American Quarterly Review, Volym 3Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828 |
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... influence of igneous fusion . The figure of the earth is such as could only have been assumed spontane- ously by a body in a liquid state , and of density increasing from the surface towards the centre . Its surface , therefore , during ...
... influence of igneous fusion . The figure of the earth is such as could only have been assumed spontane- ously by a body in a liquid state , and of density increasing from the surface towards the centre . Its surface , therefore , during ...
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... influence it in a greater or less degree . Elevation above the level of the ocean , is perhaps the most important of these . Our earth is surrounded by a mass of elastic fluid , called its atmosphere , which , from its distinguishing ...
... influence it in a greater or less degree . Elevation above the level of the ocean , is perhaps the most important of these . Our earth is surrounded by a mass of elastic fluid , called its atmosphere , which , from its distinguishing ...
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... influence of this last cause . If occasional returns of severe winters , seem to show that the minimum temperature of the year falls as low as it ever did , still there is no doubt that the duration of the inclement season is evidently ...
... influence of this last cause . If occasional returns of severe winters , seem to show that the minimum temperature of the year falls as low as it ever did , still there is no doubt that the duration of the inclement season is evidently ...
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... influence the course of the winds in a very re- markable degree . We have hitherto considered the sphere as at rest ; let us now ascribe to it a diurnal motion upon its axis . By this , an apparent modification will be caused in the ...
... influence the course of the winds in a very re- markable degree . We have hitherto considered the sphere as at rest ; let us now ascribe to it a diurnal motion upon its axis . By this , an apparent modification will be caused in the ...
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... influence , the equatorial and polar cur- rents will flow on regularly in the upper and lower regions of the atmosphere , and the trade winds will prevail . Beyond this , how- ever , in summer , the surface will be heated beyond the ...
... influence , the equatorial and polar cur- rents will flow on regularly in the upper and lower regions of the atmosphere , and the trade winds will prevail . Beyond this , how- ever , in summer , the surface will be heated beyond the ...
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Sida 324 - Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought ; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Sida 324 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands...
Sida 162 - To receive him with suitable pomp and distinction, the sovereigns had ordered their throne to be placed in public, under a rich canopy of brocade of gold, in a vast and splendid saloon. Here the king and queen awaited his arrival, seated in state, with the prince Juan beside them ; and attended by the dignitaries of their court and the principal nobility of Castile...
Sida 431 - There is something charming to me in the conduct of Washington," writes Adams to a friend, "a gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends, sacrificing his ease and hazarding all in the cause of his country. His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his expenses and not accept a shilling of pay.
Sida 161 - As he drew near the place, many of the more youthful courtiers, and hidalgos of gallant bearing, together with a vast concourse of the populace, came forth to meet and welcome him. His entrance into this noble city has been compared to one of those triumphs which the Romans were accustomed to decree to conquerors.
Sida 109 - Tis in the gentle moonlight ; 'Tis floating midst Day's setting glories ; Night, Wrapped in her sable robe, with silent step Comes to our bed, and breathes it in our ears : Night, and the dawn, bright day, and thoughtful eve, All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse, As one vast mystic instrument, are touched By an unseen, living Hand, and conscious chords Quiver with joy in this great jubilee.
Sida 170 - ... reveries of past ages, the indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul," observes a Spanish writer, " was superior to the age in which he lived.
Sida 52 - Or if neither of these ways will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it, as shall convey him through the air. And this perhaps might be made large enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum, and commodities for traffic.
Sida 88 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Sida 161 - ... the remarkable man by whom it had been discovered. There was a sublimity in this event that mingled a solemn feeling with the public joy. It was looked upon as a vast and signal dispensation of Providence, in reward for the piety of the monarchs ; and the majestic and venerable appearance of the discoverer, so different from the youth and buoyancy generally expected from roving enterprise, seemed in harmony with the grandeur and dignity of his achievement.