The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 5William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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Page 21
... observation of their proper governors ; so that the care of the prince might extend itself to every individual person under his protection . But since such a general scheme can never be brought about , and if it were , it would quickly ...
... observation of their proper governors ; so that the care of the prince might extend itself to every individual person under his protection . But since such a general scheme can never be brought about , and if it were , it would quickly ...
Page 27
... observed that the tops of the neighbouring mountains have been co- vered with light above half an hour after the sun is down , in respect of those who live at Geneva . These mountains likewise very much increase their summer heats , and ...
... observed that the tops of the neighbouring mountains have been co- vered with light above half an hour after the sun is down , in respect of those who live at Geneva . These mountains likewise very much increase their summer heats , and ...
Page 30
... observed , furnished me with a more probable reason than any I have met with for those periodical fountains in Switzerland , which flow only at such particular hours of the day ; for , as the tops of these mountains cast their shadows ...
... observed , furnished me with a more probable reason than any I have met with for those periodical fountains in Switzerland , which flow only at such particular hours of the day ; for , as the tops of these mountains cast their shadows ...
Page 34
... observed , in the walls of several houses , the frag- ments of vast Corinthian pillars , with several other pieces of architecture , which must have formerly be- longed to some very noble pile of building . There is no author that ...
... observed , in the walls of several houses , the frag- ments of vast Corinthian pillars , with several other pieces of architecture , which must have formerly be- longed to some very noble pile of building . There is no author that ...
Page 40
... observed a couple of antique figures in metal , of a priest pouring wine between the horns of a bull . The priest is veiled after the man- ner of the old Roman sacrificers , and is represented in the same action that Virgil describes in ...
... observed a couple of antique figures in metal , of a priest pouring wine between the horns of a bull . The priest is veiled after the man- ner of the old Roman sacrificers , and is represented in the same action that Virgil describes in ...
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