June: a book for the country in summer timeLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1856 - 141 من الصفحات |
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... seem happy , and celebrating , as it were , some high festival ? And -- " Shall man , the great master of all , The only insensible prove ? " I cannot think so badly of my readers , but that they will say " We too will be happy ...
... seem happy , and celebrating , as it were , some high festival ? And -- " Shall man , the great master of all , The only insensible prove ? " I cannot think so badly of my readers , but that they will say " We too will be happy ...
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... seems as though they were impelled by any muscular exertion . The insect in question is called the white plume ( Pterophorus pentadactylus ) , and you will find that the wings are divided so as to appear like five feathers on each side ...
... seems as though they were impelled by any muscular exertion . The insect in question is called the white plume ( Pterophorus pentadactylus ) , and you will find that the wings are divided so as to appear like five feathers on each side ...
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... seem so typical of angelic purity that one seems to witness a resurrection . We will now proceed to discuss the varied aspects of June in different parts of the country , and , after considering June in Scotland and June at the Lakes ...
... seem so typical of angelic purity that one seems to witness a resurrection . We will now proceed to discuss the varied aspects of June in different parts of the country , and , after considering June in Scotland and June at the Lakes ...
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... seems to view one's self and one's whole career as from some extraneous position . But let us imagine the traveller to descend from the hill to which he had wandered , and let him retrace his way from Dunoon , and thence take the inland ...
... seems to view one's self and one's whole career as from some extraneous position . But let us imagine the traveller to descend from the hill to which he had wandered , and let him retrace his way from Dunoon , and thence take the inland ...
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... seems to us natural that the surface of the soil should not be flat - no doubt the Swiss thinks it natural it should be mountainous - but a little experience soon cures us of this delusion , and we learn to appreciate and to enjoy more ...
... seems to us natural that the surface of the soil should not be flat - no doubt the Swiss thinks it natural it should be mountainous - but a little experience soon cures us of this delusion , and we learn to appreciate and to enjoy more ...
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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.