The Story of the Hills: A Book about Mountains for General ReadersMacmillan and Company, 1892 - 357 страница |
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... the higher regions ; geographers have noted their heights and mapped their leading contours . Geologists have done a vast amount of work in ascertain- ing the composition and arrangement of the rocks of which 12 The Story of the Hills .
... the higher regions ; geographers have noted their heights and mapped their leading contours . Geologists have done a vast amount of work in ascertain- ing the composition and arrangement of the rocks of which 12 The Story of the Hills .
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... amount of water - vapour which can be absorbed , and no more . But suppose we take some air which is already saturated and lower its tem- perature by giving it a sudden chill , what will happen ? It will immediately give up part of its ...
... amount of water - vapour which can be absorbed , and no more . But suppose we take some air which is already saturated and lower its tem- perature by giving it a sudden chill , what will happen ? It will immediately give up part of its ...
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... amount of evaporation takes place from these mighty rivers , so that the air above them becomes laden with water - vapour . Farther south is the tropical Indian Ocean , from which the direct rays of the sun draw up still vaster ...
... amount of evaporation takes place from these mighty rivers , so that the air above them becomes laden with water - vapour . Farther south is the tropical Indian Ocean , from which the direct rays of the sun draw up still vaster ...
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... amount of rain which has recently fallen . These colours are due to organic matter from the peat . Compare Scott's description of the Greta : - " In yellow light her currents shone , Matching in hue the favourite gem Of Albion's ...
... amount of rain which has recently fallen . These colours are due to organic matter from the peat . Compare Scott's description of the Greta : - " In yellow light her currents shone , Matching in hue the favourite gem Of Albion's ...
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... amount of valuable organic matter ( that is , decayed matter which has once had animal or vegetable life ) different kinds of minerals , which are necessary to the support of plant life : potash , soda , carbonate of lime , silica ...
... amount of valuable organic matter ( that is , decayed matter which has once had animal or vegetable life ) different kinds of minerals , which are necessary to the support of plant life : potash , soda , carbonate of lime , silica ...
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ages Alpine Alps amount animals anticline atmosphere avalanches basalt Ben Nevis buried carved cause châlets chalk clouds coast cold colour composed continually cracks crater crust débris denudation deposits dust earth earthquakes elevated eruption flow folds force formed frequently geological geologists glaciers gneiss granite ground heat heat-rays height higher Highlands hills Himalayas hundred Jura Mountains kind lakes land lava layers limestone masses miles mineral molten Mont Mont Blanc moun mountain-chains mountain-ranges mountains movements nature ocean Old Red Sandstone once peaks Permian plains plants present rain and rivers ranges region rise rocky sand sandstone scenery schists Scotland sedimentary sedimentary rocks seen side slopes slowly snow soil solid stones strata stratified rocks streams surface Switzerland synclines tains takes place thick thousand feet tion took place upheaval valleys vapour vast volcanic action volcanic ash water-vapour waves winds worn
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Страница 63 - While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures...
Страница 287 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story ; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Страница 126 - ... on the trembling stones, to teach them rest. No words, that I know of, will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect enough, none rich enough.
Страница 126 - When all other service is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the headstone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses, have done their parts for a time, but these do service for ever. Trees for the builder's yard, flowers for the bride's chamber, corn for the granary, moss for the grave.
Страница 126 - ... as if the Rock Spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass, — the traceries of intricate silver, and fringes of amber, lustrous, arborescent, burnished through every fibre into fitful brightness and glossy traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace.
Страница 306 - AMONG the hours of his life to which the writer looks back with peculiar gratitude, as having been marked by more than ordinary fulness of joy or clearness of teaching, is one passed, now some years ago, near time of sunset, among the broken masses of pine forest which skirt the course of the Ain, above the village of Champagnole, in the Jura.
Страница 126 - Meek creatures ! the first mercy of the earth, veiling with hushed softness its dintless rocks ; creatures full of pity, covering with strange and tender honour the scarred disgrace of ruin,— laying quiet finger on the trembling stones, to teach them rest.
Страница 66 - As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
Страница 126 - Spirits could spin porphyry as we do grass, — the traceries of intricate silver and fringes of amber, lustrous, arborescent, burnished through every fibre into fitful brightness and glossy traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace. They will not be gathered, like the flowers, for chaplet or love token ; but of these the wild bird will make its nest, and the wearied child his pillow.
Страница 63 - Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide ; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some Beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.