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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... presents 2 , Cyrus , charmed at the presence of so illustrious a guest , took him into his garden , which was disposed in so tasteful a manner , that the Grecian general was delighted with it . " Every thing I see , " said Lysander ...
... presents 2 , Cyrus , charmed at the presence of so illustrious a guest , took him into his garden , which was disposed in so tasteful a manner , that the Grecian general was delighted with it . " Every thing I see , " said Lysander ...
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... present a small collection of flowers , inserted between the leaves of St. Pierre's Studies of Nature . The lady was ... presents to the imagination of the poet and the moralist . Who can forget the beautiful instance in the Gospel of St ...
... present a small collection of flowers , inserted between the leaves of St. Pierre's Studies of Nature . The lady was ... presents to the imagination of the poet and the moralist . Who can forget the beautiful instance in the Gospel of St ...
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... present names of botanical orders and classes3 are sufficiently explicit , as far as they extend : but they give no indication of the soil , to which the various plants are attached ; and none of their habits , fruits , or natures ...
... present names of botanical orders and classes3 are sufficiently explicit , as far as they extend : but they give no indication of the soil , to which the various plants are attached ; and none of their habits , fruits , or natures ...
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... present earth , as now constituted , which could only belong to the former , and to the state of the first world . " Theory of the Earth , vol . i . book ii . p . 251. Ed . 1726 . 5 Vid . Bris . de Regn . Pers . lib . i . p . 10. Strabo ...
... present earth , as now constituted , which could only belong to the former , and to the state of the first world . " Theory of the Earth , vol . i . book ii . p . 251. Ed . 1726 . 5 Vid . Bris . de Regn . Pers . lib . i . p . 10. Strabo ...
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... present an ana- logous similitude " . This cave the Afghauns esteem im- penetrable , owing to the roar of winds , and the rushing of waters . They relate , however , that some hardy ad- venturers once penetrated it , and beheld a most ...
... present an ana- logous similitude " . This cave the Afghauns esteem im- penetrable , owing to the roar of winds , and the rushing of waters . They relate , however , that some hardy ad- venturers once penetrated it , and beheld a most ...
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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 223 - As home his footsteps he hath turned, 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 concentered 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 263 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
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 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 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 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 223 - Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go, mark him well...
Page 67 - My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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.