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 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... tribes are not confined to what is observable in the operations of bees . The labours of wasps , though not benefi- cial to mankind , are not less ingenious and worthy of admiration . - Wasps , like the bees , associate in great numbers ...
... tribes are not confined to what is observable in the operations of bees . The labours of wasps , though not benefi- cial to mankind , are not less ingenious and worthy of admiration . - Wasps , like the bees , associate in great numbers ...
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... tribes rejoice . Now the soft hour Of walking comes ; for him who lonely loves To seek the distant hills , and there converse With Nature . EVENING . Low walks the Sun , and broadens by degrees , Just o'er the verge of day . The ...
... tribes rejoice . Now the soft hour Of walking comes ; for him who lonely loves To seek the distant hills , and there converse With Nature . EVENING . Low walks the Sun , and broadens by degrees , Just o'er the verge of day . The ...
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... tribes . ' If we lift up our eyes , we behold the blue concave , refulgent and serene . Adverting to the landscape around , the eye , just dazzled by celestial radiance , is cheered again by the bright 6 verdure of the fields . Nor is ...
... tribes . ' If we lift up our eyes , we behold the blue concave , refulgent and serene . Adverting to the landscape around , the eye , just dazzled by celestial radiance , is cheered again by the bright 6 verdure of the fields . Nor is ...
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... tribes salute the bright source of day with their melodious notes . Every living creature is in action , and is sensible to new returns of pleasure and new capacities of enjoyment . Mallet has amplified this pleasing subject with the ...
... tribes salute the bright source of day with their melodious notes . Every living creature is in action , and is sensible to new returns of pleasure and new capacities of enjoyment . Mallet has amplified this pleasing subject with the ...
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... tribe , From thy unfading source of splendour draw ! In thy pure shine , with transport I survey This firmament , and those her rolling worlds , Their magnitudes and motions . MALLET . WE experience , every moment , the utility of that ...
... tribe , From thy unfading source of splendour draw ! In thy pure shine , with transport I survey This firmament , and those her rolling worlds , Their magnitudes and motions . MALLET . WE experience , every moment , the utility of that ...
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