The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, المجلد 34A. Constable, 1820 |
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... took occasion to examine a work on the classification of Rocks from the pen of Mr Pinkerton , and to point out the insufficiency of the author for the task which he had undertaken . It is scarcely necessary to inform 1820 . 39 France.
... took occasion to examine a work on the classification of Rocks from the pen of Mr Pinkerton , and to point out the insufficiency of the author for the task which he had undertaken . It is scarcely necessary to inform 1820 . 39 France.
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... Rocks has been formed , ex- cept the abortive production above mentioned . This dearth , or rather , absence of such works , is , however , not difficult of explanation . Excepting the collection of Essays which stands at the head of ...
... Rocks has been formed , ex- cept the abortive production above mentioned . This dearth , or rather , absence of such works , is , however , not difficult of explanation . Excepting the collection of Essays which stands at the head of ...
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... rocks , whether simple or compound : while the two latter have ar- ranged the rocks which they describe , according to the order or the analogies which they hold in nature towards each other , and to the general structure of the earth ...
... rocks , whether simple or compound : while the two latter have ar- ranged the rocks which they describe , according to the order or the analogies which they hold in nature towards each other , and to the general structure of the earth ...
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... rocks on a Mineralogical principle must unquestionably be considered , in one sense at least , as a natu ral arrangement ; associating those combinations of minerals which are actually found in nature , just as in the organized world we ...
... rocks on a Mineralogical principle must unquestionably be considered , in one sense at least , as a natu ral arrangement ; associating those combinations of minerals which are actually found in nature , just as in the organized world we ...
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... rocks on a mineralogical basis . The most important characters of these are frequently to a consider- able degree independent of the minerals which enter into their composition . Not unfrequently , also , a rock will retain all its most ...
... rocks on a mineralogical basis . The most important characters of these are frequently to a consider- able degree independent of the minerals which enter into their composition . Not unfrequently , also , a rock will retain all its most ...
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الصفحة 200 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
الصفحة 152 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
الصفحة 149 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
الصفحة 150 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
الصفحة 154 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
الصفحة 200 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn...
الصفحة 154 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
الصفحة 148 - Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
الصفحة 151 - ... round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
الصفحة 150 - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long...