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If this be not adopted to its full extent , it is obvious that rocks , objects of such
importance , not only in the history of the earth ... The most important characters
of these are frequently to a considerable degree independent of the minerals
which ...
If this be not adopted to its full extent , it is obvious that rocks , objects of such
importance , not only in the history of the earth ... The most important characters
of these are frequently to a considerable degree independent of the minerals
which ...
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The most rare modifications , the most limited varieties , would thus claim as
much attention as those which are the most constant and the most cominon ;
while differences , which may be of the greatest importance in geological science
, but ...
The most rare modifications , the most limited varieties , would thus claim as
much attention as those which are the most constant and the most cominon ;
while differences , which may be of the greatest importance in geological science
, but ...
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The minutiæ of arrangement , and the trivial details of a highly refined
nomenclature , are often injurious by diverting the attention from the greater and
more important relations of the objects under consideration . It may sometimes
even follow ...
The minutiæ of arrangement , and the trivial details of a highly refined
nomenclature , are often injurious by diverting the attention from the greater and
more important relations of the objects under consideration . It may sometimes
even follow ...
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But there is another and a most important circumstance to be taken into
consideration . Not only may checks be devised which shall control the
interference of the Government , and confine its operation within certain limits ;
but the principal ...
But there is another and a most important circumstance to be taken into
consideration . Not only may checks be devised which shall control the
interference of the Government , and confine its operation within certain limits ;
but the principal ...
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... they had ever been consylted by the author ; many of the most important
statements have been shewn to be altogether erroneous ; while the repulsive
and affected style of the work is but ill calculated to recommend it to the general
reader .
... they had ever been consylted by the author ; many of the most important
statements have been shewn to be altogether erroneous ; while the repulsive
and affected style of the work is but ill calculated to recommend it to the general
reader .
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Página 194 - 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...
Página 148 - 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.
Página 145 - 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.
Página 146 - 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...
Página 150 - ... 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.
Página 194 - 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...
Página 150 - 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.
Página 144 - 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.
Página 147 - ... 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...
Página 146 - 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...