 | Tom Telescope, John Newbery - Science - 1794 - 166 pages
...Almighty has endowed the fubftanccs that compote the world, it could not conveniently fubfift in any other form; for, not to mention the formation of rivers, which are generally occafioned by the mills that fall on the mountains, if the earth was not round, it would be fer ever... | |
 | Tom Telescope, Oliver Goldsmith, John Newbery - Early printed books - 1803 - 162 pages
...Almighty has endowed the substances that compose the world, it could not conveniently subsist in any other form ;. for, not to mention the formation of...globe ; and at best it would be only the habitation of j&hes. G a I protest, says Lady Caroline, I think you carry this argument too far, and seem to question... | |
 | John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...assigned for the habitation of man. "WERE the Eartli an even and regular plain, instead of that beantiful variety of hills and valleys, of verdant forests and...at best it would be only the habitation of fishes. . , lt is not therefore to be supposed, that even in its origin the surface of 'the earth was petfectly... | |
 | Natural history - 1810 - 328 pages
...LAKES— THEIR NilCRC AND 1'IIOPERTIES, IF, in place of that beautiful variety of hills and vallics, of verdant forests, and refreshing streams, which at present delight our senses, the earth were an even and regular plain ; a dreary ocean would then cover the whole globe, and it... | |
 | Tom Telescope, Oliver Goldsmith - Physics - 1812 - 148 pages
...Almighty has endowed the substances that compose the world, it could not conveniently subsist in any other form : for, not to mention the formation of...hills and valleys, of verdant forests and refreshing strearns,which at present delight our senses, a dismal sea would cover the whole face of the globe;... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 462 pages
...of the Sea...of different Seas...of Lakes ...their Nature and Properties. WERE the earth an even and regular plain, instead of that beautiful variety of...the whole face of the globe, and at best it would only be the habitation of fishes. It is not therefore to be supposed that even in its origin the surface... | |
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Almighty has endowed the substances that compose the world, it could not conveniently subsist in anj" other form ; for, not to mention the formation of rivers, which are generally occasioned by the mists that fall on the mountains ; if the earth was a... 