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... Rivers , and of the Sea . Mountains . 75. Burning Mountains , 81. Mount Etna , 82. Hecla , 82 . Vesuvius , 82. Springs , 84. The Sea , 87 . LECTURE V. Of Minerals , Vegeta- bles , and Animals Earths , 91. Sand , Gravel , Earth , and ...
... Rivers , and of the Sea . Mountains . 75. Burning Mountains , 81. Mount Etna , 82. Hecla , 82 . Vesuvius , 82. Springs , 84. The Sea , 87 . LECTURE V. Of Minerals , Vegeta- bles , and Animals Earths , 91. Sand , Gravel , Earth , and ...
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... river by the road - side . Master Curtis , who was an ob- stinate silly boy , would dastard the rest , as he called it ; that is , he would foolishly ex- ceed them in running into dangers and dif- ficulties ; and with this view , though ...
... river by the road - side . Master Curtis , who was an ob- stinate silly boy , would dastard the rest , as he called it ; that is , he would foolishly ex- ceed them in running into dangers and dif- ficulties ; and with this view , though ...
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... river is of water , and is occasioned by heat , eruptions of vapours , condensations , rarefactions , the pressure of clouds , the fall of rains , or some other accident that dis- turbs the equilibrium of the air : for Nature abhors a ...
... river is of water , and is occasioned by heat , eruptions of vapours , condensations , rarefactions , the pressure of clouds , the fall of rains , or some other accident that dis- turbs the equilibrium of the air : for Nature abhors a ...
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... rivers , lakes , and marshy or moist parts of the earth ; and which descend again in Dews , Rain , Hail , and Snow . When these small particles are , by a rare- fied state of the air , suffered to unite many of them together , and ...
... rivers , lakes , and marshy or moist parts of the earth ; and which descend again in Dews , Rain , Hail , and Snow . When these small particles are , by a rare- fied state of the air , suffered to unite many of them together , and ...
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... rivers , lakes , and marshy places , and , by filling the air , moisten objects and render them less visible , are called Fogs . Clouds are the greatest and most beneficial , of all the meteors , for they are borne about on the wings of ...
... rivers , lakes , and marshy places , and , by filling the air , moisten objects and render them less visible , are called Fogs . Clouds are the greatest and most beneficial , of all the meteors , for they are borne about on the wings of ...
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