A Spring Day, Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful SeasonThomas Turnbull, 1803 - 338 pages |
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... fields , ftrewing the earth with flowers , and pouring melody from every grove , while it awakens in the human breast agreeable fenfations , enli- vening the mind to fublimity of thought and fweet contemplation . It is therefore in ...
... fields , ftrewing the earth with flowers , and pouring melody from every grove , while it awakens in the human breast agreeable fenfations , enli- vening the mind to fublimity of thought and fweet contemplation . It is therefore in ...
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... fields , and peck a few of thefe innu- merable grains , which your Creator and theirs hath bountifully beftowed upon you ; nor wish too keenly for their deftruction ; for , perhaps , they ferve you more than all the injury they do ...
... fields , and peck a few of thefe innu- merable grains , which your Creator and theirs hath bountifully beftowed upon you ; nor wish too keenly for their deftruction ; for , perhaps , they ferve you more than all the injury they do ...
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... fields , know properly what strength they are poffeffed of , -would the one , by means of a fimple boy , be made to draw in the plough , and drudge in our carriages , or the other driven or turned away by a little child ? How wifely ...
... fields , know properly what strength they are poffeffed of , -would the one , by means of a fimple boy , be made to draw in the plough , and drudge in our carriages , or the other driven or turned away by a little child ? How wifely ...
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... field , relifh food , or find com- fort in life ? These fenfes , in part , are com- mon to the brutal creation , but there is one faculty which man alone poffeffes , which fets him far fuperior to all the creatures be- low ; and that is ...
... field , relifh food , or find com- fort in life ? These fenfes , in part , are com- mon to the brutal creation , but there is one faculty which man alone poffeffes , which fets him far fuperior to all the creatures be- low ; and that is ...
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... fields , and while I wet my foot with the virgin dews , regale my fcent with the balmy odours which the zephyrs breathe from the flowering herbage ; the beauties of which are at prefent obfcured by the dark- nefs . Now , in this feafon ...
... fields , and while I wet my foot with the virgin dews , regale my fcent with the balmy odours which the zephyrs breathe from the flowering herbage ; the beauties of which are at prefent obfcured by the dark- nefs . Now , in this feafon ...
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