Burford cottage, and its robin-red-breast, by the author of Keepr's travels |
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... moving toward me ; the feet came close to the trap ; the nearer sound of the breathing told me that my betrayer ( or , could it be my deliverer ? ) was stooping down to it ; the upper brick was partly lifted ; the light of heaven was ...
... moving toward me ; the feet came close to the trap ; the nearer sound of the breathing told me that my betrayer ( or , could it be my deliverer ? ) was stooping down to it ; the upper brick was partly lifted ; the light of heaven was ...
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... moving about somewhere ; for , early and late , the honest creatures are striving , and preparing to part with their little all , for their sad voyage to Van Diemen's Land . Ah ! my pretty Robin , " added he , " the poor Mowbrays are ...
... moving about somewhere ; for , early and late , the honest creatures are striving , and preparing to part with their little all , for their sad voyage to Van Diemen's Land . Ah ! my pretty Robin , " added he , " the poor Mowbrays are ...
الصفحة 47
... moving , to avoid displacing or dislodging something , of which the legs were lost or broken , the fastenings rotten , or the supports unsteady ! Here were a bed , and tables , and arm - chairs , and stools , and chests , and worn - out ...
... moving , to avoid displacing or dislodging something , of which the legs were lost or broken , the fastenings rotten , or the supports unsteady ! Here were a bed , and tables , and arm - chairs , and stools , and chests , and worn - out ...
الصفحة 87
... moving only my mouth , I ventured upon a meek exercise of my voice ; hoping that my watchful mother , or my mate , would catch the sound of even so faint a cry , and thus arrive to witness my restoration , and to rejoin the broken links ...
... moving only my mouth , I ventured upon a meek exercise of my voice ; hoping that my watchful mother , or my mate , would catch the sound of even so faint a cry , and thus arrive to witness my restoration , and to rejoin the broken links ...
الصفحة 89
... moving , or had moved . I confess that I preserved this quietude and silence * It is known that these flowers are variously called dahlias , from Dahl , a German horticulturalist ; and georgias , from Georgia , in North America , their ...
... moving , or had moved . I confess that I preserved this quietude and silence * It is known that these flowers are variously called dahlias , from Dahl , a German horticulturalist ; and georgias , from Georgia , in North America , their ...
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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
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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...