The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 3R. Wilks for C. Cradock & W. Joy, 1815 |
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... likewise leave a prolific mud , which , like that of the Nile , fertilizes the land ; and , though the waters of these rivers are also very thick yet when they have stood for some time , they are neither unpalat- able nor unwholesome ...
... likewise leave a prolific mud , which , like that of the Nile , fertilizes the land ; and , though the waters of these rivers are also very thick yet when they have stood for some time , they are neither unpalat- able nor unwholesome ...
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... likewise , to bear the names of the Guin , or Ica . That geographer chiefly follows Pro- lemy in his description of this river . He lays it down in his map as springing from two lakes about two hundred and fifty miles distant from each ...
... likewise , to bear the names of the Guin , or Ica . That geographer chiefly follows Pro- lemy in his description of this river . He lays it down in his map as springing from two lakes about two hundred and fifty miles distant from each ...
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... likewise their inundations , which overspread the whole flat country of Nigritia . They begin and cease much about the same time as the Nile overflows , but no such salutary effects are ex « perienced here as in Egypt ; for , instead of ...
... likewise their inundations , which overspread the whole flat country of Nigritia . They begin and cease much about the same time as the Nile overflows , but no such salutary effects are ex « perienced here as in Egypt ; for , instead of ...
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... likewise over the canals . St. Petersburgh is much exposed to inundations : in September 1777 , one rose to a very great height , and did prodigious injury , especially to the property of the merchants . The DANUBE , the ancient Ister ...
... likewise over the canals . St. Petersburgh is much exposed to inundations : in September 1777 , one rose to a very great height , and did prodigious injury , especially to the property of the merchants . The DANUBE , the ancient Ister ...
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... likewise situ ated on this river , over which is a bridge , supported by stone piers , but the upper part is of wood : this bridge is considered as a master- piece of art , the middle arch , which is seventy - five paces wide , being ...
... likewise situ ated on this river , over which is a bridge , supported by stone piers , but the upper part is of wood : this bridge is considered as a master- piece of art , the middle arch , which is seventy - five paces wide , being ...
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.