 Ever young, ever mighty — with the vigor of a thousand worlds still within him — the real sculptor was even then climbing up the eastern sky. It was he who raised aloft the waters which cut out these ravines ; it was he who planted the glaciers on...  Hours of Exercise in the Alps - Seite 184von John Tyndall - 1872 - 473 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1871
...answer was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty — with the vigour of a thousand worlds within him — the real sculptor was even then climbing up the eastern...ravines : it was he who planted the glaciers on the mountain slopes, thus giving gravity a plough to open out the valleys ; and it is he who, acting through... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 270 Seiten
...answer was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty, with the vigour of a thousand worlds still within him, the real sculptor was even then climbing up the eastern sky. It was he who THE GREAT FIRST CAUSE. 113 raised aloft the waters which cut out these ravines; it was he who planted... | |
 | Annie Edwards - 1882 - 360 Seiten
...science. You remember that magnificent passage in which the sun is called the sculptor of the Alps ? ' It was he who raised aloft the waters which cut out these ravines, he who planted the glaciers on the mountain slopes, he who, acting through the ages, will finally lay... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 266 Seiten
...at hand. Ever young, ever mighty, the real sculptor, the Sun, was then climbing the eastern sky. 5. "It was he who raised aloft the waters which cut out...ravines ; it was he who planted the glaciers on the mountain slopes, thus giving gravity1 a plough to open out the valleys ; and it is he who, acting through... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1887 - 222 Seiten
...mere protuberance of the earth ? And the answer was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty—with the vigor of a thousand worlds still within him—the real sculptor...who, acting through the ages, will finally lay low those mighty monuments, rolling them gradually seaward, sowing the seeds of continents to be ; so that... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1889 - 256 Seiten
...mighty, with a vigor of a thousand worlds still within him, the real sculptor was even then climbing the eastern sky. It was he who raised aloft the waters...ravines ; it was he who planted the glaciers on the mountain slopes, thus giving gravity a plough to open out the valleys ; and it is he who, acting through... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1893 - 224 Seiten
...was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty — with the vigor of a thousand worlds still within him — the real sculptor was even then climbing up the eastern...who, acting through the ages, will finally lay low those mighty monuments, rolling them gradually seaward, sowing the seeds of continents to be ; so that... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 358 Seiten
...was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty — with the vigor of a thousand worlds still within him — the real sculptor was even then climbing up the eastern...ravines ; it was he who planted the glaciers on the mountain slopes, thus giving gravity a plough to open out the valleys ; and it is he who, acting through... | |
 | General Electric Company - 1914 - 1324 Seiten
...was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty — with the vigor of a thousand worlds still within him — the real sculptor was even then climbing up the eastern...mountain-slopes, thus giving gravity a plough to open up the valleys; and it is he who, acting through the ages, will finally lay low these mighty monuments,... | |
 | Ella Marie Powers, Thomas Minard Balliet - 1906 - 392 Seiten
...was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty — with the vigor of a thousand worlds still within him — the real sculptor was even then climbing up the eastern...ravines ; it was he who planted the glaciers on the mountain slopes, thus giving gravity a plow to open out the valleys ; and it is he who, acting through... | |
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