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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... shore , ventured boldly into the ocean , and , relying on this new guide , could steer in the darkest night , and under the most cloudy sky , with a security and precision till then unknown . The compass may be said to have opened to ...
... shore , ventured boldly into the ocean , and , relying on this new guide , could steer in the darkest night , and under the most cloudy sky , with a security and precision till then unknown . The compass may be said to have opened to ...
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... shores resound ; ) And yet , more rapid , distant they retire . Vast coruscations lighten all the sky , With volumed flames ; while Thunder's awful voice , From forth his shrine , by night and horror girt , Astounds the guilty , and ...
... shores resound ; ) And yet , more rapid , distant they retire . Vast coruscations lighten all the sky , With volumed flames ; while Thunder's awful voice , From forth his shrine , by night and horror girt , Astounds the guilty , and ...
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... shore his course secure pursues : To catch the southern breeze he next essays , And spreads the sail to cross the ... shores his eager bark detain ; But far away , the heav'ns alone his guide , He braves th ' Ęgean storms and fierce ...
... shore his course secure pursues : To catch the southern breeze he next essays , And spreads the sail to cross the ... shores his eager bark detain ; But far away , the heav'ns alone his guide , He braves th ' Ęgean storms and fierce ...
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... shore in quest of remote and unknown regions . Horace seems to have this idea , and to consider the first voyager as possessed of an intrepidity more than human : Circa pectus erat , qui fragilem truci Commisit pelago ratem Primus ...
... shore in quest of remote and unknown regions . Horace seems to have this idea , and to consider the first voyager as possessed of an intrepidity more than human : Circa pectus erat , qui fragilem truci Commisit pelago ratem Primus ...
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... shores . The following example may serve for the present to delineate at full length , as it were , the idea above alluded to . But first I must premise that a huge , unwieldy log of wood , with the great- est difficulty , and in the ...
... shores . The following example may serve for the present to delineate at full length , as it were , the idea above alluded to . But first I must premise that a huge , unwieldy log of wood , with the great- est difficulty , and in the ...
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