Earthquakes

Examples

• It must have been an age of great earthquakes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Jamaica is remarkable for earthquakes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Dr. Woodward gives us another theory of earthquakes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The Philosophical Transactions furnish us with abundance of histories of earthquakes, particularly one at Oxford in 1665, by Dr. Wallis and Mr. Boyle. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Gibbon couples the Justinian epidemic with the great comet of 531, and with the very frequent and serious earthquakes of that reign. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Do you intend Tamburlaine to represent earthquakes and volcanoes? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Later he stated that either the sea had once stood at a higher level, or that these strata had been raised by the force of earthquakes. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Storms and earthquakes that destroy telegraph systems, enemies that cut submarine cables, cannot prevent the sending of Marconigrams. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Riding through the town, we could see marks of the six Smyrnas that have existed here and been burned up by fire or knocked down by earthquakes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The subterraneous waters may occasion earthquakes by their overflowing, cutting out new courses, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Indeed we have earthquakes occasionally, but not much to speak of. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Look how frequent are earthquakes at Santorin, yet people continue to live there. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Well, in spite of the benefits conferred, it is to be hoped Hephaistos won't interfere this time with his earthquakes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Dr. Lister is of opinion that the material cause of thunder, lightning, and earthquakes, is one and the same, viz. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• At the same time the book contains interesting conjectures in reference to the relati on of earthquakes and volcanoes, and to the fact that comets travel in fixed orbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It deals with the explanation of earthquakes, tides, the virtues of plants, the fierce instincts of wil d animals, every species of stone, shrub, and reptile. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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