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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... covered tent ; if we had no other resource for our subsistence than a perilous activity in the chase ; and if we were deprived of all the pleasures which the arts impart , and of all the sweets of society that exalt existence , and ...
... covered tent ; if we had no other resource for our subsistence than a perilous activity in the chase ; and if we were deprived of all the pleasures which the arts impart , and of all the sweets of society that exalt existence , and ...
Page 96
... covered by the sky , in the form of a dome , continued to be the most universal , even so late as the fifteenth cen- tury . But a very little time before the discovery of America , the notion of the earth having a glo- bular form was ...
... covered by the sky , in the form of a dome , continued to be the most universal , even so late as the fifteenth cen- tury . But a very little time before the discovery of America , the notion of the earth having a glo- bular form was ...
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... covered the admirable provision of the great Crea- tor to prevent the evagation of the planets , and to retain them exactly within the bounds of their orbits . This he has demonstrated to be effected by gravity , and that gravity and ...
... covered the admirable provision of the great Crea- tor to prevent the evagation of the planets , and to retain them exactly within the bounds of their orbits . This he has demonstrated to be effected by gravity , and that gravity and ...
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... covered over with corn ; they shout for ioy ; they also sing ! 6 Clouds , according to the nomenclature of Mr. Luke Howard , are distinguished by seven modi- fications , the peculiarites of which seem to be ' caused by the agency of ...
... covered over with corn ; they shout for ioy ; they also sing ! 6 Clouds , according to the nomenclature of Mr. Luke Howard , are distinguished by seven modi- fications , the peculiarites of which seem to be ' caused by the agency of ...
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... covered the air abounding in the Pyrmont waters , to which he attributed their spirit and briskness . He was the first , likewise , that produced the ni- trous air from the Walton pyrites , by means of spirit of nitre ; and to him our ...
... covered the air abounding in the Pyrmont waters , to which he attributed their spirit and briskness . He was the first , likewise , that produced the ni- trous air from the Walton pyrites , by means of spirit of nitre ; and to him our ...
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