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" Let us only, if you please, to take leave of this subject, reflect, upon this occasion, on the vanity and transient glory of all this habitable world ; how, by the force of one element breaking loose upon the rest, all the varieties of nature, all the... "
A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With Reflections ... - Page 241
by Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794
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The Spectator, Volume 2

1729 - 342 pages
...habitable World. How by the ' Force of one Element breaking loofe upon the reft, all * the Vanities of Nature, all the Works of Art, all the ' Labours...before as great and magnificent, ' is obliterated or vanifhed ; and an another Form and ' Face of tilings, plain, iimple, and every where the * fame, overfpreads...
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Rhetoric; Or, A View of Its Principal Tropes and Figures, in Their Origin ...

Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 pages
...p. 610. fN° 146. «* ble world : HQW by tfye force of one element «' breaking loofe upon the reft, all the varieties « of nature, all the works of art, all the la?' hours of men, are reduced to nothing. AH " that we admired and adored before as great " and magnificent,...
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The British Magazine and General Review of the Literature ..., Volume 1

1772 - 456 pages
...habita" ble world, how "by 'the force of " one element breaking loóle upon " the reft, all the vaniti« of nature, " all the works of art, all the labours " of men are reduced te nothing. AM •' - ' " tlïxt " that we admired and adored before, " as great and magnificent, is...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...habitable World. How by the Force of" one Element breaking loofe upon the reft, all the Vanities of Natuie, all the Works of Art, all the Labours of Men, are...before as great and magnificent, is obliterated or vanifhed ; and another Form and Face of Things, plain, iimple, and everywhere the fame, overipreads...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 4

1786 - 694 pages
...this habitable work!. How by the force of one element breaking loofe upon the reft, all the vanities of nature, all the works of art, all the labours of...before as great and magnificent, is obliterated or vanilhed j and another form and face of things, plain, funple, anil everywhere the fame, overfpreads...
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The Religion of the Ancient Greeks

Leclerc de Sept-Chênes - 1788 - 362 pages
...glory of all this habitable world ; how, by the " force of one element breaking loofe upon " the reft, all the varieties of nature, all the " works of art, all the labours of men, are re*' duced to nothing ; all that we admired and " adored before, as great and magnificent, is " obliterated...
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The Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the ..., Volume 3

1794 - 450 pages
...upon this occasion on the vanity and VOL. in. H transient transient glory of this habitable world. How by the force of one element breaking loose upon the...great and magnificent, is obliterated or vanished ; and another form and face of things, plain, simple, and every where the same, overspreads the whole...
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Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, Volume 3

George Horne - 1794 - 416 pages
...glory of this ha«« bitable world. How, by the force of one <« element breaking loofe upon the reft, all " the varieties of nature, all the works of "...before, as great and magnificent, " is obliterated, or vanifhed; and another " form and face of things, plain, fimpk, " and every where the fame, overfpreads...
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Discourses on several subjects and occasions. Vol. 1,2, 3rd ed.; 3 ..., Volume 3

George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1794 - 426 pages
...glory of this ha" bitable world. How, by the force of one " element breaking loofe upon the reft,' all " the varieties of nature, all the works of "...before, as great and magnificent, " is obliterated, or vanimed; and another " form and face of things, plain, fimple, •" and every where the fame, overfpreads...
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A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With ..., Volume 2

Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 480 pages
...reflect, that by the force of one element breaking loose upon VOL. n. Y the the rest, all the vanities of nature, all the works of art, all the labours of men, are reduced to nothing ! All that was admired and adored before as great and magnificent is vanished, or obliterated ; and another form...
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