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 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... the cold piercing winds . It has been a vulgar opinion , very generally received , that snow fertilizes the lands on which it falls more than rain , in consequence of the nitrous salts which it is supposed 4 NO . III . 23 On Snow .
... the cold piercing winds . It has been a vulgar opinion , very generally received , that snow fertilizes the lands on which it falls more than rain , in consequence of the nitrous salts which it is supposed 4 NO . III . 23 On Snow .
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... opinions ; part is distributed by nature , and part is , in a great measure , apportioned by ourselves . Positive pleasure we cannot always obtain , and positive pain we often cannot remove . No man can give to his own plantations the ...
... opinions ; part is distributed by nature , and part is , in a great measure , apportioned by ourselves . Positive pleasure we cannot always obtain , and positive pain we often cannot remove . No man can give to his own plantations the ...
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... opinions formerly held on this subject . Some of their philosophers supposed the earth to be immoveable , as the centre of the uni- verse , and that all the celestial bodies moved round her . Among these was Claudius Ptolemy , the ce ...
... opinions formerly held on this subject . Some of their philosophers supposed the earth to be immoveable , as the centre of the uni- verse , and that all the celestial bodies moved round her . Among these was Claudius Ptolemy , the ce ...
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... opinion prevailed during the dark ages between the decline of the Roman empire and the Reformation . The poets have frequently compared a hero in his shining armour to a comet ; and as poetry de- lights in omens , prodigies , and such ...
... opinion prevailed during the dark ages between the decline of the Roman empire and the Reformation . The poets have frequently compared a hero in his shining armour to a comet ; and as poetry de- lights in omens , prodigies , and such ...
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... opinions have been controverted . Dr. Hamilton , in particular , in his Philosophical Essays , controverts Sir Isaac's opinion . He asserts , from a view of the pheno- mena of a comet , that the matter which consti- tutes its tail is ...
... opinions have been controverted . Dr. Hamilton , in particular , in his Philosophical Essays , controverts Sir Isaac's opinion . He asserts , from a view of the pheno- mena of a comet , that the matter which consti- tutes its tail is ...
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