A History of the Earth, and Animated NatureWilliam Sprent, 1854 - 998 pages |
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... beauty of his style - and the simple and intelligible arrangement which he adopted - secured for his Work an extensive patronage and well did he fulfil the correctness of Dr. Johnson's anticipation , when he said- " Goldsmith is now ...
... beauty of his style - and the simple and intelligible arrangement which he adopted - secured for his Work an extensive patronage and well did he fulfil the correctness of Dr. Johnson's anticipation , when he said- " Goldsmith is now ...
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... his admiration . " No- thing , " said he , can equal its beauty ; wherever I turn my eyes , fine houses , elegant gardens , statues , grottoes , vistas , present themselves ; but when you enter their LIFE OF GOLDSMITH . 11.
... his admiration . " No- thing , " said he , can equal its beauty ; wherever I turn my eyes , fine houses , elegant gardens , statues , grottoes , vistas , present themselves ; but when you enter their LIFE OF GOLDSMITH . 11.
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... beauty as graced the court of Versailles . His love of theatricals , also , led him to attend the per- formances of the celebrated actress Mademoiselle Clai- ron , with which he was greatly delighted . He seems to have looked upon the ...
... beauty as graced the court of Versailles . His love of theatricals , also , led him to attend the per- formances of the celebrated actress Mademoiselle Clai- ron , with which he was greatly delighted . He seems to have looked upon the ...
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... beauty . They are now turned out to meet the severity of winter . Perhaps , now , lying at the doors of their betrayers , they sue to wretches whose hearts are insensible , or debauchees who may curse but will not relieve them . " Why ...
... beauty . They are now turned out to meet the severity of winter . Perhaps , now , lying at the doors of their betrayers , they sue to wretches whose hearts are insensible , or debauchees who may curse but will not relieve them . " Why ...
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... beauty in colours more charming than nature , and describe happiness that man never tastes . How delusive , how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty and happiness that ...
... beauty in colours more charming than nature , and describe happiness that man never tastes . How delusive , how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty and happiness that ...
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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