Proceedings of the Newport Natural History SocietyThe Society, 1883 |
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Page 60 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 58 - Shall I, who even in the morning of my days sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain, shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame...
Page 24 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
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Page 49 - This contest was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sunk down again, oppressed by the weight of its burden; till at length, after various efforts, the strongest prevailed, and was afterwards brought up by the hedge-sparrows.
Page 56 - There was bleeding till the blood -was thin, purging till the body was wasted to a > skeleton, and starving on vegetable diet to keep it so ; " and practitioners who promised to mitigate these rigours, placed, themselves in the line of popularity and prosperity.
Page 9 - Their eyes are ravished with the beauties of naked nature. Their ears are serenaded with the perpetual murmur of brooks, and the thorowbase which the wind plays, when it wantons through the trees; the merry birds too, join their pleasing notes to this rural consort, especially the mockbirds, who love society so well, that whenever they see mankind, they will perch upon a twigg very near them, and sing the sweetest wild airs in the world...
Page 41 - The glowworms, numerous and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night. At dusk the squalid toad was seen. Hopping and crawling o'er the green : The whirling...
Page 50 - ... Essex. He received his professional education in London and Paris. On its completion he embarked for Jamaica, and soon after his arrival was appointed surgeongeneral of the island. He remained there some years, attained a high reputation, and accumulated a considerable fortune. Returning to England, he obtained the degree of doctor of medicine from the university of St. Andrew's 12th May, 1784. In the following year he settled in London as a physician, and was admitted a Licentiate of the College...