On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations |
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Page 110
... resemble the bay of the sea , encompassed on three sides with steep and gigantic rocks , called by the Swedes Odin's Hall . In the times of Gothic barbarism , as we are informed by a celebrated Swiss philosopher , men " who were either ...
... resemble the bay of the sea , encompassed on three sides with steep and gigantic rocks , called by the Swedes Odin's Hall . In the times of Gothic barbarism , as we are informed by a celebrated Swiss philosopher , men " who were either ...
Page 229
... resembles burnished gold : but I think she cannot be of the same substance as the earth . So beautiful , so calm ... resembling our earth , having cities on its surface . Xenophanes held the same opinion ; and so also did Macrobius , and ...
... resembles burnished gold : but I think she cannot be of the same substance as the earth . So beautiful , so calm ... resembling our earth , having cities on its surface . Xenophanes held the same opinion ; and so also did Macrobius , and ...
Page 293
... resemble madness , if it does not even produce it . THE TRIALS AND CAPRICES OF FORTUNE . THE Scholiasts number five methods of acquiring knowledge : observation , reading , listening , conver- sation , and meditation : they leave out ...
... resemble madness , if it does not even produce it . THE TRIALS AND CAPRICES OF FORTUNE . THE Scholiasts number five methods of acquiring knowledge : observation , reading , listening , conver- sation , and meditation : they leave out ...
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