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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... kind were , indeed , suited to the serious and virtuous soul of Thomson . They raised to nobler heights the fire of poetry and the ardour of devotion ; and the winds , and storms , and torrents , led him to exclaim , Nature ! great ...
... kind were , indeed , suited to the serious and virtuous soul of Thomson . They raised to nobler heights the fire of poetry and the ardour of devotion ; and the winds , and storms , and torrents , led him to exclaim , Nature ! great ...
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... kind were , indeed , suited to the serious and virtuous soul of Thomson . They raised to nobler heights the fire of poetry and the ardour of devotion ; and the winds , and storms , and torrents , led him to exclaim , Nature ! great ...
... kind were , indeed , suited to the serious and virtuous soul of Thomson . They raised to nobler heights the fire of poetry and the ardour of devotion ; and the winds , and storms , and torrents , led him to exclaim , Nature ! great ...
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... kind of doubt , by the follow- ing very simple experiment . Fill a large dish with cold water into the middle of this put a water- plate filled with warm water . The first may re- present the ocean , and the other an island rare- fying ...
... kind of doubt , by the follow- ing very simple experiment . Fill a large dish with cold water into the middle of this put a water- plate filled with warm water . The first may re- present the ocean , and the other an island rare- fying ...
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... kind of salt , in any quantity , which can be sensibly efficacious in promoting vegetation . Allowing , therefore , that nitre is a fertilizer of lands , which many are , upon good grounds , disposed utterly to deny , yet so very small ...
... kind of salt , in any quantity , which can be sensibly efficacious in promoting vegetation . Allowing , therefore , that nitre is a fertilizer of lands , which many are , upon good grounds , disposed utterly to deny , yet so very small ...
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... kind , which begins with certain insulated rays , from the north , and others from the north - east . They augment little by little , till they fill the whole sky , and form a splendour of colours rich as gold , rubies , and emeralds ...
... kind , which begins with certain insulated rays , from the north , and others from the north - east . They augment little by little , till they fill the whole sky , and form a splendour of colours rich as gold , rubies , and emeralds ...
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