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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Page 42
... Continue , Best of Beings , to protect and guide me . Let me not be content with these morn- ing aspirations . Beautiful as this solitude is , and charming as these reflections are , let me now return to social life and to active ...
... Continue , Best of Beings , to protect and guide me . Let me not be content with these morn- ing aspirations . Beautiful as this solitude is , and charming as these reflections are , let me now return to social life and to active ...
Page 68
... continues the longest in action , without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments . The sense of feeling can indeed give us a notion of exten- sion , shape , and all other ideas that enter at the eye , except colours ; but ...
... continues the longest in action , without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments . The sense of feeling can indeed give us a notion of exten- sion , shape , and all other ideas that enter at the eye , except colours ; but ...
Page 76
... continue some time to rise in the place where the stone fell into the water , and are propagated thence in concentric circles , upon the surface of the water , to great distances . ships , or other objects : for instance , suppose 76 ...
... continue some time to rise in the place where the stone fell into the water , and are propagated thence in concentric circles , upon the surface of the water , to great distances . ships , or other objects : for instance , suppose 76 ...
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... continue for ever unexplored . In our atmosphere is observable a variety of me- teors ; that is , certain changeable , moveable , im- perfect mixt bodies , or resemblance of a body , formed of the matter that floats in the atmosphere ...
... continue for ever unexplored . In our atmosphere is observable a variety of me- teors ; that is , certain changeable , moveable , im- perfect mixt bodies , or resemblance of a body , formed of the matter that floats in the atmosphere ...
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... continue , are questions which do not admit an easy decision . The surface of the earth is admirably fitted for the support of the existence and well - being of all the animals which inhabit it . God has given us the ability also to ...
... continue , are questions which do not admit an easy decision . The surface of the earth is admirably fitted for the support of the existence and well - being of all the animals which inhabit it . God has given us the ability also to ...
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