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The Druid, a Series of Miscellaneous Essays [by J. Kennedy].
The Druid a Series of Miscellaneous Essays - by J. Kennedy Author:James Kennedy General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1812 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: No. VII. " Sylphs.' your bold myriads on the withering heath Slay lliefdl Syroc's siiffbcative breath ; Arrest Simoom in his realms of sand, The poison d javelin balanced in his hand ; -- Fierce on blue streams he rides the tainted air, Points his keen eye, and waves his whistling hair ; While as he turns, the undulating soil Rolls in red naves, and billowy desarts boil." Darwin's Botanic Garden, P. I. C. IV. v. 63 -- 70. WIND, which is a sensible stream of air, is as var ious in its qualities and effects as any other of the phenomena of nature. According to the gradual increase of its force, it has been distinguished by different epithets. These are, a breeze, a gale, a gust, a storm, a tempest, a whirlwind, and a tornado or hurricane. The breeze proceeds with a pleasant glide, and is moderate and gentle in its course : the gale is a breeze of increased velocity and power. By a gust is meant a blast of moving air of sudden and violent action : the storm displays a vehement airy commotion, forceful and boisterous ; and the tempest exceeds the storm by an augmented assemblage of impetuosity and destruction. The whirlwind sweeps with the tempests force, and rages with a peculiar strength in its irresistible eddies. The hurricane includes the storm, the tempest, andthe whirlwind, accompanied by every attribute of terror and devastation, which aerial perturbation is capable of producing. Such distinctive appellations, however, have only been applied to discriminate the various gradations of power exhibited by the profluent air . There are others, of which the intention is, to denominate the ran...« less