On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional Remarks on the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Opinions of Various Nations, Volume 2Whittaker, 1823 - Nature |
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... common thistle , without associating it with the goldfinch , which sits upon it ; ex- tracts the down with its bill ; and feeds upon its seeds . VOL . II . Ch . xii . v . 27 , 28 . с Nor does a commentator of Virgil see even the simple ...
... common thistle , without associating it with the goldfinch , which sits upon it ; ex- tracts the down with its bill ; and feeds upon its seeds . VOL . II . Ch . xii . v . 27 , 28 . с Nor does a commentator of Virgil see even the simple ...
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... common with insects and qua- drupeds , trees and flowers had feelings , affections , and passions ; upon the principle , that life without sensation 1 is an anomaly . The earth is the parent of all things ;. and it is the office of ...
... common with insects and qua- drupeds , trees and flowers had feelings , affections , and passions ; upon the principle , that life without sensation 1 is an anomaly . The earth is the parent of all things ;. and it is the office of ...
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... common people , in the time of Nicias , knew well how to account for an eclipse of the sun ; but the cause of an eclipse of the moon was beyond their comprehension . - In vit . Nicias . thagoras , Dion , Pericles , Sulpitius1 , and the ...
... common people , in the time of Nicias , knew well how to account for an eclipse of the sun ; but the cause of an eclipse of the moon was beyond their comprehension . - In vit . Nicias . thagoras , Dion , Pericles , Sulpitius1 , and the ...
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... common in New Spain . Of these there are two kinds . Those , that glide upon the water , at the caprice of the winds ; and those , which are attached to the shore . The principal flowers and roots , consumed in the city of Mexico , are ...
... common in New Spain . Of these there are two kinds . Those , that glide upon the water , at the caprice of the winds ; and those , which are attached to the shore . The principal flowers and roots , consumed in the city of Mexico , are ...
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... common , which they called the land " in God's possession . " This field was set apart for the purpose of securing the establishment from the con- sequences of bad years : and for the support of widows , orphans , and infirm persons ...
... common , which they called the land " in God's possession . " This field was set apart for the purpose of securing the establishment from the con- sequences of bad years : and for the support of widows , orphans , and infirm persons ...
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Page 212 - In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Page 243 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 223 - Breathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land!
Page 232 - There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Page 332 - Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictur'd life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.
Page 308 - A man, who is born into a world, already possessed, if he cannot get subsistence from his parents, on whom he has a just demand, and if the society do not want his labour, has no claim of right to the smallest portion of food; and, in fact, has no business to be where he is. At Nature's mighty feast there is no vacant cover for him. She tells him to be gone, and will quickly execute her own orders, if he does not work upon the compassion of some of the guests.
Page 223 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Page 183 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 68 - The meanest herb we trample In the field, Or in the garden nurture, when its leaf In Autumn dies, forebodes another Spring, And from brief slumber wakes to life again; Man wakes no more ! .. Man, peerless, valiant, wise, Once chill'd by death, sleeps hopeless in the dust, A long, unbroken, never-ending sleep.
Page 249 - I was, at that very moment, in possession of what had for many years been the principal object of my ambition and wishes ; indifference, which, from the usual infirmity of human nature, follows, at least for a time, complete enjoyment, had taken place of it. The marsh and the fountains of the Nile, upon comparison with the rise of many of our rivers, became now a trifling object in my sight.