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 - Nature study |
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... Lucretius enumerates snow among a variety of phenomena , the causes of which , he says , it is easy to investi- gate . He is content , however , to leave the subject to the sagacity and researches of his readers : Cætera , quæ sursùm ...
... Lucretius enumerates snow among a variety of phenomena , the causes of which , he says , it is easy to investi- gate . He is content , however , to leave the subject to the sagacity and researches of his readers : Cætera , quæ sursùm ...
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... a descriptive and philo- * See No. XXI . Vernal Reflections . 2 See , in particular , Lucretius , v . 737 ; and Ovid , xv . 196 . sophical , but an eminently moral and religious one , NO . XVIII , Succession of Day and Night . 191.
... a descriptive and philo- * See No. XXI . Vernal Reflections . 2 See , in particular , Lucretius , v . 737 ; and Ovid , xv . 196 . sophical , but an eminently moral and religious one , NO . XVIII , Succession of Day and Night . 191.
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... LUCRETIUS . And when soft sleep the body lays at ease , And from the heavy mass the fancy frees , Whate'er it is in which we take delight , And think of most by day , we dream by night . ANON . FROM the consideration of Sleep , which ...
... LUCRETIUS . And when soft sleep the body lays at ease , And from the heavy mass the fancy frees , Whate'er it is in which we take delight , And think of most by day , we dream by night . ANON . FROM the consideration of Sleep , which ...
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... Lucretius , in my motto , was likewise that of Tully 3. Mr. Locke , also , traces the origin of dreams to previous sensations , and says , that the dreams of sleeping men , are all made up of the waking man's ideas , though , for the ...
... Lucretius , in my motto , was likewise that of Tully 3. Mr. Locke , also , traces the origin of dreams to previous sensations , and says , that the dreams of sleeping men , are all made up of the waking man's ideas , though , for the ...
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... Stewart's Ele- ments of the Philos . of the Mind , p . 328 , 348 , and Good's Lucretius , note to Lib . iv , ver . 936 . Then dreams he of another benefice : Sometimes she driveth 204 The Contemplative Philosopher . NO . XX .
... Stewart's Ele- ments of the Philos . of the Mind , p . 328 , 348 , and Good's Lucretius , note to Lib . iv , ver . 936 . Then dreams he of another benefice : Sometimes she driveth 204 The Contemplative Philosopher . NO . XX .
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