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Their field of vision is too contracted to take in the whole of any but minute objects
; they view all nature bit by bit ; now the proboscis , now the antennĉ , low the
pinoĉ of a flea ! Thus they proceed , laborious in triles constant in experiment ...
Their field of vision is too contracted to take in the whole of any but minute objects
; they view all nature bit by bit ; now the proboscis , now the antennĉ , low the
pinoĉ of a flea ! Thus they proceed , laborious in triles constant in experiment ...
Page 106
... other objects fail , Runs after its own tail . Peter Pindar . Callander , May 7 ,
1819 . To John DIN my letters to our parents , I have endeavoured to convey an
idea of the beautiful sceery which distinguishes this romantic and ineresting
country ...
... other objects fail , Runs after its own tail . Peter Pindar . Callander , May 7 ,
1819 . To John DIN my letters to our parents , I have endeavoured to convey an
idea of the beautiful sceery which distinguishes this romantic and ineresting
country ...
Page 134
... change of the wind , and every increase and diminution of the waters , is apt to
raise in a lonely region , full of echoes and rocks and caverns ; the grotesque and
ghastly appearance of such a landscape by the light of the moon :Objects like ...
... change of the wind , and every increase and diminution of the waters , is apt to
raise in a lonely region , full of echoes and rocks and caverns ; the grotesque and
ghastly appearance of such a landscape by the light of the moon :Objects like ...
Page 143
... While , trackless as the rushing air , The Spirits of the dead repair Nightly to
chaunt the song that speaks of worlds unknown . West . 3 SUPERSTITION , says
Burke , is the religion of ignorant minds . But the objects of belief to the
Highlander ...
... While , trackless as the rushing air , The Spirits of the dead repair Nightly to
chaunt the song that speaks of worlds unknown . West . 3 SUPERSTITION , says
Burke , is the religion of ignorant minds . But the objects of belief to the
Highlander ...
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miscreant is the object of execration to every man who dares to think for himself .
Oh ! if such a reptile is allowed to annoy his country with impunity , if such a bad
man shall have it in his power to do deeds of oppression which make humanity ...
miscreant is the object of execration to every man who dares to think for himself .
Oh ! if such a reptile is allowed to annoy his country with impunity , if such a bad
man shall have it in his power to do deeds of oppression which make humanity ...
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| Title | Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Franklin James Didier |
| Author | Franklin James Didier |
| Publisher | J. Maxwell, 1822 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 7 Jul 2016 |
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