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Pàgina 46
The additions to the description of the cicada are also too extensive : it was
thought to approach the divinitics , because its supposed food , viz . dew ' , is less
gross than that of other insects . The veneration of the Athenians for this little
animal ...
The additions to the description of the cicada are also too extensive : it was
thought to approach the divinitics , because its supposed food , viz . dew ' , is less
gross than that of other insects . The veneration of the Athenians for this little
animal ...
Pàgina 47
It has been described by Fabricius only , and has never been before engraven .
... of the work than might be expected , yet they relieve the mind from the dryness
of mere description , and the eye from a succession of splendid representations .
It has been described by Fabricius only , and has never been before engraven .
... of the work than might be expected , yet they relieve the mind from the dryness
of mere description , and the eye from a succession of splendid representations .
Pàgina 89
Here is certainly in these two passages an extraordinary coincidence of thought
and imagery : in addition to which , the varying circumstances described in both
follow each other exactly in the same order . The attentive reader will however ...
Here is certainly in these two passages an extraordinary coincidence of thought
and imagery : in addition to which , the varying circumstances described in both
follow each other exactly in the same order . The attentive reader will however ...
Pàgina 91
For myself , I have no scruple in confessing , that this very obscurity , so much
condemned by judges of this description , has always appeared in my eye a
distinguishing excellency of the poem . The tissue woven with bloody hands by
the bard ...
For myself , I have no scruple in confessing , that this very obscurity , so much
condemned by judges of this description , has always appeared in my eye a
distinguishing excellency of the poem . The tissue woven with bloody hands by
the bard ...
Pàgina 125
c . are sufficiently known ; but the study of the grandest features of nature is still in
its infancy , though the Alps have been ably described by de Saussure . • The
primitive strata are the following : granite , gneiss , mịcaceous shistus ( schistus ]
...
c . are sufficiently known ; but the study of the grandest features of nature is still in
its infancy , though the Alps have been ably described by de Saussure . • The
primitive strata are the following : granite , gneiss , mịcaceous shistus ( schistus ]
...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 388 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air...
Pàgina 266 - As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising, they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds...
Pàgina 28 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Pàgina 18 - Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Pàgina 444 - A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel : for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Pàgina 9 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Pàgina 256 - ... gradually rising, perhaps, from small beginnings, till its foundation rests in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties, to the simplicity of its first plan ; to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, and from what stores the materials were collected ; whether its founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his...
Pàgina 18 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
Pàgina 54 - ... the Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops priests, and deacons.
Pàgina 55 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.