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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... vast city , -containing a population , equal to that of the entire island , in the days of Cæsar , - with the exception of great monuments of antiquity , affords more objects for a sublime mind to contem- plate , than any other on the ...
... vast city , -containing a population , equal to that of the entire island , in the days of Cæsar , - with the exception of great monuments of antiquity , affords more objects for a sublime mind to contem- plate , than any other on the ...
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... vast monu- ments of human labour , the imagination seems to burst , as it were , the bands of ages ; and the mind appears as if it had lived a thousand years . When the French were at Thebes , the whole army stopped among the ruins ...
... vast monu- ments of human labour , the imagination seems to burst , as it were , the bands of ages ; and the mind appears as if it had lived a thousand years . When the French were at Thebes , the whole army stopped among the ruins ...
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... vast and horrific chasm , through which the Glyn rushes with unceasing roar . After taking a survey of the wide heaths , on every side , turn to a neighbouring farm , and view with attention the various fragments , which lie scattered ...
... vast and horrific chasm , through which the Glyn rushes with unceasing roar . After taking a survey of the wide heaths , on every side , turn to a neighbouring farm , and view with attention the various fragments , which lie scattered ...
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... vast masses , in the midst of boundless solitudes ; un- enlivened by industry , and unadorned by genius . But if a Plato , or a Pythagoras , had visited their recesses ; if a Homer , or a Virgil , had peopled them with heroes ; if a ...
... vast masses , in the midst of boundless solitudes ; un- enlivened by industry , and unadorned by genius . But if a Plato , or a Pythagoras , had visited their recesses ; if a Homer , or a Virgil , had peopled them with heroes ; if a ...
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... vast continent of Asia , without a mental review of the reigns from Constantine to the time , when Mahomet conveyed eighty gallies over land , -a space of eight miles , -by means of mechanical engines ; and thence to the final assault ...
... vast continent of Asia , without a mental review of the reigns from Constantine to the time , when Mahomet conveyed eighty gallies over land , -a space of eight miles , -by means of mechanical engines ; and thence to the final assault ...
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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 |
On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature, 1: With Occasional ... Charles Bucke Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1823 |
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