Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in progress to which many compositions are put in a light entirely new, Volúmenes5-61813 |
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... resemblance between the several portions of the circumference of the globe , and the corre- sponding monthly portions of the sun's circular path in the ecliptic , as marked there by the stars successively traversed by him : such idea ...
... resemblance between the several portions of the circumference of the globe , and the corre- sponding monthly portions of the sun's circular path in the ecliptic , as marked there by the stars successively traversed by him : such idea ...
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... resemblance between certain distinct portions of the heavens and of the earth , as above stated ) it is to be remembered that the figure of that sign is commonly represented as looking sideways or backwards , ( vide the Zodiac in the ...
... resemblance between certain distinct portions of the heavens and of the earth , as above stated ) it is to be remembered that the figure of that sign is commonly represented as looking sideways or backwards , ( vide the Zodiac in the ...
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... resemblance of the forepart of a bull ( as in the zodiac of the frontispiece ) com- posed of the Atlantic Ocean , together with the great gulf of the West Indies and Baffin's Bay . The head of the Bull will be in the center of the ...
... resemblance of the forepart of a bull ( as in the zodiac of the frontispiece ) com- posed of the Atlantic Ocean , together with the great gulf of the West Indies and Baffin's Bay . The head of the Bull will be in the center of the ...
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... resemblance to a female breast , that circumstance is denot- ed accordingly by the latter part of that name . And it is for the reader to pronounce whether the seated figure of the hieroglyphic groupe in Pl . IV . , inserted in the ...
... resemblance to a female breast , that circumstance is denot- ed accordingly by the latter part of that name . And it is for the reader to pronounce whether the seated figure of the hieroglyphic groupe in Pl . IV . , inserted in the ...
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... resemblance between this groupe in plate IV . , and that of fig . 149 , ante , which was intended to give a general idea of the groupe formed by the shadows of the moon , as viewed with the naked eye ; I am , for my own . part , not ...
... resemblance between this groupe in plate IV . , and that of fig . 149 , ante , which was intended to give a general idea of the groupe formed by the shadows of the moon , as viewed with the naked eye ; I am , for my own . part , not ...
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Achilles Æneid Africa allude allusion alum ancient Andromache appear apprehend Arabian Gulf Bay of Honduras called Cape character China Chinese Chryseis circumstance coast Comus constellation contain Cuba derived disease drawn in fig Egypt epithet explained expression fable fever figure following lines further Gemini Greek gum lac head Hector hieroglyphics Homer Iliad implied intended island Jardin Lady Mamore means mentioned moon mountains mouth noticed observed Odyssey passage perhaps Persian Gulf Peruvian bark pestilence plague of Athens poem poet poetical Priam prototype reader reference remarkable represented resemblance seems shape shew side situate South America Spain Straits supposed Tartary Taurus tion tropic tropic of Cancer Ulysses Van Diemen's Land volcanoes volume West India Gulf word zodiac Αλλ αρ γαρ δε δη εκ εν ενι επει επι ες και μεν ος περι τε τοι
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Página 151 - That musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far from the cheerful haunt of men and herds, And sits as safe as in a senate-house; For who would rob a hermit of his weeds, His few books, or his beads, or maple dish, Or do his grey hairs any violence?
Página 89 - Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of eternity.
Página 227 - But now my task is smoothly done, I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bow'd welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon.
Página 85 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Página 276 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink ? 25 And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet...
Página 149 - I do not think my sister so to seek, Or so unprincipled in virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.
Página 159 - Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; till oft converse with heavenly habitants begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Página 216 - To the ocean now I fly, And those happy climes that lie Where day never shuts his eye, Up in the broad fields of the sky.
Página 138 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Página 166 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death...