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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... animals , and particularly the feathered tribes , while the snow is upon the ground ; nor to his description And how the other meteors rise and fall , What stamps the figured snow and moulds the hail , And why the water's pride and ...
... animals , and particularly the feathered tribes , while the snow is upon the ground ; nor to his description And how the other meteors rise and fall , What stamps the figured snow and moulds the hail , And why the water's pride and ...
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... animal is struck with terror . Even the dogs of the hunters are seized with such dread , that they will fall on the ground , and become immoveable , till the cause is over . In Hudson's Bay , moreover , the firmament , in winter , is ...
... animal is struck with terror . Even the dogs of the hunters are seized with such dread , that they will fall on the ground , and become immoveable , till the cause is over . In Hudson's Bay , moreover , the firmament , in winter , is ...
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... animals . They use the rein- deer to draw their sledges , but are not civilized enough to make it a substitute for the cow . Hard by these shores , where scarce his freezing stream Rolls the wild Oby , live the last of men ; And half ...
... animals . They use the rein- deer to draw their sledges , but are not civilized enough to make it a substitute for the cow . Hard by these shores , where scarce his freezing stream Rolls the wild Oby , live the last of men ; And half ...
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... animals with which it is replenished . No one can survey the vegetable productions of the earth , so various , beautiful , and useful ; nor the gradations of animal life , in such a variety of species , all pre- served distinct , and ...
... animals with which it is replenished . No one can survey the vegetable productions of the earth , so various , beautiful , and useful ; nor the gradations of animal life , in such a variety of species , all pre- served distinct , and ...
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... animals , and after- wards look into the operations of his own mind : Will he presume to say , or suppose , that all the objects he meets with are nothing more than the result of unaccountable accidents and blind chance ? Can he ...
... animals , and after- wards look into the operations of his own mind : Will he presume to say , or suppose , that all the objects he meets with are nothing more than the result of unaccountable accidents and blind chance ? Can he ...
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