A History of the Earth, and Animated NatureWilliam Sprent, 1854 - 998 pages |
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... instance in the well - known opening to his poem of " The Traveller : " - Remote , unfriended , melancholy , slow , Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; * * + Where'er I roam , whatever realms to see , My heart untravell'd fondly ...
... instance in the well - known opening to his poem of " The Traveller : " - Remote , unfriended , melancholy , slow , Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; * * + Where'er I roam , whatever realms to see , My heart untravell'd fondly ...
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... instance of gross heedlessness and imprudence , that he remained some time in Dublin without communicating to his friends his destitute condition . They heard of it , however , and he was invited back to the country , and indulgently ...
... instance of gross heedlessness and imprudence , that he remained some time in Dublin without communicating to his friends his destitute condition . They heard of it , however , and he was invited back to the country , and indulgently ...
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... instance he was himself in some measure a cause of the distress . What was to be done ? He had no money , it is true ; but there hung the new suit of clothes in which he had stood his unlucky examin ation at Surgeons ' Hall . Without ...
... instance he was himself in some measure a cause of the distress . What was to be done ? He had no money , it is true ; but there hung the new suit of clothes in which he had stood his unlucky examin ation at Surgeons ' Hall . Without ...
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... instance , who under- stands perfectly well Latin , French , arithmetic , and the principles of the civil law , and can write a fine hand , has an education that may qualify him for any under- taking ; and these parts of learning should ...
... instance , who under- stands perfectly well Latin , French , arithmetic , and the principles of the civil law , and can write a fine hand , has an education that may qualify him for any under- taking ; and these parts of learning should ...
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... instance , for it was his grand stake . Dr. Johnson aided the launching of the poem by a favourable notice in the " Critical Review ; " other periodical works came out in its favour . Some of the author's friends complained that it did ...
... instance , for it was his grand stake . Dr. Johnson aided the launching of the poem by a favourable notice in the " Critical Review ; " other periodical works came out in its favour . Some of the author's friends complained that it did ...
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amusement animal appear Ballymahon beautiful become beginning Bennet Langton bezoar birds body Boswell breed Buffon called carnivorous cassowary CHAP chiefly climate colour considered continue covered creature ears earth elephant enemy extremely eyes fallow deer feathers feet female flesh forest former friends furnished give Goldsmith Greenland Guinea hair head horns horse hyæna inches inhabitants insects Johnson kind known Lapland legs length less lion live mankind manner motion mountains mouth native Nature never observed OLIVER GOLDSMITH ostrich pangolin peculiar perceived prey produced proportion pursue quadrupeds quantity rabbit resembles rest rhinoceros rivers round savage says scarce seems seen seldom Senegal short side Sir Joshua Reynolds skin sometimes species stag strength substance supposed surface swiftness tail teeth thick tion trees usually variety vegetables Vicar of Wakefield whole wild wind young