 ... beasts, which it has yielded to the zealous search of such men as the Rev. Mr. Gunn. When you look at such a collection as he has formed, and bethink you that these elephantine bones did veritably carry their owners about, and these great grinders...  Huxley's Autobiography and Essays - Page 122by Thomas Henry Huxley - 2006 - 288 lehteLimited preview - About this book
 | 1868 - 582 lehte
...carry their owners about, and these great grinders crunch in the dark woods of which the forest-bed is now the only trace, it is impossible not to feel...evidence of the lapse of time as the annual rings of the treestumps. Thus there is a writing upon the wall of cliffs at Cromer, and whoso runs may read it.... | |
 | 1868 - 978 lehte
...carry their owners about, and these great grinders crunch in the dark woods of which the forest-bed is now the only trace, it is impossible not to feel that they are as good evidences of the lapse of time as the annual rings of the tree-stumps. Thus there is a writing upon... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 444 lehte
...carry their owners about, and these great grinders crunch, in the dark woods of -which the forest-bed is now the only trace, it is impossible not to feel...evidence of the lapse of time as the annual rings of the tree-stumps. Thus there is a writing upon the wall of cliffs at Cromcr, and whoso runs may read it.... | |
 | Gerald Molloy - 1870 - 392 lehte
...great grinders crunch 286 Revolutions of the EartKs Crust in the dark woods of which the Forest-bed is now the only trace, it is impossible not to feel...evidence of the lapse of time as the annual rings of the treestumps. "Thus there is a writing upon the wall of cliffs at Cromer, and whoso runs may read it.... | |
 | 1870 - 816 lehte
...subjected to countless changes. Here is, however, the sum of its history in little in his own words : — " Thus there is a writing upon the wall of cliffs at...whoso runs may read it. It tells us, with an authority that cannot be impeached, that the ancient sea-bed of the chalk sea was raised up, and remained dry... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 400 lehte
...the annn-T.] rings of the tree-stumps. Thus there is a writing upon the wall of elif& at ( 'nnniiT, and whoso runs may read it. It tells us, with an authority which cannot be impeached, that the ancient ueo-bcd of the chalk sea was raised up, and remained dry land, until it was covered with forest, Ntocked... | |
 | 1870 - 856 lehte
...history in little in his own words : — " Thus there is a writing upon tho wall of cliffs at Cramer, and whoso runs may read it. It tells us, with an authority that cannot be impeached, that the ancient sea-bed of the chalk sea was raised up, and remained dry... | |
 | Gerald Molloy - 1873 - 496 lehte
...carry their owners about, and these great grinders crunch in the dark woods of which the Forest-bed is now the only trace, it is impossible not to feel...authority which cannot be impeached, that the ancient bed of the Chalk sea was raised up and remained dry land until it was covered with forest, stocked... | |
 | Herbert William Morris - 1876 - 736 lehte
...carry their owners about, and these great grinders crunch, in the dark woods of which the ' foreskbed ' is now the only trace, it is impossible not to feel...evidence of the lapse of time as the annual rings of the tree-stumps. " Thus there is a writing upon the wall of cliffs at Cromer, and whoso runs may read it.... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1880 - 408 lehte
...owners about, and these great grinders crunch, in the dark woods of which the forest-bed is now the nnly trace, it is impossible not to feel that they are...evidence of the lapse of time as the annual rings of the tree-stumps. Thus there is a writing upon the wall of cliffs at Cromer, and whoso runs may read it.... | |
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