 Sandstone of the district, and was overtopped by a huge bank of diluvial clay, which rose over it in some places to the height of nearly thirty feet, and which at this time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by...  Men who Have Risen: A Book for Boys - Стр. 282авторы: James Hogg - 1859 - Страниц: 312Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1843 - Страниц: 628
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments which had fallen from above,...friction of the shovel soon blistered my hands, but the paia was by no means very severe and I wrought hard and willingly that I might see how the huge strata... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1842 - Страниц: 358
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments, which had fallen from above,...wrought hard and willingly, that I might see how the hug* strata below, which presented so firm and unbroken a frontage, were to be torn up and removed.... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - Страниц: 384
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments, which had fallen from above,...friction of the shovel soon blistered my hands ; but tile pain was by no means very severe, and I wrought hard and willingly, that I might see how the huge... | |
 | William Oland Bourne - 1854 - Страниц: 286
...away a heap of loose fragments which had fallen from above, and blocked up the face of the quarry. The friction of the shovel soon blistered my hands...hard and willingly, that I might see how the huge rocks below, which presented so firm and unbroken a front, were to be torn up and removed." At last... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - Страниц: 676
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments, which had fallen from above,...away. The friction of the shovel soon blistered my bauds. but the pain was by no means very severe, and I wrought hard, and willingly, that I might see... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1858 - Страниц: 440
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments, which had fallen from above,...very severe, and I wrought hard and willingly, that 1 might see how the huge strata below, which presented so firm and unbroken a frontage, were to be... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1858 - Страниц: 456
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments, which had fallen from above,...blistered my hands ; but the pain was by no means verj severe, and I wrought hard and willingly, that I might se€ how the huge strata below, which... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1858 - Страниц: 264
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments, which had fallen from above,...soon blistered my hands, but the pain was by no means severe; and I wrought hard and willingly, that I might see how the huge strata below were to be torn... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - Страниц: 462
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments, which had fallen from above, blocked up the face of the (juarry, and my first employment was to clear them away . . . The friction of the shovel soon blistered... | |
 | Fifty celebrated men - 1862 - Страниц: 354
...time was rent and shivered, wherever it presented an open front to the weather, by a recent frost. A heap of loose fragments, which had fallen from above, blocked up the face of the quarry ; and my employment was to clear them away. The friction of the shovel soon blistered my hands, but the pain... | |
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