Plants of the land and water, by M. and E. Kirby1857 - 347 من الصفحات |
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... traveller once had the pleasure of seeing this , on his entrance through the Straits of Babelmandel . He was on board a steamer , and was awakened very early in the morning by the hot glare of an Arabian sun . He put his head out of the ...
... traveller once had the pleasure of seeing this , on his entrance through the Straits of Babelmandel . He was on board a steamer , and was awakened very early in the morning by the hot glare of an Arabian sun . He put his head out of the ...
الصفحة 58
... to be seen with- out a microscope ; and others , especially in hot countries , grow to an enormous size , and * Exidia Auricula Judæ . + Geastrum . Nidularia . have even been mistaken by travellers for lions and beasts. 58 THE FUNGL.
... to be seen with- out a microscope ; and others , especially in hot countries , grow to an enormous size , and * Exidia Auricula Judæ . + Geastrum . Nidularia . have even been mistaken by travellers for lions and beasts. 58 THE FUNGL.
الصفحة 59
Mary Kirby. have even been mistaken by travellers for lions and beasts of prey , couching among the trees . I could tell you much more about these interesting plants , but am afraid of tiring you with the subject . I will therefore ...
Mary Kirby. have even been mistaken by travellers for lions and beasts of prey , couching among the trees . I could tell you much more about these interesting plants , but am afraid of tiring you with the subject . I will therefore ...
الصفحة 64
... traveller . The story is so familiar that you may have heard it many times , but yet it is so simple and touching , that I cannot forbear to relate it . As Mungo Park was travelling in Africa , many hundred miles from his country and ...
... traveller . The story is so familiar that you may have heard it many times , but yet it is so simple and touching , that I cannot forbear to relate it . As Mungo Park was travelling in Africa , many hundred miles from his country and ...
الصفحة 82
... traveller to avoid stum- bling as he walks over them . Other species are called climbing ferns , because they twine them- selves round the trunks and branches of trees like a convolvulus . In the West India Islands a ninth part of the ...
... traveller to avoid stum- bling as he walks over them . Other species are called climbing ferns , because they twine them- selves round the trunks and branches of trees like a convolvulus . In the West India Islands a ninth part of the ...
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الصفحة 19 - There with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter...
الصفحة 269 - The officers and men being in the boat, they only waited for me, of which the master-at-arms informed Christian, who then said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them; if you attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly be put to death...
الصفحة 223 - In all places, then, and in all seasons, Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings, Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons, How akin they are to human things. And with child-like, credulous affection We behold their tender buds expand ; Emblems of our own great resurrection, Emblems of the bright and better land.
الصفحة 209 - What first inspired a bard of old to sing Narcissus pining o'er the untainted spring? In some delicious ramble, he had found A little space, with boughs all woven round; And in the midst of all, a clearer pool Than e'er reflected in its pleasant cool, The blue sky here, and there, serenely peeping Through tendril wreaths fantastically creeping.
الصفحة 51 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God. The beauties of the wilderness are His, That make so gay the solitary place Where no eye sees them.
الصفحة 209 - And on the bank a lonely flower he spied, A meek and forlorn flower, with naught of pride, Drooping its beauty o'er the watery clearness, To woo its own sad image into nearness: Deaf to light Zephyrus it would not move; But still would seem to droop, to pine, to love.
الصفحة 91 - There is a lesson in each flower, A story in each stream and bower ; On every herb on which you tread Are written words which, rightly read, Will lead you from earth's fragrant sod To hope, and holiness, and God.
الصفحة 57 - Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night, — Springing in valleys green and low And on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no man passes by...
الصفحة 15 - Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
الصفحة 115 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that where Britain's power Is felt mankind may feel her mercy too.