Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...NATURAL HISTORY 4. Geology," &c., as above. "The two-hour course will consist of lectures, in which will be explained the formation of the beds of rock on the earth's surface; formation of glaciers and the theories of their movement; volcanoes, their source and causes," &c., &c., in detail. "The third hour of the course will be devoted, while the mild weather lasts, to work in the various quarries near Cambridge. This work will consist of collecting specimens, drawing maps, &c. During the cold weather, the work will be in drawing models of various sections of the country...
...soft caressing shroud, the earth...
Strove to assail us with great clods of earth...
...sprite so cold in earth above, that...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD.MY DEAR KIN BEYOND THE SEA, - I am always glad to dine with Americans, for I consider Americans the salt of the earth; but I am needed at home just now to prevent that puppet Beaconsfield from imposing on the people by his tricks...