 to define the angles precisely, and at the same time with a great deal of elegance ; and, to render it still more agreeable, the whole is lighted from •without, and the air is perfectly free from the damp and noxious vapours with which natural caverns...  A topographical dictionary of Scotland - Page 613by David Webster (topographer.) - 1819 - 676 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Forsyth - 1808 - 614 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance : And to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without ; so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without: and the air within, being agitated... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1808 - 600 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance : And to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from •without ; so that the farthest extremity is very plainly s«en from without : and the air within, being agitated... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809 - 414 pages
...matter has exuded, which seemed to define the angles precisely; and, at the same time, vary the colour with a great deal of elegance; and, to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without; so that the farthest extremity is plainly seen from the entrance, and the air within, being agitated... | |
 | James MacDonald (A.M.), Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - Agriculture - 1811 - 848 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to defme the angles precisely, and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance : And to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without; so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without; and the air within, being agitated... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely; and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance, and to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without; so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without, and the air within, being agitated... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely; and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance, and to render it still more agreeable, I he whole is lighted from without; so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without,... | |
 | Hugh M'Callum, John M'Callum - Celts - 1816 - 324 pages
...to for m it; beweeri the angles of which, a yellow stalagmitic matter has been exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time...vapours with which natural caverns in general abound." Let us also listen for a moment to Dr. Von Troil, on the same subject, in his Letters on Iceland. "... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 566 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely; and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance, and to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without; so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without, and the air within, bring agitated... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 478 pages
...to form it; between the angles of which a yel.. low stalagmitic matter has been exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time...damp and noxious vapours with which natural caverns generally abound.” The outline of the aperture of this cave, when viewed in such a light as shows... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time to vary the colour with a great deal of elegance ; and, to render it...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without, so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from the entrance, and the air within being agitated... | |
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