 | Great Britain - 1802 - 764 pages
...outlines in the sublime picture presented to the astonished spectator. The incessant cares and pursuits of anxious mortals are recollected as a dream ; the...earth is contemplated only in its elements, and as constituting a part of the solar system." /. 109—111. Chap. XI. In surveying the rocks, they find... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1802 - 556 pages
...form the grand outlines in the fublime picîure prefenied to the aiionilhed ¡pedator. The incellant cares and purfuits of anxious mortals are recollected...and energies of animated nature are forgotten ; the eartl) is contemplated only in its elements, and as conftiluting a part of the lolar lyííem." Thus... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1802 - 610 pages
...spectator. The incessant cares and pursuits of anxious mortals are recollected as a dream; the variou* forms and energies of animated nature are forgotten;...earth is contemplated only in its elements, and as constituting a part of the ?olar system.' Vol. ii. J>. 110. We cannot close the present without explaining... | |
 | 1803 - 752 pages
...form the grand outlines in the fublime picture prefentrd to the aftonifhed fpeftator. *' The ¡nreflam cares and purfuits of anxious mortals are recollected...earth is contemplated only in its elements, and as conf; ¡luting a pan of the folar fyftem." P. 109. From the Cape our travellers return with as much... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...outlines to the sublime picture presented to the astonished spectator. The incessant cares and pursuits of anxious mortals are recollected as a, dream ; the...forms and energies of animated nature are forgotten ; and the earth is contemplated only in its elements, and as constituting a part of the solar system."... | |
 | History - 1803 - 892 pages
...outlines in the sublime picture presented to the astonished spectator. The incessant cares and pursuits of anxious mortals are recollected as a dream ; the...forms and energies of animated nature are forgotten ; and the earth is contemplated only in its elements, and as constituting a part of the solar system."... | |
 | 1814 - 378 pages
...grand outlines in the picture presented to the astonished spectator. The incessant cares and pursuit of mortals are recollected as a dream ; the various forms...earth is contemplated only in its elements, and as constituting a part of the solar system." It was on this bleak and desolate spot, that Acerbi should... | |
 | James Hingston Tuckey - Commerce - 1815 - 580 pages
...outline of the sublime picture presented to the astonished spectator. The incessant cares and pursuits of anxious mortals are recollected as a dream, the...earth is contemplated only in its elements, and as constituting a part of the solar system." • So named by Burroughs in 155C. f Acerbu ^ . • ICELAND.... | |
 | James Hingston Tuckey - Commerce - 1815 - 580 pages
...outline of the sublime picture presented to the astonished spectator. The incessant cares and pursuits of anxious mortals are recollected as a dream, the...earth is contemplated only in its elements, and as constituting a part of the solar system." ICELAND. Though the north extremity of Iceland extends but... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...outlines in the sublime picture presented to the astonished spectator. The incessant cares and pursuits of anxious mortals are recollected as a dream ; the...nature are forgotten; the Earth is contemplated only in it's elements, and as constituting a part of the solar system. ACERBI'S TRAVELS. EARTHQUAKE IN CALABRIA.... | |
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The northern sun, creeping at midnight at the distance of five diameters along the horizon, and the immeasurable ocean in apparent contact with the skies, form the grand outlines in the sublime picture presented to the astonished spectator. The incessant... 
