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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... seeds and roots of the most beautiful , they could procure . In consequence of this order , a vast number of ranunculi were remitted from Cyprus , Candia , Rhodes , Aleppo , and Smyrna , to adorn the areas of the Seraglio . These ...
... seeds and roots of the most beautiful , they could procure . In consequence of this order , a vast number of ranunculi were remitted from Cyprus , Candia , Rhodes , Aleppo , and Smyrna , to adorn the areas of the Seraglio . These ...
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... with the goldfinch , which sits upon it ; ex- tracts the down with its bill ; and feeds upon its seeds . Ch . xii . v . 27 , 28 . VOL . II . Nor does a commentator of Virgil see even the simple The Lover ; -Associations . 17.
... with the goldfinch , which sits upon it ; ex- tracts the down with its bill ; and feeds upon its seeds . Ch . xii . v . 27 , 28 . VOL . II . Nor does a commentator of Virgil see even the simple The Lover ; -Associations . 17.
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... seed , which that matrix contains . The pistyl is the upright shaft , which rises out of the pedicle of the flower , or centre of the calyx . This is the female organ of generation , in the lower part of which the seed is formed . It ...
... seed , which that matrix contains . The pistyl is the upright shaft , which rises out of the pedicle of the flower , or centre of the calyx . This is the female organ of generation , in the lower part of which the seed is formed . It ...
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... seeds , she finds her consolation in parting with her offspring , in autumn , in the pleasure of seeing them start up by her side ' in the season of spring , images of her own person : expanding their petals , receiving the pollen from ...
... seeds , she finds her consolation in parting with her offspring , in autumn , in the pleasure of seeing them start up by her side ' in the season of spring , images of her own person : expanding their petals , receiving the pollen from ...
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... seeds , plants , madrepores , and zoophytes , from the Tartarian coast , which were lost in the ship- wreck of the Alceste , we should have had ample oppor- tunity of considerably extending our knowledge of ve- getable beauty . In the ...
... seeds , plants , madrepores , and zoophytes , from the Tartarian coast , which were lost in the ship- wreck of the Alceste , we should have had ample oppor- tunity of considerably extending our knowledge of ve- getable beauty . In the ...
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Page 216 - 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 - Breathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land!
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 267 - 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 246 - 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 236 - 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 312 - 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 336 - Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured 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 187 - 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 399 - O mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?