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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... fire of poetry and the ardour of devotion ; and the winds , and storms , and torrents , led him to exclaim , Nature ! great parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year , How mighty , how majestic are thy ...
... fire of poetry and the ardour of devotion ; and the winds , and storms , and torrents , led him to exclaim , Nature ! great parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year , How mighty , how majestic are thy ...
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... fire of poetry and the ardour of devotion ; and the winds , and storms , and torrents , led him to exclaim , Nature ! great parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year , How mighty , how majestic are thy ...
... fire of poetry and the ardour of devotion ; and the winds , and storms , and torrents , led him to exclaim , Nature ! great parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year , How mighty , how majestic are thy ...
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... fire . The flocks , which no longer glad- den our plains , nor , to the poetic eye , revive Ar- cadian scenes , have given us their summer fleeces to protect us from the piercing cold ; and the fruits with which autumn adorned our ...
... fire . The flocks , which no longer glad- den our plains , nor , to the poetic eye , revive Ar- cadian scenes , have given us their summer fleeces to protect us from the piercing cold ; and the fruits with which autumn adorned our ...
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... fire is made ; for the ascending of smoke up a chimney ; and for a circumstance so little attended to , as the rushing of the air through the keyhole of a door , or any small chink , when there is a fire in the room . Nor is this mere ...
... fire is made ; for the ascending of smoke up a chimney ; and for a circumstance so little attended to , as the rushing of the air through the keyhole of a door , or any small chink , when there is a fire in the room . Nor is this mere ...
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... fire fair - blazing , and the vestment warm ; In vain his little childen , peeping out Into the mingling storm , demand their sire , With tears of artless innocence . Alas ! Nor wife , nor children , more shall he behold , Nor friends ...
... fire fair - blazing , and the vestment warm ; In vain his little childen , peeping out Into the mingling storm , demand their sire , With tears of artless innocence . Alas ! Nor wife , nor children , more shall he behold , Nor friends ...
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