Stony
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At some places the flanks of the mountain formed an angle with the horizon of at least 36 degrees; it was impossible to climb them, and these
stony
cliffs had to be tacked round, not without great difficulty.
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But it was too
stony
and full of cactus on top.
The colors reflect the composition of these asteroids, dry and
stony
in the center, water-rich and primitive towards the edge, water-rich asteroids which may have seeded the oceans and the seas that we find on our planet when they bombarded the Earth at an earlier time.
As layer upon layer of sediment accumulated, pressure from all sides weighed in like a
stony
glove whose firm and enduring grip held each bone in a stabilizing embrace.
The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of
stony
sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
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