 | William Nicholson - 1800 - 644 pages
...below what it was in former periods : we mull, therefore, conclude, that the foreft here defcribed grew in a level high enough to permit its vegetation ; and that the force (whatever it was) which deftroyed it, lowered the leveJ of the ground where it ftood. There is a force of fubfidence (particularly... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1801 - 940 pages
...much below what it was in former periods ; we mufl therefore conclude, that the forefl here defcribed grew in a level high enough to permit its vegetation ; and that the force (whatever it was) which deflroyed it, lowered the level of the ground where it flood. There is a force of fubfidence (particular... | |
 | 1801 - 858 pages
...much below what it was in former periods ; we muft therefore conclude, that the foreft here defcribed grew in a level high enough to permit its vegetation ; and that the force (whatever it was) which deftroyed it, lowered the level of the ground where it Rood. There is a force of fubfidence (particular... | |
 | 1801 - 900 pages
...former periods ; we muft therefore' conclude, that the foreil here defcribed grew in a level higli enough to permit its vegetation ; and that the force (whatever it was) which defiroyed it, lowered the level of the ground where it flood. There is a force of fubfidence (particular... | |
 | William Richards - 1812 - 676 pages
...phenomena to believe that the level of the water in our globe is now below what it was In former periods. We must therefore conclude, that the forest here described grew in a level high enough to per-? rait its vegetation; and that the force (whatever it was) which destroyed it, lowered the level... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...in former pe. riods ; we must therefore conclude, that the forest here described : row in a li vel high enough to permit its vegetation; and that the...operating, has its action sometimes quickened and rendered sndden by extraneous causes, for instance, by earthquakes'. The slow effects of this force of subsidence... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 566 pages
...the waters in our globe is much below what it was in former pe. riods ; we must therefore conclnde, that the forest here described grew in a level high...though perpetually operating, has its action sometimes quirkened and rendered sndden by extraneous causes, for instance, by earthquakes. The slow ef. fects... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 538 pages
...to believe, that the level of the waters in our globe is much below what it was in former periods ; we must therefore conclude, that the forest here described...level high enough to permit its vegetation ; and that tin force, whatever it was, which destroyed it, lowered the level of the ground where it stood. There... | |
 | 1824 - 510 pages
...of subsidence, aided by the sudden action of earthquakes. " There is a force of subsidence (he says) (particularly in soft ground), which, being a natural...extraneous causes, for instance, by earthquakes." " This force of subsidence, suddenly acting by means of some earthquake, seems to me the most probable... | |
 | 1824 - 516 pages
...of subsidence, aided by the sudden action of earthquakes. " There is a force of subsidence (he says) (particularly in soft ground], which, being a natural...extraneous causes, for instance, by earthquakes." " This force of subsidence, suddenly acting by means of some earthquake, seems to me the most probable... | |
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... we must therefore conclude, that the forest here described grew in a level high enough to permit its vegetation; and that the force, whatever it was, which destroyed it, lowered the level of the ground where it stood. " There is a force of subsidence,... 
