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... Waters , at length funk into the Mud which thefe Waters had caufed , and by which the Mountains were form'd . I muft I must own , that at first I gave into JANUARY 1725-6 . 5 %
... Waters , at length funk into the Mud which thefe Waters had caufed , and by which the Mountains were form'd . I muft I must own , that at first I gave into JANUARY 1725-6 . 5 %
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... Waters , Fountains , & c . very well obferves , the Shell- Fishes cleave fo close to the Rocks , that the bare Flux and Re- flux of the Sea cannot move them . Nor do we find , even when its Waters overflow with the greatest Rapidity and ...
... Waters , Fountains , & c . very well obferves , the Shell- Fishes cleave fo close to the Rocks , that the bare Flux and Re- flux of the Sea cannot move them . Nor do we find , even when its Waters overflow with the greatest Rapidity and ...
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... Waters have retired to confine themselves in low and hollow Places . What confirms them moft in this Opinion , is , that se- veral Places have been fwallowed up by Earthquakes , and have become Lakes ; some have been overflow'd by the ...
... Waters have retired to confine themselves in low and hollow Places . What confirms them moft in this Opinion , is , that se- veral Places have been fwallowed up by Earthquakes , and have become Lakes ; some have been overflow'd by the ...
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... Water ; fince there are very few Countries where fome of thefe Shells are not to be found , either in the Grounds or the Mountains . Was it true , that these Mountains had formerly been part of the Sea , the Shells we find in them would ...
... Water ; fince there are very few Countries where fome of thefe Shells are not to be found , either in the Grounds or the Mountains . Was it true , that these Mountains had formerly been part of the Sea , the Shells we find in them would ...
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... Water mix'd together : for , as Philo tells us , the Earth was like a Spunge , into which the Water had every where penetrated ; and this , fays he , form'd a Kind of Mud or Slough ; and , according to Mofes , ' twas upon this Mafs ...
... Water mix'd together : for , as Philo tells us , the Earth was like a Spunge , into which the Water had every where penetrated ; and this , fays he , form'd a Kind of Mud or Slough ; and , according to Mofes , ' twas upon this Mafs ...
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