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The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People - Page 19
by Tim Flannery - 2002 - 423 lehte
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1806 - 582 lehte
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time ; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the...
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Works, with a memoir of the author, 4. köide

John Playfait - 1822 - 550 lehte
...distance of this extraordinary perspective. * • For a fuller deduction of the conclusions here referred The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time ; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the...
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Biographical account of Matthew Stewart. Biographical account of James ...

John Playfair - 1822 - 552 lehte
...distance of this extraordinary perspective. * » For a fuller deduction of the conclusions here referred The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time ; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the...
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The Works of John Playfair ...: With a Memoir of the Author ...

John Playfair - 1822 - 554 lehte
...admiration to the philosopher who . was now unfolding to us the order and series of these wonderful events, we became sensible how much farther reason may sometimes go than imagination can venture to follow. As for the rest, we were truly fortunate in the course we had pursued in this excursion...
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Popular Philosophy; Or, The Book of Nature Laid Open Upon Christian ...

George Miller - 1826 - 864 lehte
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time ; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to ui the...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, 65. köide

1837 - 608 lehte
...globe. Revolu' tions still more remote appeared inthedistance of this extraordi' nary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking ' so far into the abyss of time; and while we listened with ear' nestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now un' folding to us...
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The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Linlithgow, Haddington Berwick

1845 - 1006 lehte
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time ; and, while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the...
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The Bass Rock: Its Civil and Ecclesiastic History

Thomas M'Crie - 1848 - 610 lehte
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time ; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was unfolding to us the order...
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Record: containing sermons, annotations on Revelation, a brief statement of ...

Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 lehte
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time, while we listened to the philosopher who was unfolding to us the order and seriei of those wonderful...
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A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its ...

Sir Charles Lyell - 1851 - 602 lehte
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the...
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