The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... rains augment : The waves on heaps are dashed against the shore , And now the woods , and now the billows roar . DRYDEN . AS Winter unfolds his awful train , ' vapours , and clouds , and storms , the Contemplative Phi- losopher becomes ...
... rains augment : The waves on heaps are dashed against the shore , And now the woods , and now the billows roar . DRYDEN . AS Winter unfolds his awful train , ' vapours , and clouds , and storms , the Contemplative Phi- losopher becomes ...
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... Rains , is attended with perpetual calms , the wind scarcely blowing sensibly either one way or the other . For ... rain ; and hence this part of the ocean re ceives its name . There is a species of winds observable in some places ...
... Rains , is attended with perpetual calms , the wind scarcely blowing sensibly either one way or the other . For ... rain ; and hence this part of the ocean re ceives its name . There is a species of winds observable in some places ...
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... rain , or the melting of the snow upon the mountains , either of which causes a sudden condensation or compression of the air ; or by high mountains , which alter the di- rection of the winds . For to these , not to men- tion other ...
... rain , or the melting of the snow upon the mountains , either of which causes a sudden condensation or compression of the air ; or by high mountains , which alter the di- rection of the winds . For to these , not to men- tion other ...
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... raining of it . ' Homer , the venerable sire of bards , has de- scribed a shower of snow , and its extensive effects , in a noble strain of poetry : In Winter's bleak uncomfortable reign , A snowy inundation hides the plain ; Jove ...
... raining of it . ' Homer , the venerable sire of bards , has de- scribed a shower of snow , and its extensive effects , in a noble strain of poetry : In Winter's bleak uncomfortable reign , A snowy inundation hides the plain ; Jove ...
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... rain ; if it preserve itself undissolved , it makes what we call snow . It dif- fers from the particles of hoar - frost , in being crys- tallized , as it were , which they are not . This ap- pears on the examination of a flake of snow ...
... rain ; if it preserve itself undissolved , it makes what we call snow . It dif- fers from the particles of hoar - frost , in being crys- tallized , as it were , which they are not . This ap- pears on the examination of a flake of snow ...
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