On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations |
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Page 49
... Italy with the pole . The sight of those enormous ramparts , whose heads , capped with eternal snow , seemed to touch the heavens , struck a sensible dejection into the hearts of the soldiers . Hannibal's force , at this time ...
... Italy with the pole . The sight of those enormous ramparts , whose heads , capped with eternal snow , seemed to touch the heavens , struck a sensible dejection into the hearts of the soldiers . Hannibal's force , at this time ...
Page 50
... Italian landscape , inspired the dejected soldiers with fresh vigour and alacrity ; and , setting forward , they ... Italy . On the thirteenth he arrived in the neighbourhood of Lausanne . Having reviewed his troops , he pur sued his ...
... Italian landscape , inspired the dejected soldiers with fresh vigour and alacrity ; and , setting forward , they ... Italy . On the thirteenth he arrived in the neighbourhood of Lausanne . Having reviewed his troops , he pur sued his ...
Page 134
... Italy . The Spaniards planted the olive in South America . They then in- terdicted its culture , but afterward rescinded the regulation . M. D'Ogeron planted the cocoa in the French set- tlement of St. Domingo in 1656. This had ...
... Italy . The Spaniards planted the olive in South America . They then in- terdicted its culture , but afterward rescinded the regulation . M. D'Ogeron planted the cocoa in the French set- tlement of St. Domingo in 1656. This had ...
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