A Spring Day, Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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... prove useful to them . And that this last may be the cafe , hath been , during the time of compofing it , and still is , the fincere wish of theirs refpectfully , JAMES FISHER , A few Lines Spoken at EDNAM , the birth- place vi PREFACE .
... prove useful to them . And that this last may be the cafe , hath been , during the time of compofing it , and still is , the fincere wish of theirs refpectfully , JAMES FISHER , A few Lines Spoken at EDNAM , the birth- place vi PREFACE .
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... whom the worlds were made . If this is not the use which is made of thy lofty strains of poetry , and my low themes of profe , I'm afraid all will prove but a trifling amusement . 1 A DESCANT ON CREATION . THE works of God [ vii ]
... whom the worlds were made . If this is not the use which is made of thy lofty strains of poetry , and my low themes of profe , I'm afraid all will prove but a trifling amusement . 1 A DESCANT ON CREATION . THE works of God [ vii ]
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... proved that fa- cred bond which is fo indifpenfably neceffary for the upholding of the human kind . Can we then fuppofe that Eve , immediately upon her arifing from the fide of her husband , would run gadding abroad among the trees of ...
... proved that fa- cred bond which is fo indifpenfably neceffary for the upholding of the human kind . Can we then fuppofe that Eve , immediately upon her arifing from the fide of her husband , would run gadding abroad among the trees of ...
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... proved rather prejudicial than helpful and nourish- ing to planets and animals . Befides , do not the mountains ... prove troublefome to man . There the adder and fnake in wanton curls can fport among the heath , and bask themselves ...
... proved rather prejudicial than helpful and nourish- ing to planets and animals . Befides , do not the mountains ... prove troublefome to man . There the adder and fnake in wanton curls can fport among the heath , and bask themselves ...
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... prove the death of all the inhabitants in the earth , as well as its own , was it not kept from stagnating , and thereby putrifying , by the continual flux and reflux of the tide , every wave of which befpeaks the wisdom and power of ...
... prove the death of all the inhabitants in the earth , as well as its own , was it not kept from stagnating , and thereby putrifying , by the continual flux and reflux of the tide , every wave of which befpeaks the wisdom and power of ...
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