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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... admiration , when ravages in the creation ; the or- of their golden fruits ; and har- he groves , now bending with the ty withered , and their verdure e of desolation , seems , eet nothing , as it were , le life is seen , beats his ...
... admiration , when ravages in the creation ; the or- of their golden fruits ; and har- he groves , now bending with the ty withered , and their verdure e of desolation , seems , eet nothing , as it were , le life is seen , beats his ...
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... admiration , when they behold the ravages in the creation ; the or- chards stripped of their golden fruits ; and har mony extinct in the groves , now bending with the their beauty withered , and their verdure snow , lost . ' No mark of ...
... admiration , when they behold the ravages in the creation ; the or- chards stripped of their golden fruits ; and har mony extinct in the groves , now bending with the their beauty withered , and their verdure snow , lost . ' No mark of ...
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... admiration should we adore the wisdom and goodness of the great Creator ! But although we are incapable of forming an idea of the plan and extent of his wondrous works ( those works which display infinity in the two extremes of ...
... admiration should we adore the wisdom and goodness of the great Creator ! But although we are incapable of forming an idea of the plan and extent of his wondrous works ( those works which display infinity in the two extremes of ...
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... admirable pictures , which the great poets and painters of Nature have been found to trace . I next entered , with the natural philosopher , into a disquisition concerning those wonderful vestiges of beauty and usefulness , of wisdom ...
... admirable pictures , which the great poets and painters of Nature have been found to trace . I next entered , with the natural philosopher , into a disquisition concerning those wonderful vestiges of beauty and usefulness , of wisdom ...
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... admiration of the poets and philosophers , whether sacred or profane . The author of the book of Job , in the discourse which he puts into the mouth of Elihu , concerning the glorious ad incomprehensible works of the Deity , thus ...
... admiration of the poets and philosophers , whether sacred or profane . The author of the book of Job , in the discourse which he puts into the mouth of Elihu , concerning the glorious ad incomprehensible works of the Deity , thus ...
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