 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 624 Seiten
...series of events of astonishing magnitude and grandeur, by which the original form and features of a country have been greatly changed, yet never so far...still, in part at least, be restored in imagination. Here, in a word, there has been an entire revolution in the species of plants and animals of a region... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 634 Seiten
...circumstance, that the study of1 this district possesses a peculiar interest, as presenting us with evidence of a series of events of astonishing magnitude...grandeur, by which the original form and features of a country have been greatly changed, yet never so far obliterated but that they may still, in part... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1841 - 486 Seiten
...from that derivable from the investigation either of the Parisian or English tertiary strata. For we are presented in Auvergne with the evidence of a series...formed, by the reiterated emission of lava, preceded and followed by showers of sand and scoriae, — deep valleys have been subsequently furrowed out through... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1841 - 946 Seiten
...from that derivable from the investigation either of the Parisian or English tertiary strata. For we are presented in Auvergne with the evidence of a series...never so far obliterated but that they may still, in pan at least, be restored in imagination. Great lakes have disappeared, — lofty mountains have been... | |
 | 1848 - 764 Seiten
...Here are presented to us the evidence of a series of events of astonishing grandeur and magnitude, by which the original form and features of the country have been completely altered, but not so far obliterated, but that they may be restored in the imagination. It... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1851 - 602 Seiten
...from that derivable from the investigation either of the Parisian or English tertiary strata. For we are presented in Auvergne with the evidence of a series...restored in imagination. Great lakes have disappeared,— lofly mountains have been formed, by the reiterated emission of lava, preceded and followed by showers... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...from that derivable from the investigation either of the Parisian or English tertiary strata. For we are presented in Auvergne with the evidence of a series...formed, by the reiterated emission of lava, preceded and followed by showers of sand and scoria?, — deep valleys have been subsequently furrowed out through... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1852 - 578 Seiten
...from that derivable from the investigation either of the Parisian or English tertiary strata. For we are presented in Auvergne with the evidence of a series...formed, by the reiterated emission of lava, preceded and followed by showers of sand and scoriae,—deep valleys have been subsequently furrowed out through... | |
 | George Poulett Scrope - 1858 - 344 Seiten
...summary of its characteristic features which Sir Charles Lyell has given.* " Wo are here presented with the evidence of a series of events of astonishing...formed, by the reiterated emission of lava, preceded and followed by showers of sand and scoriae — deep valleys have been subsequently furrowed out through... | |
 | George Poulett Scrope - 1858 - 362 Seiten
...summary of its characteristic features which Sir Charles Lyell has given.* " We are hero presented with the evidence of a series of events of astonishing...least, be restored in imagination. Great lakes have disappeared—lofty mountains have been formed, by the reiterated emission of lava, preceded and followed... | |
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For we are presented in Auvergne with the evidence of a series of events of astonishing magnitude and grandeur, by which the original form and features of the country have been greatly changed, yet never so far obliterated but that they may still, in... 
