We have felt the fierce play of volcanic effort, lifting new continents of opportunity from the infertile sea, without any devastation of pre-existing fields of human toil and harvest. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Vapours from other continents arrived upon the wind, which curled and parted round him as he walked on. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
The floras of distant continents would not by such means become mingled; but would remain as distinct as they now are. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Close pent-up guilt, Raise your concealing continents, and ask These dreadful summoners grace! 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
The nature and relative proportions of the inhabitants of oceanic islands are likewise opposed to the belief of their former continuity of continents. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Our continents seem to have been formed by a preponderance, during many oscillations of level, of the force of elevation. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
It was formerly believed that the same fresh-water species never existed on two continents distant from each other. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
This likewise necessarily occurs with closely allied organisms, which inhabit distinct continents or islands. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Close wedded by that mystic cord, Her continents are one. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.