On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations |
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... observed in the col- our of the water , and that , too , when no change could be observed in the atmosphere ; sometimes varying from gray to indigo , blue , and the deepest scarlet . The relative depths in some seas have been found ...
... observed in the col- our of the water , and that , too , when no change could be observed in the atmosphere ; sometimes varying from gray to indigo , blue , and the deepest scarlet . The relative depths in some seas have been found ...
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... observation leaves little room to doubt that the sea becomes colder in all countries the nearer it approaches the land . It is the same with rivers . The water in the middle of a river , except where it runs in a current , is always ...
... observation leaves little room to doubt that the sea becomes colder in all countries the nearer it approaches the land . It is the same with rivers . The water in the middle of a river , except where it runs in a current , is always ...
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... observed , and the day on which it is first introduced is a day of rejoicing among the peasantry a fortunate hour is appointed for its be- ing let loose ; shouts of joy are heard , and exclama- tions of " may prosperity attend it ...
... observed , and the day on which it is first introduced is a day of rejoicing among the peasantry a fortunate hour is appointed for its be- ing let loose ; shouts of joy are heard , and exclama- tions of " may prosperity attend it ...
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... observed a child of four years old swimming about it , apparently highly delighted , till it was restored to its upright position . Ablutions were frequently practised among the Jews , the Sampsæi , the Greeks , and the Romans . The ...
... observed a child of four years old swimming about it , apparently highly delighted , till it was restored to its upright position . Ablutions were frequently practised among the Jews , the Sampsæi , the Greeks , and the Romans . The ...
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... observe the majesty of the ocean ; to trace the sources of rivers ; but they neglect themselves . " Instantly ap plying this striking lesson to himself , Petrarch clo- sed the book , and , falling into profound meditation , " If ...
... observe the majesty of the ocean ; to trace the sources of rivers ; but they neglect themselves . " Instantly ap plying this striking lesson to himself , Petrarch clo- sed the book , and , falling into profound meditation , " If ...
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Page 104 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! Ah, wherefore?
Page 279 - And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, And said unto them, Why sleep ye ? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Page 39 - After laying down my pen. I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene: the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all Nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.
Page 123 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Page 64 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 220 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost...
Page 237 - Time may come, when men With angels may participate, and find No inconvenient diet, nor too light fare ; And from these corporal nutriments, perhaps, Your bodies may at last turn all to spirit...
Page 38 - I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 45 - Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here : and let us make three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
Page 300 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters...