On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional Remarks on the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Opinions of Various Nations, Volym 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 |
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... interest to the whole landscape ; for it re- called the history of the Druids . In imagination , I beheld the Arch - druid ascend the aged branches of the oak ; cut the sacred misletoe with a sickle ; let it fall into his folded garment ...
... interest to the whole landscape ; for it re- called the history of the Druids . In imagination , I beheld the Arch - druid ascend the aged branches of the oak ; cut the sacred misletoe with a sickle ; let it fall into his folded garment ...
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... interest him more than other flowers , much more rare and beautiful ? — Because they decorated the garden of a cottage , be- longing to an old woman , whom he loved in his childhood . The violet , so beautiful and so odorife- rous in ...
... interest him more than other flowers , much more rare and beautiful ? — Because they decorated the garden of a cottage , be- longing to an old woman , whom he loved in his childhood . The violet , so beautiful and so odorife- rous in ...
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... , without indulging the silent charm of meditating on the cross . When , therefore , his favourite wish was realized , impossible is it to describe the solemn interest , with which he beheld the 28 Pleasures of Memory .
... , without indulging the silent charm of meditating on the cross . When , therefore , his favourite wish was realized , impossible is it to describe the solemn interest , with which he beheld the 28 Pleasures of Memory .
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... interest , with which he beheld the two magnificent stars , that mark the foot and summit of the southern cross , appear above the horizon , and become almost perpendicular at the moment , in which it passes the meridian . The re ...
... interest , with which he beheld the two magnificent stars , that mark the foot and summit of the southern cross , appear above the horizon , and become almost perpendicular at the moment , in which it passes the meridian . The re ...
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... interest do we behold the base of a column , brought from the plains of Troy ; a fragment from the tomb of Agamem- non ; and a circular altar , taken from Delos , orna- mented with the heads of animals , festooned with flowers and ...
... interest do we behold the base of a column , brought from the plains of Troy ; a fragment from the tomb of Agamem- non ; and a circular altar , taken from Delos , orna- mented with the heads of animals , festooned with flowers and ...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volym 1 Charles Bucke Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1823 |
On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volym 1 Charles Bucke Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1823 |
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