 Thus the tall Oak, the giant of the wood. Which bears Britannia's thunders on the flood; The Whale, unmeasured monster of the main. The lordly Lion, monarch of the plain, The Eagle soaring in the realms of air, Whose eye undazzled drinks the solar glare,...  The temple of nature - Page 30by Erasmus Darwin - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 614 pages
...generations bloom, New powers acquire, and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing. "...the wood, Which bears Britannia's thunders on the Hood ; The whale, unmeasured monster of the main, The lordly lion, monarch of the plain, The eagle... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1804 - 364 pages
...contact with the water. First forms minute, 1. 297. See Additional Note I. on Spontaneous Vitality. Thus the tall Oak, the giant of the wood, Which bears Britannia's thunders on the flood ; The Whale, unmeasured monster of the main, The lordly Lion, monarch of the plain, The Eagle, soaring in the realms... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1809 - 532 pages
...body, the seed of a plant, or the embrio of an animal, in its first discoverable state, is now • Thus the tall oak, the giant of the wood, Which bears Britannia's thunders on the flood ; The whale, unmeasured monster of the main, The lordly lion, monarch of the plain, The eagle soaring in the realms... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1823 - 816 pages
...animals, arose from such a small beginning as a living point or a living fibre" to supppose that " Thus the tall oak, the giant of the wood : Which bears Britannia's thunders on the flood; The whiUe unmeasured monster of the main ; The lordly lion, monarch of the plain ; The eagle soaring, in... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1825 - 114 pages
...bloom, 299 New powers acquire, and larger limbs assume ; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing. "...bears Britannia's thunders on the flood; The whale, unmeasured monster of the main, The lordly lion, monarch of the plain, The eagle soaring in the realms... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 390 pages
...generations bloom, New powers acquire and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing. "Thus...bears Britannia's thunders on the flood; The Whale, unmeasured monster of the main; The lordly lion, monarch of the plain; The eagle, soaring in the realms... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams - 1912 - 380 pages
...generations bloom, New powers acquire and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing. "Thus...bears Britannia's thunders on the flood; The Whale, unmeasured monster of the main; The lordly lion, monarch of the plain; The eagle, soaring in the realms... | |
 | Matthew H. Nitecki, Doris V. Nitecki - 1992 - 282 pages
...generations bloom, New powers acquire, and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing. Thus...bears Britannia's thunders on the flood; The Whale, unmeasured monster of the main, The lordly Lion, monarch of the plain, The Eagle soaring in the realms... | |
 | Ian Haywood, Zachary Leader - 1998 - 280 pages
...bloom, New powers acquire, and larger limbs assume; 300 Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing. Thus...bears Britannia's thunders on the flood; The whale, unmeasured monster of the main, The lordly lion, monarch of the plain, The eagle soaring in the realms... | |
 | Michael Ruse - 1999 - 366 pages
...generations bloom, New powers acquire, and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing. Thus...bears Britannia's thunders on the flood; The Whale, unmeasured monster of the main, The lordly Lion, monarch of the plain, The Eagle soaring in the realms... | |
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