 There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched ; there the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery ; there the winds complete their circuits, and the currents of the sea their round in the wonderful system of oceanic circulation ; there the...  Punch - Page 1861edited by - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - History - 1860 - 542 pages
...polar regions. There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched. There the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery. There the winds complete...wonderful system of oceanic circulation. There the Aurora Borealia is lighted up and the trembling needle brought to rest ; and there too, in the mazes of that... | |
 | Education - 1869 - 376 pages
...famous passage: "There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched ; there the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery' ; there the winds complete...lighted up, and the trembling needle brought to rest; and there, too, in the mazes of that mystic circle, terrestrial forces of occult power and of vast... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - Marine meteorology - 1871 - 540 pages
...polar regions. There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched. There the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery. There the winds complete...wonderful system of oceanic circulation. There the Aurora Borealis is lighted up and the trembling needle brought to rest; and there too, in the mazes of that... | |
 | Richard Anthony Proctor - Astronomy - 1875 - 452 pages
...Polar regions. There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched ; there the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery ; there the winds complete...lighted up and the trembling needle brought to rest ; and there, too, in the mazes of that mystic circle, terrestrial forces of occult power and of vast... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1877 - 812 pages
...there the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery ; there the winds complete their circuit, and the currents of the sea their round, in the wonderful...lighted up, and the trembling needle brought to rest ; and there, too, in the mazes of that mystic circle, terrestrial forces of occult power and of vast... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1880 - 1102 pages
...area the tides have their cradle, and whales their nursery. There the winds complete their circuit, and the currents of the sea their round, in the. wonderful...lighted up and the trembling needle brought to rest; and there, too, in the mazes of that mystic circle, terrestrial forces of occult power, and of vast... | |
 | William Fairfield Warren - Bible - 1885 - 552 pages
...Polar regions. There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched ; there the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery ; there the winds complete...circuits, and the currents of the sea their round; there the aurora is lighted up, and the trembling needle brought to rest ; there, too, in the mazes... | |
 | William Fairfield Warren - Bible - 1885 - 554 pages
...Polar regions. There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched ; there the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery ; there the winds complete...circuits, and the currents of the sea their round ; there the aurora is lighted up, and the trembling needle brought to rest ; there, too, in the mazes... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1886 - 682 pages
...polar regions. There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched. There the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery. There the winds complete their circuits and the currents of the sea their rounds in the wonderful system of oceanic circulation. There the Aurora Borealis is lighted up and... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1886 - 682 pages
...polar regions. There icebergs are framed and glaciers launched. There the tides have their cradle, the whales their nursery. There the winds complete their circuits and the currents of the sea their rounds in the wonderful system of oceanic circulation. There the Aurora Borealis is lighted up and... | |
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