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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... fish ; which their dogs assist them to catch , in nets , in hammocks , and in baskets . They are frequently called the Palm - tree Na- tion and their numbers vary from 10 to 12,000 . The African Atlantic islands are of basaltic ...
... fish ; which their dogs assist them to catch , in nets , in hammocks , and in baskets . They are frequently called the Palm - tree Na- tion and their numbers vary from 10 to 12,000 . The African Atlantic islands are of basaltic ...
Page 138
... fishes , is a phenomenon , for which it is now , perhaps , almost impossible to account . IV . Sponges in Italy are found rooted on hard flints ; and on the amphitheatre near Albano , several trees have in- sinuated large roots between ...
... fishes , is a phenomenon , for which it is now , perhaps , almost impossible to account . IV . Sponges in Italy are found rooted on hard flints ; and on the amphitheatre near Albano , several trees have in- sinuated large roots between ...
Page 169
... fish on the surface of the ocean ; it descends ; and after seizing its prey , without scarcely touching the water with its bill , mounts as swiftly as it had descended . This bird can traverse the ocean from island to island ; because ...
... fish on the surface of the ocean ; it descends ; and after seizing its prey , without scarcely touching the water with its bill , mounts as swiftly as it had descended . This bird can traverse the ocean from island to island ; because ...
Page 175
... fishes ; and new reptiles , insects , and zoo- phites . It exhibits , also , to the stranger's astonish- ment , not only new birds and quadrupeds , but a new firmament . Another pole presents itself instead of the north and shadows ...
... fishes ; and new reptiles , insects , and zoo- phites . It exhibits , also , to the stranger's astonish- ment , not only new birds and quadrupeds , but a new firmament . Another pole presents itself instead of the north and shadows ...
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... fish ; the fins of which are venomous : several Indians , having been pricked with them , lost the use of their limbs , and others lost their lives . It is found also in the Straits of Malacca , and it is far from being of a ...
... fish ; the fins of which are venomous : several Indians , having been pricked with them , lost the use of their limbs , and others lost their lives . It is found also in the Straits of Malacca , and it is far from being of a ...
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Page 212 - 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 - 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 263 - 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 232 - 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 308 - 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 243 - 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 183 - 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 223 - Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go, mark him well...
Page 67 - My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Page 249 - I was, at that very moment, in possession of what had for many years been the principal object of my ambition and wishes ; indifference, which, from the usual infirmity of human nature, follows, at least for a time, complete enjoyment, had taken place of it. The marsh and the fountains of the Nile, upon comparison with the rise of many of our rivers, became now a trifling object in my sight.