The Philosophy of Nature; Or, The Influence of Scenery on the Mind and Heart, Tom 2J. Murray, 1813 - 340 |
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... garden of flowers.- " V. Have we lost a beloved mistress , or an af- fectionate friend ? -Do we hear a tune , of which she was enthusiastically fond , or read a poem he passionately admired ; are not our thoughts swayed by a secret ...
... garden of flowers.- " V. Have we lost a beloved mistress , or an af- fectionate friend ? -Do we hear a tune , of which she was enthusiastically fond , or read a poem he passionately admired ; are not our thoughts swayed by a secret ...
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... garden and her shrub- bery . Thus occupied , she was an object of love , admiration and pity to all the electorate . - So- PHIA , charged with a crime , as ill - founded as those of the virtuous Matilda , dérived the same consola- tion ...
... garden and her shrub- bery . Thus occupied , she was an object of love , admiration and pity to all the electorate . - So- PHIA , charged with a crime , as ill - founded as those of the virtuous Matilda , dérived the same consola- tion ...
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... gardens , have power to strengthen the mind , and to secure it against the turbulent emotions , caused by the intrigues and tumults of the world , much greater effect , in weaning us from its follies and its vices , may nobler scenes be ...
... gardens , have power to strengthen the mind , and to secure it against the turbulent emotions , caused by the intrigues and tumults of the world , much greater effect , in weaning us from its follies and its vices , may nobler scenes be ...
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... garden and his shrubberies , has not an in- nate love of order and harmony , though oppor- tunity has never allowed their cultivation ? -Who , that will stand for hours upon a precipice , and drink in rapture from the untouched scenes ...
... garden and his shrubberies , has not an in- nate love of order and harmony , though oppor- tunity has never allowed their cultivation ? -Who , that will stand for hours upon a precipice , and drink in rapture from the untouched scenes ...
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... garden ? and who can listen to the bleating of sheep , confined in a house , or to the lowing of cattle near the windows of a drawing- room ? -and yet , how agreeable are our sensa- tions , when lambs bleat upon the mountains , cows low ...
... garden ? and who can listen to the bleating of sheep , confined in a house , or to the lowing of cattle near the windows of a drawing- room ? -and yet , how agreeable are our sensa- tions , when lambs bleat upon the mountains , cows low ...
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