Studies of Nature, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1809 |
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Page 62
... plant , analagous to his character , with droop- ing flowers , and the stalks half cut down . If it were in the picture of a modern battle , he might mutilate , and if I may venture on the ex- pression , kill in it , the vegetables of a ...
... plant , analagous to his character , with droop- ing flowers , and the stalks half cut down . If it were in the picture of a modern battle , he might mutilate , and if I may venture on the ex- pression , kill in it , the vegetables of a ...
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... plants of Egypt ; a humane Religion and " social Laws : we may perhaps bring back some " commodities useful to your own country . There " does not exist a Nation , however savage it may 66 be , that does not possess some ingenuity ...
... plants of Egypt ; a humane Religion and " social Laws : we may perhaps bring back some " commodities useful to your own country . There " does not exist a Nation , however savage it may 66 be , that does not possess some ingenuity ...
Page 108
... plants which were suitable to the climate of Gaul . , This island produces a greater quantity of vegetables than Egypt , in the vicinity of which it is situated , from the variety of it's temperatures , extending from the burning sands ...
... plants which were suitable to the climate of Gaul . , This island produces a greater quantity of vegetables than Egypt , in the vicinity of which it is situated , from the variety of it's temperatures , extending from the burning sands ...
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... plants of the chestnut - tree , which they im port from Sardinia , where the fruit of these trees grows to a considerable size . 1 During the voyage , Cephas pointed out to me the variegated aspects of the land , not one of which Nature ...
... plants of the chestnut - tree , which they im port from Sardinia , where the fruit of these trees grows to a considerable size . 1 During the voyage , Cephas pointed out to me the variegated aspects of the land , not one of which Nature ...
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... plants and the ele- ments of their Country ; and undoubtedly the ri gour of the climate would soon have put an end to my career , had they not taken the greatest care to clothe me'with furs . But how easy it is for a person without ...
... plants and the ele- ments of their Country ; and undoubtedly the ri gour of the climate would soon have put an end to my career , had they not taken the greatest care to clothe me'with furs . But how easy it is for a person without ...
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Page 459 - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
Page 459 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Page 454 - Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Page 459 - Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
Page 459 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Page 22 - Amor, nec gramina rivis, nec cytiso saturantur apes, nec fronde capellae.' 30 tristis at ille ' tamen cantabitis, Arcades,' inquit, ' montibus haec vestris : soli cantare periti Arcades, o mihi turn quam molliter ossa quiescant, vestra meos olim si fistula dicat amores ! atque utinam ex vobis unus vestrique fuissem aut custos gregis aut maturae vinitor uvae...
Page 51 - AH black with smoke, a rocky island stood, The dark Vulcanian land, the region of the god. Here the grim Cyclops ply, in vaults profound, The huge /Eolian forge that thunders round.
Page 60 - Hunc tibi praeterea, spes et solatia nostri, Pallanta adjungam . Sub te tolerare magistro Militiam et grave Martis opus, tua cernere facta, Assuescat, primis et te miretur ab annis.
Page 52 - Tres imbris torti radios, tres nubis aquosae Addiderant ; rutili tres ignis et alitis austri : Fulgores nunc terrificos, sonitumque, metumque Miscebant operi, flammisque sequacibus iras.
Page 53 - Capacious of the whole Rutulian war, Some, orb in orb, the blazing buckler frame ; Some with huge bellows rouze the roaring flame : Some in the ftream the hiffing metals drown'd ; 605 ' From vault to vault the thund'ring ftrokes rebound, And the deep caves rebellow to the found.