 | 1843 - 504 halaman
...flow on a declivity half as great, and one of ten times the dimensions upon l-10th of the slope, t Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the...mould and conformation from the hidden womb of the mountains which brought it forth. At first soft and ductile, it acquires a character and firmness of... | |
 | James David Forbes - 1843 - 480 halaman
...will flow on a declivity half as great, and one of ten times the dimensions upon l-10th of the slope.* Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the...mould and conformation from the hidden womb of the mountains which brought it forth. At first soft and ductile, it acquires a character and firmness of... | |
 | 1844 - 702 halaman
...do so more appropriately, than by extracting the following striking passage with which it closes. ' Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the...to that of a river ; perhaps a still apter simile mav be found » Professor Forbes has given a very brief notice of this remarkable catastrophe. We have... | |
 | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 halaman
...striking passage with which it closes. ' Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the course ol human life to that of a river ; perhaps a still apter simile may he found * Professor Forbes has given a very brief notice of this remarkable catastrophe. We have... | |
 | James David Forbes - 1843 - 522 halaman
...on a declivity half as great, and one of ten times the dimensions upon 1-1 Oth of the slope.-fPoets and philosophers have delighted to compare the course...mould and conformation from the hidden womb of the mountains which brought it forth. At first soft and ductile, it acquires a character and firmness of... | |
 | John Murray - 1846 - 552 halaman
...Professor Forbes's " Alps," p. 386, will form a good conclusion to this account of glaciers : — " Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the...mould and conformation from the hidden womb of the mountains which brought it forth. At first soft and ductile, it acquires a character and firmness of... | |
 | 1848 - 792 halaman
...And now, my son, depart, and may good go with thee." (To te continued.) LIFE COMPARED TO A GLACIER. PHILOSOPHERS have delighted to compare the course...river; perhaps a still apter simile might be found in that of a glacier. Heaven-descended in its origin, it yet takes its mould and conformation from the... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1852 - 512 halaman
...Professor Forbes's ' Alps,' p. 38G, will form a good conclusion to this account of glaciers : — " Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the...mould and conformation from the hidden womb of the mountains which brought it forth. At first soft and ductile, it acquires a character and firmness of... | |
 | 1865 - 740 halaman
...has said almost everything about every place that it is possible to go to) cannot forbear to quote. " Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the...mould and conformation from the hidden womb of the mountains which brought it forth. At first soft and ductile, it acquires a character and firmness of... | |
 | James David Forbes - 1855 - 390 halaman
...the third chapter of the " Travels in the Alps of Savoy," and to the authors there cited. Conclusion. Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the...mould and conformation from the hidden womb of the mountains which brought it forth. At first soft and ductile, it acquires a character and firmness of... | |
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Poets and philosophers have delighted to compare the course of human life to that of a river ; perhaps a still apter simile might be found in the history of a glacier. Heaven-descended in its origin, it yet takes its mould and conformation from the hidden... 
