He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Roots, in quest of precious metals. (Menochius)
"Imus in viscera terræ et in sede Marium opes quærimus. "(Pliny, xxxiii. pref.) Effodiuntur opes, irritamenta malorum. (Ovid, Met. i.)