 How much of the poetry or literature of Europe would be intelligible to persons whose ideas had expanded only to the limits of a coral island ;— who had never conceived of a surface of land above half a mile in breadth,— of a slope higher than a beach,...  Corals and Coral Islands - Page 283by James Dwight Dana - 1872 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Science - 1851 - 510 pages
...twenty-nine in number, — but a single mineral, — quadrupeds none, with the exception of foreign mice, — fresh water barely enough for household...of seasons beyond a variation in the prevalence of rains? What elevation in morals should be expected upon a contracted islet, so readily over-peopled... | |
 | Geology - 1850 - 432 pages
...in number, — but a single mineral, — quadrupeds, ii •!!•.•. with the exception of foreign mice, — fresh water barely enough for household...of seasons beyond a variation in the prevalence of rains ? What elevation in morals should be expected upon a contracted islet, so readily overpeopled... | |
 | Science - 1850 - 442 pages
...twenty-nine in number, — but a single mineral, — -quadrupeds, none, with the exception of foreign mice, — fresh water barely enough for household...of seasons beyond a variation in the prevalence of rains 1 What elevation in morals should be expected upon a contracted islet, so readily overpeopled... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 446 pages
...enough for household purposes — no streams, nor mountains, nor hills? How much of the poetry and literature of Europe would be intelligible to persons...who had never conceived of a surface of land above a half a mile in breadth — of a slope higher than a beach — of a change of seasons beyond a variation... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 450 pages
...bareljr-enough for household purposes — no streams, nor mountains, nor hills? How much of the poetry and literature of Europe would be intelligible to persons...who had never conceived of a surface of land above a half a mile in breadth — of a slope higher than a beach — of a change of seasons beyond a variation... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1852 - 460 pages
...enough for household purposes — no streams, nor mountains, nor hills? How much of the poetry and literature of Europe would be intelligible to persons...who had never conceived of a surface of land above a half a mile in breadth — of a slope higher than a beach — of a change of seasons beyond a variation... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1853 - 152 pages
...twenty-nine in number. — but a single mineral, — quadrupeds none, with the exception of foreign mice, — fresh water barely enough for household...of seasons beyond a variation in the prevalence of rains ? What elevation in morals should be expected upon a contracted islet, so readily over-peopled... | |
 | Science - 1872 - 806 pages
...enough for household purposes — no streams, nor mountains, nor hills? How much of the poetry and literature of Europe would be intelligible to persons whose ideas had expanded only to the limits of a coral-island, who had never conceived of a surface of land above half a mile in breadth — of a slope... | |
 | Science - 1872 - 798 pages
...enough for household purposes — no streams, nor mountains, nor hills ? How much of the poetry and literature of Europe would be intelligible to persons whose ideas had expanded only to the limits of a coral-island, who had never conceived of a surface of land above half a mile in breadth — of a slope... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Sociology - 1877 - 850 pages
...Europe would be intelligible to persous whose ideas had expanded only to the limits of a coral-island, who had never conceived of a surface of land above...mile in breadth — of a slope higher than a beach, or of change in seasons beyond a variation in the prevalence of rain?" Contrariwise, the effect produced... | |
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