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... once that you thrust it under something else . You may say , " What ? When I want to hide a paper , say , under the sofa - cover , do I not thrust it under ? ” No , you lift up the cover , and slip 34 I. TOWN GEOLOGY . ت.
... once that you thrust it under something else . You may say , " What ? When I want to hide a paper , say , under the sofa - cover , do I not thrust it under ? ” No , you lift up the cover , and slip 34 I. TOWN GEOLOGY . ت.
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... once more , then , that looking and watching a pond being cleared out , under the lowest layer of mud , you found as you would find in any of those magnificent reservoirs so common in the Lancashire hills - a layer of vegetable soil ...
... once more , then , that looking and watching a pond being cleared out , under the lowest layer of mud , you found as you would find in any of those magnificent reservoirs so common in the Lancashire hills - a layer of vegetable soil ...
Page 45
... once covered by a shallow sea , and their soils made as the soil of any tide - flat is being made now ? But you may say , and most reasonably , " The tide- flats are just at the sea - level . The whole of the lowland is many feet above ...
... once covered by a shallow sea , and their soils made as the soil of any tide - flat is being made now ? But you may say , and most reasonably , " The tide- flats are just at the sea - level . The whole of the lowland is many feet above ...
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... once angular , and have been rubbed round , either in getting hither or before they started hither ? Does all this seem to you mere truism , my dear reader ? If so , I am sincerely glad to hear it . It was not so very long ago that such ...
... once angular , and have been rubbed round , either in getting hither or before they started hither ? Does all this seem to you mere truism , my dear reader ? If so , I am sincerely glad to hear it . It was not so very long ago that such ...
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... once covered partly by an ice - sheet , as Greenland is now , and partly , perhaps , by an icy sea . But , to make assurance more sure , let us look for new facts , and try whether our ice - dream will account for them also . Let us ...
... once covered partly by an ice - sheet , as Greenland is now , and partly , perhaps , by an icy sea . But , to make assurance more sure , let us look for new facts , and try whether our ice - dream will account for them also . Let us ...
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