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 - Nature study |
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... Virgil , in a fine specimen of that variety , that magic art which constitutes one of the greatest beauties of poetry , suddenly conveys his reader from the pastoral scenes of Africa to the pictur- esque horrors of a Scythian winter ...
... Virgil , in a fine specimen of that variety , that magic art which constitutes one of the greatest beauties of poetry , suddenly conveys his reader from the pastoral scenes of Africa to the pictur- esque horrors of a Scythian winter ...
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... Virgil , in a fine specimen of that variety , that magic art which constitutes one of the greatest beauties of poetry , suddenly conveys his reader from the pastoral scenes of Africa to the pictur- esque horrors of a Scythian winter ...
... Virgil , in a fine specimen of that variety , that magic art which constitutes one of the greatest beauties of poetry , suddenly conveys his reader from the pastoral scenes of Africa to the pictur- esque horrors of a Scythian winter ...
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... VIRGIL . The winds redouble , and the rains augment : The waves on heaps are dashed against the shore , And now the woods , and now the billows roar . DRYDEN . AS Winter unfolds his awful train , vapours , and clouds , and storms ...
... VIRGIL . The winds redouble , and the rains augment : The waves on heaps are dashed against the shore , And now the woods , and now the billows roar . DRYDEN . AS Winter unfolds his awful train , vapours , and clouds , and storms ...
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... Virgil , in the first book of his Æneid , gives the description of a storm , which , as Mr. Spence ob- serves , probably set all the Roman poets a storm- painting . Thomson also gives a minute and pictur- esque description , with ...
... Virgil , in the first book of his Æneid , gives the description of a storm , which , as Mr. Spence ob- serves , probably set all the Roman poets a storm- painting . Thomson also gives a minute and pictur- esque description , with ...
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... dissolve them by fire . Virgil speaks of hewing wine , in his description of a Scythian winter ; Caduntque securibus humida vina . genous and azotic gas : it must , therefore , C 4 NO . IV . On Winter in the Polar Regions . S1.
... dissolve them by fire . Virgil speaks of hewing wine , in his description of a Scythian winter ; Caduntque securibus humida vina . genous and azotic gas : it must , therefore , C 4 NO . IV . On Winter in the Polar Regions . S1.
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