The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Zväzok 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... receive may , properly enough , be ascribed to the coldness of the atmos- phere through which it falls . When the atmos- phere is warm enough to dissolve the snow , before it arrives to us , we call it rain ; if it preserve itself ...
... receive may , properly enough , be ascribed to the coldness of the atmos- phere through which it falls . When the atmos- phere is warm enough to dissolve the snow , before it arrives to us , we call it rain ; if it preserve itself ...
Strana 23
... from the cold piercing winds . It has been a vulgar opinion , very generally received , that snow fertilizes the lands on which it falls more than rain , in consequence of the nitrous salts which it is supposed 4 NO . III . 23 On Snow .
... from the cold piercing winds . It has been a vulgar opinion , very generally received , that snow fertilizes the lands on which it falls more than rain , in consequence of the nitrous salts which it is supposed 4 NO . III . 23 On Snow .
Strana 33
... receive continual growth : others are gradually wafted by the northern winds into southern latitudes , and melt by degrees , by the heat of the sun , till they waste away , and disap- pear in the boundless element . Cowper has some ...
... receive continual growth : others are gradually wafted by the northern winds into southern latitudes , and melt by degrees , by the heat of the sun , till they waste away , and disap- pear in the boundless element . Cowper has some ...
Strana 35
... receive , annually , additional heights , by the falling of snow and rain , which often in- stantly freezes , and more than repairs the loss by the influence of the melting sun . Such are part of the wonderful phenomena of the polar c 6 ...
... receive , annually , additional heights , by the falling of snow and rain , which often in- stantly freezes , and more than repairs the loss by the influence of the melting sun . Such are part of the wonderful phenomena of the polar c 6 ...
Strana 47
... receive , Resigned to die , or resolute to live ; Prepared to kiss the sceptre , or the rod , While God is seen in all , and all in God . I read his awful name , emblazoned high With golden letters on the illumined sky ; Nor less the ...
... receive , Resigned to die , or resolute to live ; Prepared to kiss the sceptre , or the rod , While God is seen in all , and all in God . I read his awful name , emblazoned high With golden letters on the illumined sky ; Nor less the ...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Zväzok 1 Richard Lobb Úplné zobrazenie - 1817 |
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