The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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Page 170
... OVID . Fountains and ponds he adds , and lakes immense ; Descending streams the winding borders fence , This , deep absorbed , the darksome cavern laves ; These to the ocean roll their azure waves ; There , uncontrolled , they meet the ...
... OVID . Fountains and ponds he adds , and lakes immense ; Descending streams the winding borders fence , This , deep absorbed , the darksome cavern laves ; These to the ocean roll their azure waves ; There , uncontrolled , they meet the ...
Page 191
... and philo- * See No. XXI . Vernal Reflections . 2 See , in particular , Lucretius , v . 737 ; and Ovid , xv . 196 . sophical , but an eminently moral and religious one , NO . XVIII , Succession of Day and Night . 191.
... and philo- * See No. XXI . Vernal Reflections . 2 See , in particular , Lucretius , v . 737 ; and Ovid , xv . 196 . sophical , but an eminently moral and religious one , NO . XVIII , Succession of Day and Night . 191.
Page 194
... Ovid has deified Sleep , and having given a beautiful descrip- tion of his house , makes Iris , the messenger of Juno , thus address him : Somne , quies rerum , placidissime Somne Deorum , & c . O sacred Rest , LIB . XI . Sweet pleasing ...
... Ovid has deified Sleep , and having given a beautiful descrip- tion of his house , makes Iris , the messenger of Juno , thus address him : Somne , quies rerum , placidissime Somne Deorum , & c . O sacred Rest , LIB . XI . Sweet pleasing ...
Page 212
... Ovid describes his Golden Age , Ver erat æternum , placidique tepentibus auris Mulcebant zephyri natos sine semine flores . The flow'rs unsown , in fields and meadows reigned , And western winds immortal Spring maintained . DRYDEN . One ...
... Ovid describes his Golden Age , Ver erat æternum , placidique tepentibus auris Mulcebant zephyri natos sine semine flores . The flow'rs unsown , in fields and meadows reigned , And western winds immortal Spring maintained . DRYDEN . One ...
Page 271
... Ovid wanders with rapture through his Thessalian Tempe . Lucan is repre- sented by Juvenal as reposing in his garden . Ho- race prayed for a villa where there was a garden , a rivulet , and a grove ; and Virgil languished for the ...
... Ovid wanders with rapture through his Thessalian Tempe . Lucan is repre- sented by Juvenal as reposing in his garden . Ho- race prayed for a villa where there was a garden , a rivulet , and a grove ; and Virgil languished for the ...
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