep. Silence, oblivion, like the waves, have closed over them, and no one can tell the story of their end. What sighs have been wafted after that ship ! what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the mistress, the wife...
405 ページ - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
220 ページ - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform describe, who see all the operation, but feel not the knife.
771 ページ - She was a small schooner, at anchor, with her broadside towards us. The crew were all asleep, and had neglected to hoist a light. We struck her just amid-ships. The force, the size, and weight of our vessel bore her down below the waves; we passed over her and were hurried on our course. As the crashing wreck was sinking beneath us, I had a glimpse of two or three half-naked wretches rushing from her cabin; they just started from their beds to be swallowed shrieking by the waves. I heard their drowning...
333 ページ - Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently before us stood an immense male gorilla. He had gone through the jungle on his all-fours ; but when he saw our party he erected himself and looked us boldly in the face. He stood about a dozen yards from us, and was a sight I think I shall never forget.
33 ページ - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
333 ページ - His eyes began to flash fiercer fire as we stood motionless on the defensive, and the crest of short hair which stands on his forehead began to twitch rapidly up and down, while his powerful fangs were shown as he again sent forth a thunderous roar. And now truly...
34 ページ - ... swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach ? It may perhaps have lurked in shoal water along the coast, concealed among the sea-weed, and raising its nostrils to a level with the surface from a considerable depth, may have found a secure retreat from the assaults of dangerous enemies...