Here the shore formation is wild and irregular, with deep holes, majestic, grand and rugged rocks and some trees and shrubbery.
In other words, Lake Valley, with its two summit ridges, may be regarded as a phenomenon belonging to the order of mountain-formation and not to the order of mountain sculpture.
In this formation the German squadron came across two sailing vessels hauled to the wind," says the writer of the article from which we quote, "on the port tack, and consequently standing right across the bows of both divisions.
Darwin(28) has reasoned very conclusively on theformation of the reefs.
But this could be done only by the formation of a large and influential company, the enterprise having outgrown the resources of Mr. Field and his little band of New York merchants.
These inquiries covered the whole scope of possible events, probable military operations, and the formation of the army.
A cry for war went up from every corner, and Congress provided rapidly for the formation of an army and the beginning of a navy.
He took an active part in the formationof the society, became its head, steered it through its early difficulties, and finally saved it from the wreck with which it was threatened by unreasoning popular prejudice.
Democratic party, its formationas a French party, ii.
I affirm it without a shadow of qualification, that chance has no place whatever in the responsible formation of character, and the formation of character is the decision of destiny.
And whether or not it is much use to warn young people about the formation of friendships, the warning is seriously needed.
Here and there were some insulated hills of the same formation rising abruptly from the plain to our right.
The formation of a new State is, as will be remembered from former statements,[398] a matter of fact, and not of law.
If this explanation of the formation of solar spots is well founded, we must expect to find that the sun does not constantly emit similar quantities of light and heat.
He attempted to deduce from it the mode of formation of the different solid envelopes of which the earth consists.
The observer's head, his body, cannot then injure the formation or the brightness of the image, however small may be the distance from which we have to study it.
Laplace presented his conjectures on the formation of the solar system with the diffidence inspired by a result which was not founded upon calculation and observation.
Not only does overfatigue hinder growth, but it also results in the formation of certain toxins, or poisons, in the organism, which are particularly harmful to nervous tissue.
While, as we have seen, interest is necessary to the formation of habits, yet habits once formed are antagonistic to interest.
Nor is the part of imagination less marked in the formation of our life's ideals and plans.
During growth the proportion of developed cells increases, and sometimes, owing to the failure to recognize potential nerve cells in the granules, the impression is carried away that this increase implies the formation of new elements.
He uttered no cry, but, on coming near enough to permit of his features being clearly seen, it was observed that his eyes were eagerly wide open, and that his mouth was engaged in the formation of words.
The formation of the ground favoured their approach, so that they were within a mile of the herd before being discovered.
This was begun in the same year as the formation of the Council of Assiniboia, and was fairly advanced to completion by 1839.
The English members saw plainly that Riel wished the formation of a provisional government, of which he should be head.
This old trader had taken part in the formationof the Astor Fur Company, and was in charge of one of the famous parties, which in 1811 crossed the continent, as described by Washington Irving.
And in short he proposes the formation of a National Society for the Preservation of the Proper Proportions of Things.
The formation of this future American race is not a pressing problem.
As I have said before, I believe it is destined to play its part in the formationof this new type.
The formation of this philosophy of life appropriate to humanity in the new conditions on which it is entering, and of the practice resulting from it, is what is called religion.
The formation and aggrandizement of the army, indispensable to the maintenance of authority, is what has introduced into the social conception of life the principle that is destroying it.
Nothing else is so important to character-formation as ample facilities for finding out the occupation that each child would rather engage in than do anything else or nothing.
The attitude of pedagogy toward character-formation from the earliest times has been faulty.
Social quarantine must extend its protection to every growing human life in a community during the period of its growth, and influence the formation of its character, in order to be signally effective.
You must admit that your views are hardly suited for the formation of a young girl's mind and character.
I admit that the formation of a young lady's mind and character usually consists in telling her lies; but I object to the particular lie that I am in the habit of abusing the confidence of girls.
The more important thing to be noted is the relation of our planet in process of formation to the great fact called life.
Early in 1787 he succeeded in the formation of a small company; and this company supplied, or agreed to supply, the means requisite for the building of a steamboat sixty tons' burden.
Or again, it may be that a large planet is now in process of formation in the asteroidal space.
We know well that in our own country, when our political institutions were in process of formation slavery was courageously challenged.
In 1792 the devotion and consecration of William Carey led to the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society, and in the following year he sailed for India as its first missionary.
In a preceding study we have explained the general notion of planetary formation according to the views of the last century.
The high prices lately obtained at Manila have led to the formation of new plantations, which will still further increase the exportable amount.
Orders placed before the formation of the department were delivered with an increase of 16 per cent.
The maintenance or formation of forces differently grouped or of other organizations for the command of troops or for preparation for war is forbidden.
I have in the process of formation a committee representing the zinc trade.
Ordinarily the formation of these ejections and envelopes is attended by intense agitation of the nucleus, which twists and turns, swinging and gyrating with an appearance of the greatest violence.
We come now to a very remarkable example of the disintegration of a comet and the formation of a meteor-stream.
Almost at the same time that the formation of the tail is observed a remarkable change takes place in the comet's head, which, by the way, is invariably and not merely occasionally its most important part.
We are encamped this evening near some curious tells of red, yellow, and purple sandstone, a formation exactly similar to parts of the Sinai peninsula.
The soil was beautifully crisp and firm, being composed of fine ground granite, quite different from the sandstoneformation of Jobba and Jôf.
So he drew up his men in formation and rode forward to parley with the half-starved savages.
Synoikismos (formation of the city-state, the cell of Greek society), 11th cent.
As the growth of the young fish increases the albumen decreases, being incorporated into the members of the young fish, and it disappears entirely when development and formation are complete.
I must limit myself to the art of sculpture, the most characteristic branch, and the only branch which has left us sufficient materials for the formation of a satisfactory notion.
It is thus not remarkable that the process should impress Theophrastus, who has left on record his views on the formation of the plant from the seed.
In crescentformation the dense black cloud swept on--in dead silence--a phalanx of shields, a perfect bristle of assegais.
It was overhung by a crescent formation of craggy rocks, but over this the growth was so thick that nothing short of hewing a way for days could have brought anyone within overlooking range on that side.
There is a considerable difference of usage regarding the formation of the possessives of nouns ending in s in the singular.
What are the rules for the formation of sentences?
What are the rules for the formationof paragraphs?
