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Pagina 7
... answered her husband ; This is a question upon which the author of these pages has long since offered notices to the scientific world ; and upon which circum- stances alone have hitherto delayed the appearance of his fuller observations ...
... answered her husband ; This is a question upon which the author of these pages has long since offered notices to the scientific world ; and upon which circum- stances alone have hitherto delayed the appearance of his fuller observations ...
Pagina 10
... answered her husband , " the whole of that is true ; but let us sum up , on the other side , a part of those things which may either soften our sentence upon it for the present , or encourage our hopes for it , as to the future . New ...
... answered her husband , " the whole of that is true ; but let us sum up , on the other side , a part of those things which may either soften our sentence upon it for the present , or encourage our hopes for it , as to the future . New ...
Pagina 12
... answered her hus- band , " that they are decried to excess by the Eu- ropeans ; and , in the second place , I account for their deficiencies , bodily and intellectual , such as they are , from the acknowledged deficiencies of their ...
... answered her hus- band , " that they are decried to excess by the Eu- ropeans ; and , in the second place , I account for their deficiencies , bodily and intellectual , such as they are , from the acknowledged deficiencies of their ...
Pagina 36
... answered , and the step which followed it , were not Mary's , but her father's ; the man who had become so cruel to me , and whom , now ( and in spite of his smooth words ) , I so much dreaded . Uplifting the trap - door , and with a ...
... answered , and the step which followed it , were not Mary's , but her father's ; the man who had become so cruel to me , and whom , now ( and in spite of his smooth words ) , I so much dreaded . Uplifting the trap - door , and with a ...
Pagina 84
... answered Mr. Gubbins ; " and , even with all the deformity , and with all the mischief which likewise belong to it , mankind will never part with it at heart , whatever may be the outside learning of the day ! " " Thank thee , thank ...
... answered Mr. Gubbins ; " and , even with all the deformity , and with all the mischief which likewise belong to it , mankind will never part with it at heart , whatever may be the outside learning of the day ! " " Thank thee , thank ...
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Africa ancient ancient Egypt antiquity appearance arts astronomy Badagry barbarism beasts beautiful beaver birds body Burford Cottage Bushmen cage called CHAP civilization Cobbler Dykes Colognese Comet constellations creatures cried crumbs divine earth Egypt England English ether eyes fancy Farmer Mowbray father feelings feteesh-huts fire fixed stars garden Greek Gubbins Gubbins's Hartley hear heard heaven human hyæna imagination insects king latter learning least light live mankind manner means Miss Wainfleet modern moon moral morning native nature nebula Negro nations neighbour never observed once Ovid Pagan papa Paulett Pelican perhaps Persia planets poet poor puss Ralph Wilcox reason Red-breast returned Robin Robin-red-breasts Saint Valentine Saturnalia seen singing Sir William Herschel solar system song space speak species thee things thought tion traveller trees truth Van Diemen's Land village whole wings words young
Populaire passages
Pagina 326 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
Pagina 324 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Pagina 462 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Pagina 296 - Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone, The redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th...
Pagina 249 - Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke, When round the ruins of their ancient oak The peasants flocked to hear the minstrel play, And games and carols closed the busy day. Her wheel at rest, the matron thrills no more With treasured tales, and legendary lore.
Pagina 330 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Pagina 24 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth...
Pagina 95 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Pagina 383 - For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
Pagina 95 - Midst gloomy glades, in warbles clear, Wild Nature's sweetest notes they hear : On green untrodden banks they view The hyacinth's neglected hue ; In their lone haunts, and woodland rounds, They spy the squirrel's airy bounds ; And startle from her ashen spray, Across the glen, the screaming jay : Each native charm their steps explore Of solitude's sequester'd store. For them the moon with cloudless ray Mounts, to illume their homeward way: Their weary spirits to relieve, The meadows incense breathe...