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... entirely destroyed by earthquakes or have been entombed under the piles of ashes discharged from a burning mountain . So great have been the inroads of the sea that , in some instances , the sites of what a few hundred years ago were ...
... entirely destroyed by earthquakes or have been entombed under the piles of ashes discharged from a burning mountain . So great have been the inroads of the sea that , in some instances , the sites of what a few hundred years ago were ...
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... entirely derived from its waste . ( 3 ) Frost . - A third and familiar source of decay in stone exposed to the atmosphere is to be found in the action of Frost . The water that falls from the air upon the surface of the land soaks into ...
... entirely derived from its waste . ( 3 ) Frost . - A third and familiar source of decay in stone exposed to the atmosphere is to be found in the action of Frost . The water that falls from the air upon the surface of the land soaks into ...
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... entirely arrested , but that , as generation succeeds generation , the plants are still able to draw nutriment from fresh portions of decomposed rock . A cutting made through the soil and subsoil shows that roots force their way ...
... entirely arrested , but that , as generation succeeds generation , the plants are still able to draw nutriment from fresh portions of decomposed rock . A cutting made through the soil and subsoil shows that roots force their way ...
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... entirely obscure the White sand . 2. Brick - earth , sun at mid - day , and which settles over I. Gravel with seams of sand . everything . After many centuries , a de- posit , which may be hundreds of feet deep , is thus accumulated on ...
... entirely obscure the White sand . 2. Brick - earth , sun at mid - day , and which settles over I. Gravel with seams of sand . everything . After many centuries , a de- posit , which may be hundreds of feet deep , is thus accumulated on ...
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... entirely lost under them . In the north of Scotland , for example , an ancient and extensive barony , so noted for its fertility that it was called " the granary of Moray , " was devastated about the middle of the seven- teenth century ...
... entirely lost under them . In the north of Scotland , for example , an ancient and extensive barony , so noted for its fertility that it was called " the granary of Moray , " was devastated about the middle of the seven- teenth century ...
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