Burford cottage, and its robin-red-breast, by the author of Keepr's travels |
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... heaven ? No ; I was plunged into a want more instantly pressing than that of food - the want of liberty ! I thought of this only , and forgot , or refused to listen to , my stomach ! But when a quarter of an hour had passed over my head ...
... heaven ? No ; I was plunged into a want more instantly pressing than that of food - the want of liberty ! I thought of this only , and forgot , or refused to listen to , my stomach ! But when a quarter of an hour had passed over my head ...
الصفحة 30
... heaven , and that -eastern gate , Where the great sun begins his state ! ' Farewell , thou Burford Cottage , and ye hospitable providers of its table ; farewell , ye tender children , Emily and Richard ; farewell the promise of your ...
... heaven , and that -eastern gate , Where the great sun begins his state ! ' Farewell , thou Burford Cottage , and ye hospitable providers of its table ; farewell , ye tender children , Emily and Richard ; farewell the promise of your ...
الصفحة 31
... heaven was partially admitted to me ; I prepared to fly , to spring , to struggle , to escape to the woods and fields ; but a large , strong hand encom- passed my body , despised the bitings of my bill , compressed my wings , and held ...
... heaven was partially admitted to me ; I prepared to fly , to spring , to struggle , to escape to the woods and fields ; but a large , strong hand encom- passed my body , despised the bitings of my bill , compressed my wings , and held ...
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... heaven showed me the road I was to take , and warned me of the lateness of the hour ; besides which , I felt the dew descending , and the cold increasing . The gale behind me brought with it other odours than those which belonged to ...
... heaven showed me the road I was to take , and warned me of the lateness of the hour ; besides which , I felt the dew descending , and the cold increasing . The gale behind me brought with it other odours than those which belonged to ...
الصفحة 63
... heaven , I might slip , haply unobserved , from my quarters in Mr. Paulett's garden , to those in Mr. Gub- bins's , where , overcoming my natural antipathy to the scene of the brick trap , armed by experience against a repetition of the ...
... heaven , I might slip , haply unobserved , from my quarters in Mr. Paulett's garden , to those in Mr. Gub- bins's , where , overcoming my natural antipathy to the scene of the brick trap , armed by experience against a repetition of the ...
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الصفحة 326 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 383 - For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
الصفحة 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...