The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts, Volumes 5-6Simpkin & Marshall, 1836 |
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... equally worthy of remark . He employed the celebrated na- tural history painter , George Edwards , for a great number of years , in drawing miniature figures of animals after nature , to increase his fine collection of drawings , on the ...
... equally worthy of remark . He employed the celebrated na- tural history painter , George Edwards , for a great number of years , in drawing miniature figures of animals after nature , to increase his fine collection of drawings , on the ...
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... equally and abundantly distributed throughout Britain ; but here they are rarely observed , although decayed timber is far from scarce in this neighbourhood . Sudbury Park contains an immense number of old and magnificent trees ...
... equally and abundantly distributed throughout Britain ; but here they are rarely observed , although decayed timber is far from scarce in this neighbourhood . Sudbury Park contains an immense number of old and magnificent trees ...
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... equally unexpected and unanswerable retort for- cibly struck the maniac . He retired confused amid the peals of laughter which were provoked at his expense , and never afterwards mentioned the exchange of his head . * This is a very ...
... equally unexpected and unanswerable retort for- cibly struck the maniac . He retired confused amid the peals of laughter which were provoked at his expense , and never afterwards mentioned the exchange of his head . * This is a very ...
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... equally applicable to every species of Accipiter , and besides , conveying too low an estimate of the predatory powers of these birds , as does also the vernacular Sparrow - hawk . Europæus can only apply to this species . Few persons ...
... equally applicable to every species of Accipiter , and besides , conveying too low an estimate of the predatory powers of these birds , as does also the vernacular Sparrow - hawk . Europæus can only apply to this species . Few persons ...
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... equally subject to variation . Since writing this , we perceive that Mr. Hewitson has subsequently figured the eggs of this spe- cies . Eggs of the Song Thrush , Black Thrush , and Missel Thrush ; one of the first , two of the second ...
... equally subject to variation . Since writing this , we perceive that Mr. Hewitson has subsequently figured the eggs of this spe- cies . Eggs of the Song Thrush , Black Thrush , and Missel Thrush ; one of the first , two of the second ...
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Page 47 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 44 - I" the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Page 173 - The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observ'd of all observers, quite, quite down ! And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, That suck'd the honey of his music vows, Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh; That unmatch'd form and feature of blown
Page 63 - In form and moving how express and admirable ! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me, — no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
Page 195 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 64 - Wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant Pictures and agreeable Visions in the Fancy...
Page 176 - Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
Page 188 - He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean...
Page 44 - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Page 195 - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deformed, With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers.