Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset, and of Its Antediluvian Bone Caverns, with a Geological Sketch of the District

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الصفحة 265 - came near to Damascus, suddenly there shined round about him, a light from Heaven* and he fell to the Earth, and heard a voice, saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me. I am JESUS.
الصفحة 268 - And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross, went forth into a place called, in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified him.
الصفحة 298 - in the diluvial gravel; whence it follows that the period in which they inhabited these regions, was that immediately preceding the formation of this gravel, by that transient and universal inundation which has left traces of its ravages, committed at no very distant period over the
الصفحة 98 - Ah, why, ye Gods! should two and two make four ?' He said, and climb'da stranded lighter's height, Shot to the black abyss, and
الصفحة 239 - only other window that admits light on the south side. The interior of the hall has been modernized, excepting the space under the gallery; which, with the arches of entrance, retains the original triple door-ways leading to the kitchen and its offices. On the northern side of the hall is the
الصفحة 160 - in the mid-tide Secure and smiling, though its vasty sweep, As it rides by, might almost seem to rive The deep foundations of the Earth again, Might seem to scorn its limits, and ascend In tempest to these heights, to bury there Fresh welt'ring
الصفحة 187 - pure as crystal, burst from the foot of the rocks, and almost immediately uniting together, form a beautiful stream, dashing over a rough bed of sand, mixed with shingles, and sprinkled with fragments of rock, over which the waters murmur, keeping in perpetual motion the curious aquatic plants,+ with which its surface is covered ; and these,
الصفحة 136 - in complying with our agreement; but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can
الصفحة 133 - all that they contained, together with a silk pall, very precious, and as much incense as a strong man could carry." The monastery was destroyed by the Danes, who overran the whole of this part of the country, contiguous to the Channel; it was afterwards re-established, but never recovered its former magnificence; and had fallen into
الصفحة 98 - down right; The senior's judgment all the crowd admire, Who, but to sink the deeper, rose the higher.

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