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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... reason as their state requires : See all with skill acquire their daily food , All use those arms which Nature has bestowed ; Produce their tender progeny , and feed With care parental , while that care they need : In these loved ...
... reason as their state requires : See all with skill acquire their daily food , All use those arms which Nature has bestowed ; Produce their tender progeny , and feed With care parental , while that care they need : In these loved ...
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... reason why the groves , and fields , and meadows , which , at any season of the year are delightful to the view , are never more so than in the opening of Spring , when they are all new and fresh , with their first gloss upon them , and ...
... reason why the groves , and fields , and meadows , which , at any season of the year are delightful to the view , are never more so than in the opening of Spring , when they are all new and fresh , with their first gloss upon them , and ...
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... reason , I desired a friend of mine in the country to let me know , whe- ther the lark rises as early as it did formerly , and whether the cock begins to crow at his usual hour ? My friend has answered me , That his poultry are as ...
... reason , I desired a friend of mine in the country to let me know , whe- ther the lark rises as early as it did formerly , and whether the cock begins to crow at his usual hour ? My friend has answered me , That his poultry are as ...
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... reason upon our supposed existence as we do of theirs ; who may be pursuing scientific knowledge in a way similar to our Newtons , Herschels , and Davys . To take the moon , for instance , and what is applicable to her may ...
... reason upon our supposed existence as we do of theirs ; who may be pursuing scientific knowledge in a way similar to our Newtons , Herschels , and Davys . To take the moon , for instance , and what is applicable to her may ...
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... reason can we as- sign for their exciting in us many of those ideas which are different from any thing that exists in the objects themselves ( for such are light and colours ) were it not to add supernumerary ornaments to the universe ...
... reason can we as- sign for their exciting in us many of those ideas which are different from any thing that exists in the objects themselves ( for such are light and colours ) were it not to add supernumerary ornaments to the universe ...
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