 ... enchanting, from the disposition of the valleys, of the waters, of the woods, of the animals. Man alone deranges the plans of Nature : he diverts the current from the fountain ; he digs into the side of the hill ; he sets the forest on fire ; he massacres...  Studies of nature, tr. by H. Hunter - Página 175por Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre - 1796Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1800 - 458 páginas
...current from the fountain ; he digs into the fide of the hill ; he fets the foreft on fire ; be maiFacres without mercy every thing that breathes ; every where...entirely fo, were but the fmalleft, and, feemingly, moll inflgnificant, genus of plants to be fuppreiTed ; for its annihilation would leave a certain fpace... | |
 | Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 1836 - 412 páginas
...hill ; he sets the forest on fire ; he massacres without mercy every thing that breathes ; everywhere he degrades the earth, which could do very well without...him. The harmony of this globe would be partially destroyed, perhaps entirely so, were but the smallest genus of plants to be suppressed ; for its annihilation... | |
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