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Then Nature , having burst the iron fetters of stern winter , and broken down its icy
prison , shivering at first , creeps gently forth ; but now , having become vivid ,
wantons gaily over all the fields , strewing the earth with flowers , and pouring ...
Then Nature , having burst the iron fetters of stern winter , and broken down its icy
prison , shivering at first , creeps gently forth ; but now , having become vivid ,
wantons gaily over all the fields , strewing the earth with flowers , and pouring ...
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On a Field of Springing Corn .......... 103 VIII . On a Wood . ..119 IX . On a Brook ...
223 x . On Fishing 245 XI . On a Flower growing in a Field . 277 XII . On Bees 289
XIII . On observing a Swallow ... .. 309 XIV . On the Evening of the Day 325 11 A ...
On a Field of Springing Corn .......... 103 VIII . On a Wood . ..119 IX . On a Brook ...
223 x . On Fishing 245 XI . On a Flower growing in a Field . 277 XII . On Bees 289
XIII . On observing a Swallow ... .. 309 XIV . On the Evening of the Day 325 11 A ...
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Grudge not then , ye husbandmen , when the birds of the air descend upon your
cultured fields , and peck a few of those inpumerable grains , which your Creator
and theirs hath bountifully bestowed upon you ; nor ' wish too keenly for their ...
Grudge not then , ye husbandmen , when the birds of the air descend upon your
cultured fields , and peck a few of those inpumerable grains , which your Creator
and theirs hath bountifully bestowed upon you ; nor ' wish too keenly for their ...
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Did the horse , that most beautiful of all the four - footed kind , the strength and
courage of which is terrible in war ; or the lusty ox , which bellows in our fields ,
know properly what strength they are possessed of , —would the one , by means
of ...
Did the horse , that most beautiful of all the four - footed kind , the strength and
courage of which is terrible in war ; or the lusty ox , which bellows in our fields ,
know properly what strength they are possessed of , —would the one , by means
of ...
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Now , if it were not for the senses , how could the soul be charmed with the
beauties of nature , receive agreeable sensations from the power of melody ,
delight in the fragrance of the field , relish food , or find comfort in life ? These
senses , in ...
Now , if it were not for the senses , how could the soul be charmed with the
beauties of nature , receive agreeable sensations from the power of melody ,
delight in the fragrance of the field , relish food , or find comfort in life ? These
senses , in ...
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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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