The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... considered as an unnatural mother . With astonishing in- dustry and perseverance , she not only furnishes her young with safe and convenient lodgings , but lays up for them stores of provisions sufficient to sup- port them till their ...
... considered as an unnatural mother . With astonishing in- dustry and perseverance , she not only furnishes her young with safe and convenient lodgings , but lays up for them stores of provisions sufficient to sup- port them till their ...
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... considered as a source of pleasure to the understanding , which discovers what the senses cannot attain : it contemplates beauty , harmony , variety , and pleasure unperceived before . In every object of Nature , it beholds the great ...
... considered as a source of pleasure to the understanding , which discovers what the senses cannot attain : it contemplates beauty , harmony , variety , and pleasure unperceived before . In every object of Nature , it beholds the great ...
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... considered the rising of the sun as forming one of the most beautiful appear- ances in a morning prospect . How striking the scene when we first observe the fiery rays which the sun scatters among the clouds , as harbingers of his NO ...
... considered the rising of the sun as forming one of the most beautiful appear- ances in a morning prospect . How striking the scene when we first observe the fiery rays which the sun scatters among the clouds , as harbingers of his NO ...
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... considered by the ancients as a globe of pure fire ; but , from a number of ma- culę , or dark spots , which , by means of a telescope , may be seen on different parts of his surface , it ap- pears that this opinion was ill - founded ...
... considered by the ancients as a globe of pure fire ; but , from a number of ma- culę , or dark spots , which , by means of a telescope , may be seen on different parts of his surface , it ap- pears that this opinion was ill - founded ...
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... considered such analogical reasonings as might induce him to surmise that our earth is inhabited , were to give it as his opinion , that the use of that great body , which he sees in his neighbourhood , is to carry about his little ...
... considered such analogical reasonings as might induce him to surmise that our earth is inhabited , were to give it as his opinion , that the use of that great body , which he sees in his neighbourhood , is to carry about his little ...
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