A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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... his hands with suitable employment , by placing him in the garden of Eden , for
the purpose of dressing and keeping it ; and , in the mean time , bringing to him
all the beasts of the earth , and fowls of the air , in order to receive their names .
... his hands with suitable employment , by placing him in the garden of Eden , for
the purpose of dressing and keeping it ; and , in the mean time , bringing to him
all the beasts of the earth , and fowls of the air , in order to receive their names .
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To this we may add , they are admirably adapted for the accommodation of wild -
fowl and beasts , nay , even serpents , which otherwise would prove troublesome
to man . There the adder and snake in wanton curls can sport among the heath ...
To this we may add , they are admirably adapted for the accommodation of wild -
fowl and beasts , nay , even serpents , which otherwise would prove troublesome
to man . There the adder and snake in wanton curls can sport among the heath ...
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Come we now to the vales , which are so well adapted for culture and vegetation
: here again appeareth the goodness of God ; for if all had been hills and
mountains , how fatigued would man and beast . have been in culturing them for
their ...
Come we now to the vales , which are so well adapted for culture and vegetation
: here again appeareth the goodness of God ; for if all had been hills and
mountains , how fatigued would man and beast . have been in culturing them for
their ...
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Next , the majestic appearance of the forests should strike our minds with a due
sense of that majesty and power which made and reared their lofty plants ; and of
that goodness which hath made them of such utility to man and beast . And as ...
Next , the majestic appearance of the forests should strike our minds with a due
sense of that majesty and power which made and reared their lofty plants ; and of
that goodness which hath made them of such utility to man and beast . And as ...
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And , on the other hand , if those vapours did not return again to the ocean in
rivers , the earth would soon be deluged , and become unfit for the habitation of
man or beast ; -nay , in process of time , become a sea itself , while the ocean ...
And , on the other hand , if those vapours did not return again to the ocean in
rivers , the earth would soon be deluged , and become unfit for the habitation of
man or beast ; -nay , in process of time , become a sea itself , while the ocean ...
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| Title | A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
| Author | James Fisher |
| Publisher | author, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 338 pages |
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