Discoveries in Hieroglyphics and Other Antiquities, Bind 61813 |
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Side 10
... nature of those subjects which I have reserved for another occasion . Suffice it now to observe , that a fable , upon the same plan and basis , and liable to a similar explication , with that of the Cyclops , has a place among the ...
... nature of those subjects which I have reserved for another occasion . Suffice it now to observe , that a fable , upon the same plan and basis , and liable to a similar explication , with that of the Cyclops , has a place among the ...
Side 69
... natural history , are there described in the clearest manner ; and we have now the best means of verifying the observations of the poet , by comparing them with the very interesting collection of those animals in his Majesty's gardens ...
... natural history , are there described in the clearest manner ; and we have now the best means of verifying the observations of the poet , by comparing them with the very interesting collection of those animals in his Majesty's gardens ...
Side 72
... , have not been overlooked . The black colour of those inhabitants has already been noticed , and their savage and perhaps can- nibal nature seems to be implied by the epithet avdgoμsolo , in the 70th line , or perhaps that 72.
... , have not been overlooked . The black colour of those inhabitants has already been noticed , and their savage and perhaps can- nibal nature seems to be implied by the epithet avdgoμsolo , in the 70th line , or perhaps that 72.
Side 114
... natural it is that impure waters taken in at the stomach should make unhealthy impressions on the human frame ; and , treating the subject like a physician , says that the drinking of stagna- ting well - waters has the effect of ...
... natural it is that impure waters taken in at the stomach should make unhealthy impressions on the human frame ; and , treating the subject like a physician , says that the drinking of stagna- ting well - waters has the effect of ...
Side 115
... nature has supplied them . Mr. Hope's ancient and well known picture of the plague , or pestilence , of Athens , contains a strong illustration of Dr. Mead's reasoning ; for , in the back - ground of it there is a fountain in a publick ...
... nature has supplied them . Mr. Hope's ancient and well known picture of the plague , or pestilence , of Athens , contains a strong illustration of Dr. Mead's reasoning ; for , in the back - ground of it there is a fountain in a publick ...
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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
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 164 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death...
Side 180 - With that same vaunted name, virginity. Beauty is nature's coin ; must not be hoarded, But must be current...
Side 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...