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... explained by the rocks of ice with which the coast of Baffin's Bay are covered , and the remainder of the lines , by the amphibious animals , sea - lions , & c . , found there , whose manners are very accu- rately described in them ...
... explained by the rocks of ice with which the coast of Baffin's Bay are covered , and the remainder of the lines , by the amphibious animals , sea - lions , & c . , found there , whose manners are very accu- rately described in them ...
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... explained , the knowledge of the Peruvian bark , was introduced into the Old World , by means of voyages of the English nation . the But besides the account of this disease , and its cure , the passages lately cited or referred to ...
... explained , the knowledge of the Peruvian bark , was introduced into the Old World , by means of voyages of the English nation . the But besides the account of this disease , and its cure , the passages lately cited or referred to ...
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... duit le moindre symptôme du Mal d'Amérique ; ainsi il développe et aigrit ce virus par tout où il le rencontre ; sans le faire germer dans le sang de ceux qui en sont exempts . " explained , that of Eolus also in the tenth Odys- 44.
... duit le moindre symptôme du Mal d'Amérique ; ainsi il développe et aigrit ce virus par tout où il le rencontre ; sans le faire germer dans le sang de ceux qui en sont exempts . " explained , that of Eolus also in the tenth Odys- 44.
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Robert Deverell. explained , that of Eolus also in the tenth Odys- sey , seems undoubtedly to be referable to the southern division of the vast continent of Ame- rica . In the following lines from that book : Αιολιην δ ' ες νήσον ...
Robert Deverell. explained , that of Eolus also in the tenth Odys- sey , seems undoubtedly to be referable to the southern division of the vast continent of Ame- rica . In the following lines from that book : Αιολιην δ ' ες νήσον ...
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... explained in the last volume . And this view of the Taurus will serve to explain the fable of Europa and the bull , and the gem consequently that records that fable , as engraved in the 1st vol . of Sandby's Horace , No. 17 ; Europa ...
... explained in the last volume . And this view of the Taurus will serve to explain the fable of Europa and the bull , and the gem consequently that records that fable , as engraved in the 1st vol . of Sandby's Horace , No. 17 ; Europa ...
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Æneid ague alluded allusion alum Amazon ancient apprehend atque bark-tree Bay of Honduras brothers called Cape Cape Horn Cape Maisy China Circe Comus contained Cuba cure Diemen's Land disease drawn in fig enigma expression fable fever figure following lines Gemini gin-seng gum lac Hæc hand head History of Drugs Homer Honduras Iliad implied Indies Island of Cuba Isle of Cuba Isthmus of Darien Jardin Lady Mamore mention moon mummies noticed oblique observed Odyssey particular passage Pegu perhaps Peru Peruvian bark pestilence plague of Athens poem poet prototype reader recollected reference Reine remarkable remedy represented resemblance river Amazon river Mamore seems shape shepherd shew side song South America Spir Spirit stagnant thou tion tropic of Cancer Ulysses Van Diemen's Land virgin volcanoes West India Gulf word Zodiac δε εκ εν ες μεν μοι τε
Popular passages
Page 118 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream ; And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole ; Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 268 - If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians : for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Page 83 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 140 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood. I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, 300 And play i
Page 131 - Was rife, and perfect in my listening ear; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.
Page 192 - There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream : Sabrina is her name, a virgin pure ; Whilom she was the daughter of Locrine, That had the sceptre from his father Brute.
Page 157 - Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; till oft converse with heavenly habitants begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Page 164 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death...
Page 180 - With that same vaunted name, virginity. Beauty is nature's coin ; must not be hoarded, But must be current...
Page 178 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...