The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volumen 3R. Wilks for C. Cradock & W. Joy, 1815 |
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... caused several subterraneous canals through which the water of the Ithon has forced its way . In effect , it appears , that a soil's being porous is not sufficient to cause the loss of a river ; for if it was , then to do so it would ...
... caused several subterraneous canals through which the water of the Ithon has forced its way . In effect , it appears , that a soil's being porous is not sufficient to cause the loss of a river ; for if it was , then to do so it would ...
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... causes perhaps an invincible obstacle to the restraining of the water within the channel of the river . It has indeed been se- veral times attempted to stop those cavities ; but the water returns with such violence in winter , that it ...
... causes perhaps an invincible obstacle to the restraining of the water within the channel of the river . It has indeed been se- veral times attempted to stop those cavities ; but the water returns with such violence in winter , that it ...
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... cause with his usual accuracy and ingenuity in the fol- lowing lines : Rer . Nat . vi . 1712 . 28 Nilus in æstatem crescit , campisque redundat , Unicus in terris , Ægypti totius amnis : Is rigat Ægyptum medium per sæpe calorem Aut ...
... cause with his usual accuracy and ingenuity in the fol- lowing lines : Rer . Nat . vi . 1712 . 28 Nilus in æstatem crescit , campisque redundat , Unicus in terris , Ægypti totius amnis : Is rigat Ægyptum medium per sæpe calorem Aut ...
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... cause of the periodical exun- dations of the Nile , have been in a considerable degree verified by modern observations : but the poet is mistaken in conceiving that the Nile is the only river that periodically overflows its banks : we ...
... cause of the periodical exun- dations of the Nile , have been in a considerable degree verified by modern observations : but the poet is mistaken in conceiving that the Nile is the only river that periodically overflows its banks : we ...
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... cause great inundations , particularly in the months of May and June . The masters of the vessels which sail down the Volga to Astracan , carefully observe this season , as they have now not only the opportunity of a safe passage 20 ...
... cause great inundations , particularly in the months of May and June . The masters of the vessels which sail down the Volga to Astracan , carefully observe this season , as they have now not only the opportunity of a safe passage 20 ...
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Página 33 - Thames ! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity ; Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold * : His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for th...
Página 243 - Arcadian plain. Pure stream ! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave ; No torrents stain thy limpid source ; No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white round...
Página 265 - ... half conceal and vary the figure of the little lake they command. From the shore, a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village, with the parish church rising in the midst of it.
Página 50 - Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares attempt The sea-like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills.
Página 34 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 47 - Cubagua; from thence he sailed to Spain. The vanity natural to travellers who visit regions unknown to the rest of mankind, and the art of an adventurer, solicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage. He pretended to have discovered nations so rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered with plates of gold; and described a republic of women so warlike and powerful, as to have extended their...
Página 265 - Not a single red tile, no flaring gentleman's house or garden walls, break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise ; but all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty in its neatest and most becoming attire.
Página 256 - ... which continued for near two miles more along the road, and the crowd (coming towards it) reached on as far as Appleby. On the ascent of the hill above Appleby, the thick hanging wood, and the long reaches of the Eden (rapid, clear, and full as ever,) winding below with views of the castle and town, gave much employment to the mirror ;f but the sun was wanting and the sky overcast.
Página 260 - ... foaming with fury. On one side a towering crag, that spired up to equal, if not overtop, the neighbouring cliffs (this lay all in shade and darkness) on the other hand a rounder broader projecting hill shagged with wood and illumined by the sun, which glanced sideways on the upper part of the cataract.
Página 243 - Pure stream, in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave; No torrents stain thy limpid source, No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white round polish'd pebbles spread; While, lightly poised, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood; The springing trout in speckled pride, The salmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par.