Excerpt from Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Vol. 2 of 2: Addressed to His Son Lastly, i f you have to describe any natural'i phenomenon, it will*bei tight to acquain't'yourr Self philb'sopliically with its causes and its eff feets, and this will operate against your forget ting any niaterial'circumstance in the descripr tion. T here is an excellent description of the presages of a thunder storm in'bebcaria; which I have copied in the Economy of N ature The moving pillarsof sand in the desart, fias de ...
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Excerpt from Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Vol. 2 of 2: Addressed to His Son Lastly, i f you have to describe any natural'i phenomenon, it will*bei tight to acquain't'yourr Self philb'sopliically with its causes and its eff feets, and this will operate against your forget ting any niaterial'circumstance in the descripr tion. T here is an excellent description of the presages of a thunder storm in'bebcaria; which I have copied in the Economy of N ature The moving pillarsof sand in the desart, fias de scribed by Mr. Bruce, in his T ravels, must in terest any reader; and the following descrip tion of a'phenomenon, which is unfortunately not uncommon, will serve as a. Fair example it is that of an earthquake by the Abbe Ray??? nal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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