June: a book for the country in summer timeLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1856 - 141 من الصفحات |
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... trees - the horse - chestnut , its season for blooming hardly yet over ; and to see a large tree standing well by itself , its pyramids of white flowers looking like so many lighted candelabras , is a sight of which we should think much ...
... trees - the horse - chestnut , its season for blooming hardly yet over ; and to see a large tree standing well by itself , its pyramids of white flowers looking like so many lighted candelabras , is a sight of which we should think much ...
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... trees , near the foot of the hill , and has crossed the half - grassy ground beyond it , where the orchis grows so freely ; and thence , over a stone wall or two , he has reached the steeper portion of the hill , threaded with ...
... trees , near the foot of the hill , and has crossed the half - grassy ground beyond it , where the orchis grows so freely ; and thence , over a stone wall or two , he has reached the steeper portion of the hill , threaded with ...
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... trees , the little village of Duddingstone , so close to Edinburgh and yet so romantically distant . Perhaps the traveller descends the hill on that side with the view of scrutinizing more closely this portion of the landscape ; but if ...
... trees , the little village of Duddingstone , so close to Edinburgh and yet so romantically distant . Perhaps the traveller descends the hill on that side with the view of scrutinizing more closely this portion of the landscape ; but if ...
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... trees , and a little wood , in which the long flowering grasses seemed to indicate that the underwood had been but recently thinned when we visited it , tempted one from the dusty high road to wander amongst its grassy braes , where ...
... trees , and a little wood , in which the long flowering grasses seemed to indicate that the underwood had been but recently thinned when we visited it , tempted one from the dusty high road to wander amongst its grassy braes , where ...
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... tree to tree with stones , have retreated before their stupid and cruel persecutors . The country is losing its life and JUNE IN DEVONSHIRE . 57.
... tree to tree with stones , have retreated before their stupid and cruel persecutors . The country is losing its life and JUNE IN DEVONSHIRE . 57.
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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.