Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 7. köideNorfolk Naturalists' Trust and Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society., 1904 |
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Page 455 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, 'With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Page 75 - For the visible species of things strike not our senses immaterially, but, streaming in corporal raies, do carry with them the qualities of the object from whence they flow, and the medium through which they pass.
Page 578 - President of the East Anglian Branch of the British Medical Association...
Page 604 - Dutton kills ; a Done doth kill a Done ; A Booth a Booth ; and Leigh by Leigh is overthrown : A Venables against a Venables doth stand, And Troutbeck fighteth with a Troutbeck hand to hand ; There Molineux doth make a Molineux to die ; And Egerton the strength of Egerton doth try.
Page 433 - ... imbedded in the igneous rocks. The wood, which is for the most part highly silicified, is found enclosed in the basalt ; whilst the coal crops out in ravines, in close contact with the overlying porphyritic and amygdaloidal greenstone.
Page 74 - I had never seen him before) ; his whole house and garden being a paradise and cabinet of rarities, and that of the best collection, especially medals, books, plants, and natural things.
Page 496 - An Outline of the Geology of the Upper Tertiaries of East Anglia,
Page 44 - Not a tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains A folio volume. We may read, and read, And read again, and still find something new, Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the noisome weed.
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Page 29 - ... which he destroyed that no one else might drink out of them. It was frequently used as a medicine when powdered and mixed with wine. The Amethyst, or violet coloured variety of quartz, was anciently prized as a specific against drunkenness. As an instance of the value that was assigned to it, we read that in 1652 an amethyst was worth as much as a diamond of the same weight. Heintz obtained from a Brazilian amethyst Oxide of Iron . 0.0187. Lime . . . 0.6286. Magnesia . . 0.0133.