Burford cottage, and its robin-red-breast, by the author of Keepr's travels |
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Pagina 1
... " 66 O , papa , where is the Robin ? " cried little Emily , now in her eighth year ; " where is the Robin ? Let me see him ! Shall I carry him some crumbs ? ” B " Don't be too much in a hurry , Emily BURFORD COTTAGE, ...
... " 66 O , papa , where is the Robin ? " cried little Emily , now in her eighth year ; " where is the Robin ? Let me see him ! Shall I carry him some crumbs ? ” B " Don't be too much in a hurry , Emily BURFORD COTTAGE, ...
Pagina 4
... carry with them English singing - birds ; in order , says he , to promote the breaking of the horrid silence which so often reigns in the vast forests of those countries ! " " 6 " No singing - birds ! " interrupted Emily ; " why , I ...
... carry with them English singing - birds ; in order , says he , to promote the breaking of the horrid silence which so often reigns in the vast forests of those countries ! " " 6 " No singing - birds ! " interrupted Emily ; " why , I ...
Pagina 5
... carried to excess , is one of the things which , if , in civilized life , and in ordinary situations , it could ever fall to our lot to feel it , most distressful to human nature , and probably , therefore , as injurious . This author ...
... carried to excess , is one of the things which , if , in civilized life , and in ordinary situations , it could ever fall to our lot to feel it , most distressful to human nature , and probably , therefore , as injurious . This author ...
Pagina 8
... carried out fox - hounds , to where there is no chase but for cangaroo - dogs ; and though the charm- ing poet of the " Pleasures of Hope , " in a later pro- duction of his muse , has pictured " panthers " as now lapping at the river ...
... carried out fox - hounds , to where there is no chase but for cangaroo - dogs ; and though the charm- ing poet of the " Pleasures of Hope , " in a later pro- duction of his muse , has pictured " panthers " as now lapping at the river ...
Pagina 20
... carried thither by the hand of man ; and the various effects of whose presence upon the Southern soil , as to its composition , its pressure under their feet , its dress- ing from their manure , its growth from their bite , or its gain ...
... carried thither by the hand of man ; and the various effects of whose presence upon the Southern soil , as to its composition , its pressure under their feet , its dress- ing from their manure , its growth from their bite , or its gain ...
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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...