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Page 22
... dislocated strata , as the leaves and cover of a book would be , if they were bisected and placed in different planes ‡ . " Many of these faults " show marks of vio- lence§ . " Some attestations as to the condition of the strata in ...
... dislocated strata , as the leaves and cover of a book would be , if they were bisected and placed in different planes ‡ . " Many of these faults " show marks of vio- lence§ . " Some attestations as to the condition of the strata in ...
Page 23
... dislocated , that miners cannot cal- ' culate the position or the direction of a vein ; but are constrained to pursue their works at ha- zardt . The strata in the mountains of Siberia , above Inderski , are exceedingly confused . Some ...
... dislocated , that miners cannot cal- ' culate the position or the direction of a vein ; but are constrained to pursue their works at ha- zardt . The strata in the mountains of Siberia , above Inderski , are exceedingly confused . Some ...
Page 64
... dislocating the superincumbent strata , sought to elevate even to the level of the pinnacles of the Alps and the Andes the prime- val bed of the seas ? Whether the penal infliction followed sooner , or later , after the offence ...
... dislocating the superincumbent strata , sought to elevate even to the level of the pinnacles of the Alps and the Andes the prime- val bed of the seas ? Whether the penal infliction followed sooner , or later , after the offence ...
Page 89
... dislocated the ac- companying coal and metal participate in every mode of confusion ; and that by the combination of all these circumstances , they are rendered at once of doubtful discovery and of difficult access . Consider farther ...
... dislocated the ac- companying coal and metal participate in every mode of confusion ; and that by the combination of all these circumstances , they are rendered at once of doubtful discovery and of difficult access . Consider farther ...
Page 118
... dislocated mountains . A tract of land a mile in length , and half a mile in breadth , situated in a flat valley , was trans- planted to the distance of a mile , and left , with a cottage and large mulberry trees and olives still ...
... dislocated mountains . A tract of land a mile in length , and half a mile in breadth , situated in a flat valley , was trans- planted to the distance of a mile , and left , with a cottage and large mulberry trees and olives still ...
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Page 238 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 120 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 239 - For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 252 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 154 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 65 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 139 - And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.
Page 154 - ... and God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat...