The Western Monthly, Bind 1–2Francis Fisher Browne Reed & Tuttle, 1869 |
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Side 45
... surface of the soil , seems confirmed by the great noise which is heard during the shocks at the borders of the wells in the plain of Charas . Water and sand are some- times thrown out twenty feet high . Similar phenomena were observed ...
... surface of the soil , seems confirmed by the great noise which is heard during the shocks at the borders of the wells in the plain of Charas . Water and sand are some- times thrown out twenty feet high . Similar phenomena were observed ...
Side 46
... surface of the ground . If , in regions the most remote from each other , primitive , secondary and volcanic rocks share equally in the con- vulsive movements of the globe , we cannot but admit also that within a space of little extent ...
... surface of the ground . If , in regions the most remote from each other , primitive , secondary and volcanic rocks share equally in the con- vulsive movements of the globe , we cannot but admit also that within a space of little extent ...
Side 47
... surface has a smaller number of funnels communicating with the caverns of the interior . At Naples and at Messina , at the foot of Cotopaxi and of Tungura- gua , earthquakes are dreaded only when vapors and flames do not issue from the ...
... surface has a smaller number of funnels communicating with the caverns of the interior . At Naples and at Messina , at the foot of Cotopaxi and of Tungura- gua , earthquakes are dreaded only when vapors and flames do not issue from the ...
Side 135
... surface as equal , evaporation being in great ex- cess over precipitation upon the ocean only , while precipitation is excessive upon mountain ranges and toward the poles . A certain ingenious friend of ours re- cently threw out the ...
... surface as equal , evaporation being in great ex- cess over precipitation upon the ocean only , while precipitation is excessive upon mountain ranges and toward the poles . A certain ingenious friend of ours re- cently threw out the ...
Side 136
... surface not character- ized by a great chain of mountains . Let the reader cast his eyes over the map of North America , and note a certain section of country , embracing nearly the whole of Minnesota , a por- tion of the Territory of ...
... surface not character- ized by a great chain of mountains . Let the reader cast his eyes over the map of North America , and note a certain section of country , embracing nearly the whole of Minnesota , a por- tion of the Territory of ...
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Side 266 - Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Side 90 - Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers, — Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from Fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics.
Side 136 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Side 174 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town— the...
Side 216 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Side 282 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist...
Side 376 - Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory ; — taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste— taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Side 21 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Side 26 - There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.