The Works of the English Poets, Том 24J. Nichols, 1779 - 228 страници |
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... } 330 With what amazing skill is the vaft building rear'd ! Metals and veins of folid ftone are found 340 , The chief materials , which the globe compound . , See , See , how the hills , which high in air 50 BLACKMORE'S POEMS .
... } 330 With what amazing skill is the vaft building rear'd ! Metals and veins of folid ftone are found 340 , The chief materials , which the globe compound . , See , See , how the hills , which high in air 50 BLACKMORE'S POEMS .
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... skill on all its furface is bestow'd , To make the earth for man a fit abode ! " The upper moulds , with active fpirits ftor'd , And rich in verdant progeny , afford The flowery pasture , and the shady wood , To men their phyfick , and ...
... skill on all its furface is bestow'd , To make the earth for man a fit abode ! " The upper moulds , with active fpirits ftor'd , And rich in verdant progeny , afford The flowery pasture , and the shady wood , To men their phyfick , and ...
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... skill appear . When first the atoms to the congrefs came , And by their concourse form'd the mighty frame , What did the liquid to th ' affembly call , To give their aid to form the ponderous ball ? 605 610 First , tell us , why did any ...
... skill appear . When first the atoms to the congrefs came , And by their concourse form'd the mighty frame , What did the liquid to th ' affembly call , To give their aid to form the ponderous ball ? 605 610 First , tell us , why did any ...
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... skill , had not the light appear'd . The old and new astronomers in vain Attempt the heavenly motions to explain . First Ptolomy his fcheme celestial wrought , And of machines a wild provifion brought : Orbs centric and eccentric he ...
... skill , had not the light appear'd . The old and new astronomers in vain Attempt the heavenly motions to explain . First Ptolomy his fcheme celestial wrought , And of machines a wild provifion brought : Orbs centric and eccentric he ...
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... skill is each apartment rear'd ! The Sun , a globe of fire , a glowing mass , Hotter than melting flint , or fluid glass , Of this our fyftem holds the middle place . Mercurius , nearest to the central Sun , Does in an oval orbit ...
... skill is each apartment rear'd ! The Sun , a globe of fire , a glowing mass , Hotter than melting flint , or fluid glass , Of this our fyftem holds the middle place . Mercurius , nearest to the central Sun , Does in an oval orbit ...
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