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... whole , it is so extremely de- sultory , inelegant , and incomplete , that we know not how to account for the circumstance of so able a mathemati- cian as Mr. Woodhouse producing so indifferent a volume . On the present occasion , we ...
... whole , it is so extremely de- sultory , inelegant , and incomplete , that we know not how to account for the circumstance of so able a mathemati- cian as Mr. Woodhouse producing so indifferent a volume . On the present occasion , we ...
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... whole of his poem , controverts their existence , and is ever anxious to prove that this is one of the chief objects his poem is de- signed to inculcate . Can any thing be more decisive than the following , ii , 651 . TERRA quidem vero ...
... whole of his poem , controverts their existence , and is ever anxious to prove that this is one of the chief objects his poem is de- signed to inculcate . Can any thing be more decisive than the following , ii , 651 . TERRA quidem vero ...
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... whole army buried by the wind in the sands of Asia . Sometimes agitates the Sea , at other times conducts the navigator to the end of his voyage . Winds , the cause of summer heat and winter cold . Description of a drought occasioned by ...
... whole army buried by the wind in the sands of Asia . Sometimes agitates the Sea , at other times conducts the navigator to the end of his voyage . Winds , the cause of summer heat and winter cold . Description of a drought occasioned by ...
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... whole is admirable ; there are passages of finished beauty , of impressive vigour , to which no reader can be insensible ; and age , which so often chills and inanimates , has hitherto had no such effect upon Delille . It has certainly ...
... whole is admirable ; there are passages of finished beauty , of impressive vigour , to which no reader can be insensible ; and age , which so often chills and inanimates , has hitherto had no such effect upon Delille . It has certainly ...
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... whole , as more nearly coinciding with chronological order , and as being , for a cursory notice at least , more easy and distinct . The first series of letters , to and from Mr. Thoresby , Mr. Lhywd , Mr. Wotton , Dr. Woodward , and ...
... whole , as more nearly coinciding with chronological order , and as being , for a cursory notice at least , more easy and distinct . The first series of letters , to and from Mr. Thoresby , Mr. Lhywd , Mr. Wotton , Dr. Woodward , and ...
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Page 108 - ... sun. And behold a man bent with age coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, and met him, and said unto him, ' Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shall arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.' And the man said, 'Nay; for I will abide under this tree.