 The time is past for ignorance to assert that these remains of organized bodies are mere lusus naturae, — productions generated in the womb of the earth by its own creative powers. A nice and scrupulous comparison of their forms, of their contexture,...  Essay on the Theory of the Earth - Pàgina 9per Georges baron Cuvier, Robert Jameson - 1817 - 348 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1818 - 500 pàgines
...is past for ignorance to assert that these remains of organized bodios are. mere turns nature, — productions generated in the womb of the earth by...forms, of their contexture, and frequently even of thrir composition, cannot detect the slightest difference between these shells and the shells which... | |
 | 1822 - 1148 pàgines
...' for hardy ignorance to assert that these remains of organized bodies are mere liisus ii'i/itrn', productions generated in the womb of the earth by its own creative powers.' The senseless jargon of ' potent wishes,' * What a triumph for M. Dcmaillct's philosophy, had he lived... | |
 | 1822 - 582 pàgines
...observes, ' for hardy ignorance to assert that these remains of organized bodies are mere /«SMS lidiara:, productions generated in the womb of the earth by its own creative powers.' .The senseless jargon of ' potent wishes,' • What a triumph for M. Demaillet's philosophy, lind he... | |
 | 1827 - 304 pàgines
...when ignorance could maintain that these remains of organized bodies are mere sportings of nature, productions generated in the womb of the earth by its own creative powers ; and the efforts made by some metaphysicians of the present day will not probably succeed in bringing... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pàgines
...preserved. The time is past for ignorance to assert that these remains of organized bodies arc mere limns natura', — productions generated in the womb of...once lived in the sea, and been deposited by it : the se» consequently must have rested in the places where the deposition has taken place. Hence it is... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pàgines
...past for ignorance to assert that these remains of organized bodies are mere lusits iiatttrtc, — productions generated in the womb of the earth by...contexture, and frequently even of their composition, cunnot dedect the slightest difference between these shells and the shells which still inhabit the... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 452 pàgines
...time is past for ignorance to assert that these remains of organized bodies are mere lusns nature, — productions generated in the womb of the earth by...lived in the sea, and been deposited by it; the sea consequently must have rested in the places where the deposition has taken place. Hence it is evident... | |
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