If, for instance, beneath England the now inert subterraneous forces should exert those powers which most assuredly in former geological ages they have exerted, how completely would the entire condition of the country be changed!
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
It possessed damp and gloomy passages, and subterraneous chambers, into which the light of day never penetrated.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
The original slope of the surface, when it was first elevated out of the sea, would be determined by the action of the subterraneous forces-the dominant parts, whether table-lands or undulating ridges, forming the centres from which the waters would begin to flow.
"Geology"
James Geikie