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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... hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year , How mighty , how majestic are thy works ! With what a pleasing dread they swell the soul , That sees astonished , and astonished sings ! It is remarkable that the first written of ...
... hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year , How mighty , how majestic are thy works ! With what a pleasing dread they swell the soul , That sees astonished , and astonished sings ! It is remarkable that the first written of ...
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... hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year , How mighty , how majestic are thy works ! With what a pleasing dread they swell the soul , That sees astonished , and astonished sings ! It is remarkable that the first written of ...
... hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year , How mighty , how majestic are thy works ! With what a pleasing dread they swell the soul , That sees astonished , and astonished sings ! It is remarkable that the first written of ...
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... Hand , but demon- strate that Hand to be Divine . And finally , with the religious and sentimental reader , I indulged such moral reflections as the subject had a tend- ency B 5 NO . 11 . 9 On Winds and Storms .
... Hand , but demon- strate that Hand to be Divine . And finally , with the religious and sentimental reader , I indulged such moral reflections as the subject had a tend- ency B 5 NO . 11 . 9 On Winds and Storms .
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... hands , and ever - watchful eyes , Should sooner far have marked and seized the prize . Whence sprang they then ? Ejected have they come From Ves'vius ' , or from Ętna's burning womb ? Thus shine they self - illumed , or but display The ...
... hands , and ever - watchful eyes , Should sooner far have marked and seized the prize . Whence sprang they then ? Ejected have they come From Ves'vius ' , or from Ętna's burning womb ? Thus shine they self - illumed , or but display The ...
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... hand of omnipotent Power ; not fritted into segments , transverse or perpendicular , but cast , at once , into one immense and solid mass . A mountain , throughout , is but a single stone , destitute of fissures , except in places ...
... hand of omnipotent Power ; not fritted into segments , transverse or perpendicular , but cast , at once , into one immense and solid mass . A mountain , throughout , is but a single stone , destitute of fissures , except in places ...
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