June: a book for the country in summer timeLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1856 - 141 من الصفحات |
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... boy , in his father's hayfield ; and here he finds it equally at home on the steep hill side above Kilmun , for the insect is not peculiar in its habitats , and is found in a great variety of situations . The traveller , being now ...
... boy , in his father's hayfield ; and here he finds it equally at home on the steep hill side above Kilmun , for the insect is not peculiar in its habitats , and is found in a great variety of situations . The traveller , being now ...
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... boys in this part of the country know the names of the commonest way - side flowers and shrubs ; still less have they the least idea of their properties . I have repeatedly tried the experiment of asking boys to bring me such or such a ...
... boys in this part of the country know the names of the commonest way - side flowers and shrubs ; still less have they the least idea of their properties . I have repeatedly tried the experiment of asking boys to bring me such or such a ...
الصفحة 57
... boy may carry a gun , if he can get one , nothing less than the extermination of these charming creatures , lovely alike to eye and ear , is to be apprehended . In the village from which I write , seven years have almost unpeopled our ...
... boy may carry a gun , if he can get one , nothing less than the extermination of these charming creatures , lovely alike to eye and ear , is to be apprehended . In the village from which I write , seven years have almost unpeopled our ...
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... boys and men . Am I not justified in thinking that an acquaintance , however slight , with some order or branch of natural history , would not only prove an amusement to them , but tend to elevate their thoughts to the Creator , and ...
... boys and men . Am I not justified in thinking that an acquaintance , however slight , with some order or branch of natural history , would not only prove an amusement to them , but tend to elevate their thoughts to the Creator , and ...
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... boys at the grammar - school at Bideford no doubt often amuse themselves in hunting for them - or , if they don't , perhaps they may yet learn to do so . For boys are prone to imitation , and if they see their master take an interest in ...
... boys at the grammar - school at Bideford no doubt often amuse themselves in hunting for them - or , if they don't , perhaps they may yet learn to do so . For boys are prone to imitation , and if they see their master take an interest 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.