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... lava ; Vesuvius and Etna exhibit their powers only at distant intervals . The Solfatara of Puzzuoli emits smoke and gases , but does not show any further activity ; while the elevation of Graham Island , to the S. W. of Sicily , within ...
... lava ; Vesuvius and Etna exhibit their powers only at distant intervals . The Solfatara of Puzzuoli emits smoke and gases , but does not show any further activity ; while the elevation of Graham Island , to the S. W. of Sicily , within ...
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... lava , of many tons in weight , to a distance of three miles . The eruption has now reached the point at which the molten lava begins to flow either over the crater or from lateral vents . frequently occurs from lateral vents than from ...
... lava , of many tons in weight , to a distance of three miles . The eruption has now reached the point at which the molten lava begins to flow either over the crater or from lateral vents . frequently occurs from lateral vents than from ...
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... lava , more than four hundred persons having perished on one occa- sion . In 1669 , part of the town of Catania , at the foot of Etna , and fourteen other towns and villages , were destroyed by lava . Thucydides records three eruptions ...
... lava , more than four hundred persons having perished on one occa- sion . In 1669 , part of the town of Catania , at the foot of Etna , and fourteen other towns and villages , were destroyed by lava . Thucydides records three eruptions ...
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... lava con- stantly bubbles up in its crater , it does not pass beyond the brink . The island is about twelve The formed on the surface . Before the lava reaches the edge of the crater , these bubbles burst with a loud report , and ...
... lava con- stantly bubbles up in its crater , it does not pass beyond the brink . The island is about twelve The formed on the surface . Before the lava reaches the edge of the crater , these bubbles burst with a loud report , and ...
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... lava and tuff , which dip ever , that the sounds proceeded from beneath the on every side from the centre of the bay towards animals . A wave fifty feet high arose , which in a memoir presented to the Royal Academy of In 1707 and 1709 ...
... lava and tuff , which dip ever , that the sounds proceeded from beneath the on every side from the centre of the bay towards animals . A wave fifty feet high arose , which in a memoir presented to the Royal Academy of In 1707 and 1709 ...
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Page 278 - ... voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 37 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 187 - Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature makes that mean: so, o'er that art, Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, — change it rather; but The art itself is nature.
Page 133 - I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Page 336 - mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds Which image in their bulk both lakes and shores And mountain crags...
Page 173 - Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures, love, and light, And calm thoughts regular as infant's breath : And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
Page 27 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 278 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew...
Page 91 - The tremendous sea itself, when I could find sufficient pause to look at it, in the agitation of the blinding wind, the flying stones and sand, and the awful noise, confounded me. As the high watery walls came rolling in, and, at their highest, tumbled into surf, they looked as if the least would engulf the town.
Page 336 - Thou faery voyager ! that dost float In such clear water, that thy boat May rather seem To brood on air than on an earthly stream ; Suspended in a stream as clear as sky, Where earth and heaven do make one imagery; 0 blessed vision ! happy child ! Thou art so exquisitely wild, 1 think of thee with many fears For what may be thy lot in future years.