 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1806 - 582 pagina’s
...of the sea, and was not yet disturbed by that immeasurable force which has burst asunder the tolid pavement of the globe. Revolutions still more remote...now unfolding to us the order and series of these woudertul events, we became sensible how much farther reason may sometimes go than tmagtnation can... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pagina’s
...to be deposited, in the shape of sand or mud, from the waters of a superincumbent ocean. An epocha still more remote presented itself, when even the...admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to ui the order and series of these wonderful events* *e became sensible how much farther reason may sometimes... | |
 | 1837 - 608 pagina’s
...pavement of the globe. Revolu' tions still more remote appeared inthedistance of this extraordi' nary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking...into the abyss of time; and while we listened with ear' nestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now un' folding to us the order and series... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 pagina’s
...instead of standing upright in vertical beds, lay in horizontal planes at the bottom of the sea, and were not yet disturbed by that immeasurable force which...grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time, while we listened to the philosopher who was unfolding to us the order and seriei of those wonderful... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1860 - 718 pagina’s
...from the bosom of the deep ? We felt ourselves necessarily carried back to the time when the schist us on which we stood was yet at the bottom of the sea,...looking so far into the abyss of time ; and while we listsr.cd with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the order... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1864 - 370 pagina’s
...instead of standing upright in vertical beds, lay in horizontal planes at the bottom of the sea, and were not yet disturbed by that immeasurable force which...earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was unfolding to us the order and series of these wonderful events, we became sensible how much farther... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1871 - 224 pagina’s
...are undermined and dissected by the sea. * * * ' What clearer evidence,' exclaims Playfair, ' coutd we have had of the different formation of these rocks,...to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of tijne ; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher who was now unfolding... | |
 | 1879 - 614 pagina’s
...who accompanied him, and who, dwelling on the impression which the scene had left upon himself, adJs, "The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abv-s of time; and while we listened with earnestness and admiration tc the philosopher who was now... | |
 | Archibald Geikie - 1905 - 536 pagina’s
...which separated their formation, had we actually seen them emerging from the bosom of the deep ? . . . The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into...to the philosopher who was now unfolding to us the Hut 'tons person and mode of life 293 order and series of these wonderful events, we became sensible... | |
 | John Wyatt - 1995 - 300 pagina’s
...of 1803. Accompanying Hutton on a geographical excursion, he looked down into a quarry and recorded: 'The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time.'1 In his unfinished account of travelling in the north of England, written in 1811 or 1812 and... | |
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An epoch still more remote presented itself, when even the most ancient of these rocks, instead of standing upright in vertical beds, lay in horizontal planes at the bottom of the sea, and was not yet disturbed by that immeasurable force which has burst... 
