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... rocks than those " New Red Sandstones " of which this book treats ; and that the coal measures of Scotland , with the volcanic rocks which have disturbed them , are often very different in appearance to the English coal measures . But ...
... rocks than those " New Red Sandstones " of which this book treats ; and that the coal measures of Scotland , with the volcanic rocks which have disturbed them , are often very different in appearance to the English coal measures . But ...
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Charles Kingsley. the relative age of rocks by the fossils found in them , which he can now , happily , study in many local museums ; and he may be certain , for the rest , that all rocks and soils whatsoever which he may meet have been ...
Charles Kingsley. the relative age of rocks by the fossils found in them , which he can now , happily , study in many local museums ; and he may be certain , for the rest , that all rocks and soils whatsoever which he may meet have been ...
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... rock still in the process of consolidation , has it escaped from God , even in the bowels of the earth ? Is it not there still obeying physical laws , of pressure , heat , crystallisation , and so forth , which are laws of God- the will ...
... rock still in the process of consolidation , has it escaped from God , even in the bowels of the earth ? Is it not there still obeying physical laws , of pressure , heat , crystallisation , and so forth , which are laws of God- the will ...
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... rocks , should be explained , if possible , by the changes which are taking place now in the most recent deposits in the soil of the field . And in the last forty years - since that great and sound idea has become rooted in the minds of ...
... rocks , should be explained , if possible , by the changes which are taking place now in the most recent deposits in the soil of the field . And in the last forty years - since that great and sound idea has become rooted in the minds of ...
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... rock or earth - or indeed two stones in the street , or two sheets on a bed , or two books on a table -any two or more lifeless things , in fact , lie one on the other , then the lower one was most probably put there first , and the ...
... rock or earth - or indeed two stones in the street , or two sheets on a bed , or two books on a table -any two or more lifeless things , in fact , lie one on the other , then the lower one was most probably put there first , and the ...
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Página 284 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 318 - While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Página 9 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Página 17 - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Página 323 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Página 213 - As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself...
Página 253 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Página 283 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Página 305 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.
Página 285 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.