The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by C. F. (Constantin François) Volney
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ON THE CLIMATE AND SOIL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, to which is
added an account of Florida, of the French colony of Scioto, of some Canadian Colonies, and of the Savages--1803. REPORT MADE TO THE CELTIC ACADEMY ON THE RUSSIAN WORK OF PROFESSOR PALLAS, entitled "A Comparative Vocabulary of all the Languages in the World." THE CHRONOLOGY OF HERODOTUS conformable with his Text--1808 and 1809. NEW RESEARCHES ON ANCIENT HISTORY, 3 vols. 8vo.--1814 THE EUROPEAN ALPHABET Applied to the Languages of Asia--1819. A HISTORY OF SAMUEL--1819. HEBREW SIMPLIFIED--1820. INVOCATION. Hail solitary ruins, holy sepulchres and silent walls! you I invoke; to you I address my prayer. While your aspect averts, with secret terror, the vulgar regard, it excites in my heart the charm of delicious sentiments--sublime contemplations. What useful lessons, what affecting and profound reflections you suggest to him who knows how to consult you! When the whole earth, in chains and silence bowed the neck before its tyrants, you had already proclaimed the truths which they abhor; and confounding the dust of the king with that of the meanest slave, |
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