June: a book for the country in summer timeLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1856 - 141 من الصفحات |
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... botanist , different birds are noticed by the ornithologist , and curious insects gladden the eye of the entomologist . Nor can a geologist follow the track of this mountain stream without finding much to interest him in the sections on ...
... botanist , different birds are noticed by the ornithologist , and curious insects gladden the eye of the entomologist . Nor can a geologist follow the track of this mountain stream without finding much to interest him in the sections on ...
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... botany . Within the limits of this beautiful locality , attractive as it is in all the relations above alluded to , lies the favoured northern retreat of our sovereign , the centre of the Highland sports of her royal consort . The MS ...
... botany . Within the limits of this beautiful locality , attractive as it is in all the relations above alluded to , lies the favoured northern retreat of our sovereign , the centre of the Highland sports of her royal consort . The MS ...
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... Botany has long been a widely studied branch of natural history , and we have many excellent standard works on the ... Botany , nor Babington's Manual of British Botany ( one of the most conveniently compact works for promoting the ...
... Botany has long been a widely studied branch of natural history , and we have many excellent standard works on the ... Botany , nor Babington's Manual of British Botany ( one of the most conveniently compact works for promoting the ...
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... different branches of the science , which it would be quite foreign to the purpose to enumerate here . One very interesting feature of Entomology is its connection with Botany ; a large proportion of insects CONCLUSION . 119.
... different branches of the science , which it would be quite foreign to the purpose to enumerate here . One very interesting feature of Entomology is its connection with Botany ; a large proportion of insects CONCLUSION . 119.
الصفحة 120
... Botany of a district is comparatively soon exhausted , it might be well if some of the skilled botanists , who seldom now have the delight of meeting with a new flower , were to turn their attention to the sister science ; which , in ...
... Botany of a district is comparatively soon exhausted , it might be well if some of the skilled botanists , who seldom now have the delight of meeting with a new flower , were to turn their attention to the sister science ; which , in ...
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الصفحة 132 - Then the little Hiawatha, Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets,, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them "Hiawatha's Chickens." Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he...
الصفحة 72 - 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 childlike, credulous affection We behold their tender buds expand ; Emblems of our own great resurrection, Emblems of the bright and better land.
الصفحة 72 - Wondrous truths, and manifold as wondrous, God hath written in those stars above; But not less in the bright flowerets under us Stands the revelation of his love.
الصفحة 77 - Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.
الصفحة 24 - Men that undertake only one district are much more likely to advance natural knowledge than those that grasp at more than they can possibly be acquainted with : every kingdom, every province, should have its own monographer.
الصفحة 125 - You foreknow your doom by sad experience. A great deal of dressing, a lounge in the club-room, a stare out of the window with the telescope, an attempt to take a bad sketch, a walk up one parade and down another, interminable reading of the silliest of novels, over which you fall asleep on a bench in the sun, and probably have your umbrella stolen; a purposeless fine-weather sail in a yacht, accompanied by...
الصفحة 95 - The World of Insects; a Guide to its Wonders. By JW DOUGLAS, Secretary to the Entomological Society of London. This work contains rambling observations on the more interesting members of the Insect World to be found in the House, the Garden, the Orchard, the Fields, the Hedges, on the Fences, the Heaths and Commons, the Downs, in the Woods, the Waters, or on the Sea Shore, or on Mountains.
الصفحة 77 - Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.
الصفحة 34 - ... of the poor man as of the rich ; or rather more so. To learn the art of contentment is only to learn what happiness actually consists in. Sensual pleasures add little to its substance.