June: a book for the country in summer timeLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1856 - 141 من الصفحات |
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... Teaching us by most persuasive reasons , How akin they are to human beings . " And with child - like , credulous affection , We behold their tender buds expand ; Emblems of our own great resurrection-- Emblems of the bright and better ...
... Teaching us by most persuasive reasons , How akin they are to human beings . " And with child - like , credulous affection , We behold their tender buds expand ; Emblems of our own great resurrection-- Emblems of the bright and better ...
الصفحة 124
... teachers , and , perhaps , some one of the teachers may have some little knowledge of botany ; so I would suggest that the teacher should ask two or three of the girls to bring her some wild flowers from their next afternoon's walk ...
... teachers , and , perhaps , some one of the teachers may have some little knowledge of botany ; so I would suggest that the teacher should ask two or three of the girls to bring her some wild flowers from their next afternoon's walk ...
الصفحة 125
... teacher has asked three of the girls to bring her some flowers , and so , as they go wandering up the lane , Amelia stops to pick a foxglove , and Annie to get a piece of honeysuckle ; perhaps Laura , who is walking beside Amelia ...
... teacher has asked three of the girls to bring her some flowers , and so , as they go wandering up the lane , Amelia stops to pick a foxglove , and Annie to get a piece of honeysuckle ; perhaps Laura , who is walking beside Amelia ...
الصفحة 126
... teacher has to say about them . Then the teacher commences her explanation , and shows the peculiar structure of a daisy , how it is made up of many little flowers , as it were , closely packed together , and is so called compo- site ...
... teacher has to say about them . Then the teacher commences her explanation , and shows the peculiar structure of a daisy , how it is made up of many little flowers , as it were , closely packed together , and is so called compo- site ...
الصفحة 127
... teacher who gave them their botanical lesson not being one of their party that day , the point remains in dispute and causes much contention ; so much so , that two or three of the girls who had not pre- viously got drawn into the ...
... teacher who gave them their botanical lesson not being one of their party that day , the point remains in dispute and causes much contention ; so much so , that two or three of the girls who had not pre- viously got drawn into the ...
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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.