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"Omnes res crpntne sunt dirina? sapientim et potentin^ testes, divitia? felicitatia 

 himiana? : — ex liaruin usu hoiiitas Creatoris ; ex pulcliritudine sapientia Doiniiii ; 

 ex (Tconomia in conservalione, proportione, renovatione, potcniia majestatis '' 



elucet. Eaniiii itaque indagatio ab lioniinibus sibi relictis semper rcstiinata ; 

 a Tere eruditis et sapientibus semper esculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper m 



ininiica fuit." — LixNiBus. \ 



" Quel que soit le principe de la rie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir les yeux pour 

 voir qu'elle est le chef-d'oeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent foutes ses operations." — Biutknek, Tkeorie du Syst^me Animal, Leyden, 

 1707. 



The sylvan povrers 



Obey our summons; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet; the Nymplis 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or riited oak or cavern deep : the Naiads too » 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rijjpling tide: the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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