Works: The testimony of the rocks1865 |
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Page 41
... Upper Silurian System . But , account for the fact as we may , it is at least worthy of notice , that , alike in the systems of our botanists and in the chronological arrange- ments of our geologists , the first or introductory class ...
... Upper Silurian System . But , account for the fact as we may , it is at least worthy of notice , that , alike in the systems of our botanists and in the chronological arrange- ments of our geologists , the first or introductory class ...
Page 42
... upper beds of the system , especially as developed in the south of Ireland , the noble fern known as Cyclopteris Hibernicus is very abundant . This fern has been detected also in the Upper Old Red of our own country , mingled with ...
... upper beds of the system , especially as developed in the south of Ireland , the noble fern known as Cyclopteris Hibernicus is very abundant . This fern has been detected also in the Upper Old Red of our own country , mingled with ...
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... Upper Silurian System , - a bed which borders on the base of the Old Red Sandstone , -the ver- tebrates make their earliest appearance in their fourth or ichthyic class ; and we find ourselves in that volume of the geologic record which ...
... Upper Silurian System , - a bed which borders on the base of the Old Red Sandstone , -the ver- tebrates make their earliest appearance in their fourth or ichthyic class ; and we find ourselves in that volume of the geologic record which ...
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... Upper Silurian System , and just when preparing to quit it for the Lower Old Red Sandstone , we detect our earliest terrestrial organisms , we find that they are com- posed exclusively of those little spore receptacles . The num- ber of ...
... Upper Silurian System , and just when preparing to quit it for the Lower Old Red Sandstone , we detect our earliest terrestrial organisms , we find that they are com- posed exclusively of those little spore receptacles . The num- ber of ...
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... Upper . In the upper beds of the Upper Silurian , as has been already remarked , Lycopodites e the only terrestrial plants yet found . In the Lower Old Rea Sandstone we find added to these , with Thallogens that bear at least the same ...
... Upper . In the upper beds of the Upper Silurian , as has been already remarked , Lycopodites e the only terrestrial plants yet found . In the Lower Old Rea Sandstone we find added to these , with Thallogens that bear at least the same ...
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Page 229 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 37 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 138 - So careful of the type?' but no. From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries, 'A thousand types are gone: I care for nothing, all shall go. Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Page 233 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Page 262 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 225 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? And one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore ; ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 138 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 198 - said God ; and forthwith Light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the Deep, and from her native East To journey through the aery gloom began, Sphered in a radiant cloud — for yet the Sun Was not; she in a cloudy tabernacle Sojourned the while.
Page 210 - Sing heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...