Dante and the Early AstronomersA. Wingate, 1807 - 359 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... Tree , at Torwood , was but a few miles distant from Kinaird House , I went to see it . This tree , now reduced to a ... trees 60 feet in circumference , and the trunks below the branches from 50 to 60 feet high . From Torwood I directed ...
... Tree , at Torwood , was but a few miles distant from Kinaird House , I went to see it . This tree , now reduced to a ... trees 60 feet in circumference , and the trunks below the branches from 50 to 60 feet high . From Torwood I directed ...
Pagina 23
... trees , chief- ly oak , fir and other pines , beech , hornbeam , and elms , are among the first planted in Scotland , and among the noblest of the kind at this day . In my way through the Carse of Clackmannan , particularly about ...
... trees , chief- ly oak , fir and other pines , beech , hornbeam , and elms , are among the first planted in Scotland , and among the noblest of the kind at this day . In my way through the Carse of Clackmannan , particularly about ...
Pagina 64
... trees , as at Largo , and Balcarras , attract a variety of birds , which enliven them with their songs . In the Den of Largo , walks are formed along the sides of the streams , or rivulets , that run through the middle of it . You ...
... trees , as at Largo , and Balcarras , attract a variety of birds , which enliven them with their songs . In the Den of Largo , walks are formed along the sides of the streams , or rivulets , that run through the middle of it . You ...
Pagina 66
... trees , including those of the Den already noticed . It is a very elegant and commodious dwelling . Mr. Durham , next to the late earl of Balcarras , was the foremost , as well as one of the greatest improvers of agriculture in the East ...
... trees , including those of the Den already noticed . It is a very elegant and commodious dwelling . Mr. Durham , next to the late earl of Balcarras , was the foremost , as well as one of the greatest improvers of agriculture in the East ...
Pagina 71
... trees . And it is stored with perch and eels . On the surface are seen a great number of swans . Some of the eels caught here are said to be of a monstrous size ; but of these it is not every one , nor many of the in- habitants of those ...
... trees . And it is stored with perch and eels . On the surface are seen a great number of swans . Some of the eels caught here are said to be of a monstrous size ; but of these it is not every one , nor many of the in- habitants of those ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 94 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in thq branches thereof.
Pagina 554 - Neither is it any quantity of knowledge how great soever that can make the mind of man to swell; for nothing can fill, much less extend, the soul of man, but God and the contemplation of God; and therefore Solomon speaking of the two principal senses of inquisition, the eye and the ear, affirmeth that the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing...
Pagina 52 - I beg and entreat of you, dear and special friend, as earnestly as I can, that you would have the goodness to undertake this expedition for the love of me, and to acquit my soul to our Lord and Saviour ; for I have that opinion of your nobleness and loyalty, that, if you undertake it, it cannot fail of success — and I shall die more contented ; but it must be executed as follows : — " I will, that as soon as I shall be dead, you take...
Pagina 599 - And it is to be hoped the day is not far distant when the farmers who allow thistles, ragweed, and the like, to seed on their fields, without having attempted to prevent them, will be subjected to a penalty •f.
Pagina 365 - I observed two magpies hopping round a gooseberry bush, in a small garden, near a poor-looking house, in a peculiar manner, and flying out and into the bush. I stepped aside to see what they were doing, and found, from the poor man and his wife, that...
Pagina 53 - ... you sufficient to perform your journey, as well as for all those whom you may choose to take with you in your train ; you will then deposit your charge at the holy sepulchre of our Lord, where he was buried, since my body cannot go there. You will not be sparing of expense...
Pagina 161 - How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil ! Not that another's danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure...
Pagina 53 - All those present began bewailing bitterly; and when the Lord James could speak, he said, 'Gallant and noble king, I return you a hundred thousand thanks for the high honour you do me, and for the valuable and dear treasure with which you...
Pagina 106 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Pagina 103 - TUNE—" The Boatman." YE gales that gently wave the sea, And please the canny boatman, Bear me frae hence, or bring to me My brave, my bonny Scotman. In haly bands We join'd our hands, Yet may not this discover, While parents rate A large estate, Before a faithful lover. But I...