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 |
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... present a remarkable exception to this rule ; for they are not benumbed till the thermometer has descended five degrees of Fahrenheit below the freezing point . They , therefore , have need of a supply of provisions during the greatest ...
... present a remarkable exception to this rule ; for they are not benumbed till the thermometer has descended five degrees of Fahrenheit below the freezing point . They , therefore , have need of a supply of provisions during the greatest ...
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... present my readers with the most striking parts of a summer's day , which , not to multiply quotations , I shall select only from the poet of the Seasons . MORNING . When now no more th ' alternate Twins are fired , And Cancer reddens ...
... present my readers with the most striking parts of a summer's day , which , not to multiply quotations , I shall select only from the poet of the Seasons . MORNING . When now no more th ' alternate Twins are fired , And Cancer reddens ...
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... present to our senses the most agreeable diversity : we not only admire the richness of their attire , but the fecundity of Nature in the numberless species of them . What variety too , what beauty in every plant , from the lowly moss ...
... present to our senses the most agreeable diversity : we not only admire the richness of their attire , but the fecundity of Nature in the numberless species of them . What variety too , what beauty in every plant , from the lowly moss ...
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... presents the God unshorn : See how Aurora throws her fair Fresh - quilted colours through the air . Get up , sweet slug - a - bed , and see The dew bespangling herb and tree : Each flow'r has wept , and bowed toward the east , Above an ...
... presents the God unshorn : See how Aurora throws her fair Fresh - quilted colours through the air . Get up , sweet slug - a - bed , and see The dew bespangling herb and tree : Each flow'r has wept , and bowed toward the east , Above an ...
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... present , I shall be content to imagine the Contemplative Philoso pher in his morning walk , enraptured with the beautiful face of Nature , and thus pouring forth the devout effusions of his heart : Adorable Being ! In the glories of ...
... present , I shall be content to imagine the Contemplative Philoso pher in his morning walk , enraptured with the beautiful face of Nature , and thus pouring forth the devout effusions of his heart : Adorable Being ! In the glories of ...
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