BEAUTIES,

HARMONIES, AND SUBLIMITIES

OF

NATURE:

WITH

OCCASIONAL REMARKS

ON THE

LAWS, CUSTOMS, MANNERS, AND OPINIONS

OF

VARIOUS NATIONS.

SECOND EDITION.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER, AVE-MARIA LANE.

1823.

ΤΟ

HIS ROYAL AND SERENE HIGHNESS

LEOPOLD GEORGE FREDERIC,

DUKE OF SAXE,

MARGRAVE OF MISNIA, LANDGRAVE OF THURINGIA,

AND PRINCE COBURG SAALFIELD,

I DEDICATE THIS WORK :

BECAUSE

HE IS A LOVER OF NATURE; HAS A MANLY MIND; AND POSSESSES THE ELEGANT MANNERS,

AND THE NOBLE SENTIMENTS OF AN

ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN.

VOL. I.

CHARLES BUCKE.