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... animals which feed low on the surface of the ground . But when it is brought with the higher current of the air , birds are firft infected ; ( however , without reflecting on the divine old man of Cos , it is no eafy matter to become ...
... animals which feed low on the surface of the ground . But when it is brought with the higher current of the air , birds are firft infected ; ( however , without reflecting on the divine old man of Cos , it is no eafy matter to become ...
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... animal world ; as blights from easterly winds destroy prospects of fruits on trees in this kingdom , I think the fashionable doctrine that animalculæ are the caufe of the plague , highly pro- bable ; though , the doctrine is by no means ...
... animal world ; as blights from easterly winds destroy prospects of fruits on trees in this kingdom , I think the fashionable doctrine that animalculæ are the caufe of the plague , highly pro- bable ; though , the doctrine is by no means ...
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... animals . They are not fo with you . But , however , you need be under no apprehenfion from the dog that I mean to introduce to you , ( though a tremendous one , ) for he has been dead more than two thousand years . Perufe the 17th book ...
... animals . They are not fo with you . But , however , you need be under no apprehenfion from the dog that I mean to introduce to you , ( though a tremendous one , ) for he has been dead more than two thousand years . Perufe the 17th book ...
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... animal was too weak to make further advances towards his King ) according to the ftrong phrase of Homeric poetry , " the fate of black death feized him , " Then- Soft pity touch'd the mighty mafter's foul , And down his cheek a tear ...
... animal was too weak to make further advances towards his King ) according to the ftrong phrase of Homeric poetry , " the fate of black death feized him , " Then- Soft pity touch'd the mighty mafter's foul , And down his cheek a tear ...
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... animal , for he was at that time at least twenty years old . Ariftole , the great naturalist and universal philofopher , who lived in Greece , must be the best judge in this matter ; and if I remember rightly from quotations and ex ...
... animal , for he was at that time at least twenty years old . Ariftole , the great naturalist and universal philofopher , who lived in Greece , must be the best judge in this matter ; and if I remember rightly from quotations and ex ...
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Æneas Æneid afferted almoſt anatomical animal antient beautiful becauſe beſt bite Book cauſe Cicero circumſtances confequences conftitution death deſcribed deſcription Dido diſcovered diſcovery diſeaſes Egypt Eneid Engliſh Epicurus expreffed expreffion faid fame feems fenfe ferpents fignifies fimilar fince fingular firſt fituation fome meaſure ftrong fubject fuch fuppofe furgeon fword Georgics Grecian Greek heart herb hero Herophilus himſelf Hippocrates hiſtory Homer horſe Iliad Ilythia inftance itſelf laſt Latin leaſt leſs LETTER LETTER likewife Lucan Lucretius medicine Menelaus Milton moft moſt muſcles muſt myſelf nerves obfervation occafion orator paffage Patroclus perufal philofopher phrafe phraſe phyſician pleaſed poem poet poetical poffeffed poffibly poiſon Pope preſent propriety purpoſe reaſon remark reſpect Roman ſay ſcience ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeaking ſtate ſuch ſuppoſe ſyſtem tendons themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thro Thucydides tranflation ufual underſtand underſtood uſe verſe viper Virgil whoſe word wound
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Page 80 - Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits...
Page 82 - In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life, High actions and high passions best describing : Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the' arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes
Page 114 - On his right fboulder his thick mane reclin'd, Ruffles at fpeed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round, His chine is double; ftarting with a bound, He turns the turf, and fhakes the folid ground, Fire from his eyes, clouds from his noftrils flow : He bears his rider headlong on the foe.
Page 80 - Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Page 97 - Amid the troops, and like the leading god, High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode: A triple pile of plumes his crest adorn'd, On which with belching flames Chimaera burn'd: The more the kindled combat rises high'r, The more with fury burns the blazing fire.
Page 97 - Last, from the Volscians fair Camilla came, And led her warlike troops, a warrior dame; Unbred to spinning, in the loom unskill'd, She chose the nobler Pallas of the field.
Page 67 - Th' imperial enfign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor ftreaming to the wind, With gems and golden luftre rich imblaz'd, Seraphic...
Page 22 - Thro' both the Tendons broke the rugged Stone, And stripp'd the Skin, and crack'd the solid Bone. Sunk on his Knees and stagg'ring with his Pains, His falling Bulk his bended Arm sustains; 380 Lost in a dizzy Mist the Warrior lies; A sudden Cloud comes swimming o'er his Eyes.
Page 66 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy; will not drive us hence; Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, tho' in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
Page 97 - Outstripp'd the winds in speed upon the plain, Flew o'er the fields, nor hurt the bearded grain: She swept the seas, and, as she skimm'd along, Her flying feet unbath'd on billows hung.