Burford cottage, and its robin-red-breast, by the author of Keepr's travels |
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... moral virtues which , actually , and in the midst of all , elevate and give happiness to its sable * Blacklock , the blind poet and divine of Dumfriesshire , has these lines , in a rhythmical portrait of himself : " Like all mankind ...
... moral virtues which , actually , and in the midst of all , elevate and give happiness to its sable * Blacklock , the blind poet and divine of Dumfriesshire , has these lines , in a rhythmical portrait of himself : " Like all mankind ...
الصفحة 169
... moral events of the earth upon which we live . It is , indeed , in this tendency of the study of Nature , to deliver human life from the agonies and burdens of unfounded fears , that so much of the value of this study , and of its ...
... moral events of the earth upon which we live . It is , indeed , in this tendency of the study of Nature , to deliver human life from the agonies and burdens of unfounded fears , that so much of the value of this study , and of its ...
الصفحة 172
... moral qualities improved . He lost his currishness , and when his patrons approached , expressed gratitude by licking their hands , & c .; yet he would never follow them beyond an imaginary limit , either way , where he would stop , wag ...
... moral qualities improved . He lost his currishness , and when his patrons approached , expressed gratitude by licking their hands , & c .; yet he would never follow them beyond an imaginary limit , either way , where he would stop , wag ...
الصفحة 217
... nature with quick- ness and clearness of apprehension , and with the kind- liest dispositions , and finest moral and intellectual L qualities ; and enjoying , through cultivation , a fund ITS ROBIN - RED - BREAST . 217.
... nature with quick- ness and clearness of apprehension , and with the kind- liest dispositions , and finest moral and intellectual L qualities ; and enjoying , through cultivation , a fund ITS ROBIN - RED - BREAST . 217.
الصفحة 219
... morally speaking , he most desires to resemble ! His comeliness and his majesty of aspect are thus at his own mercy ; -truths which are well and strongly ex- pressed in the image of the Eastern fable , where the spirit of a bad man ...
... morally speaking , he most desires to resemble ! His comeliness and his majesty of aspect are thus at his own mercy ; -truths which are well and strongly ex- pressed in the image of the Eastern fable , where the spirit of a bad man ...
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Africa ancient ancient Egypt antiquity appearance arts astronomy Badagry barbarism beasts beautiful beaver birds body Burford Cottage Bushmen cage called CHAP civilization Cobbler Dykes Colognese Comet constellations creatures cried crumbs divine earth Egypt England English ether eyes fancy Farmer Mowbray father feelings feteesh-huts fire fixed stars garden Greek Gubbins Gubbins's Hartley hear heard heaven human hyæna imagination insects king latter learning least light live mankind manner means Miss Wainfleet modern moon moral morning native nature nebula Negro nations neighbour never observed once Ovid Pagan papa Paulett Pelican perhaps Persia planets poet poor puss Ralph Wilcox reason Red-breast returned Robin Robin-red-breasts Saint Valentine Saturnalia seen singing Sir William Herschel solar system song space speak species thee things thought tion traveller trees truth Van Diemen's Land village whole wings words young
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الصفحة 326 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
الصفحة 324 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
الصفحة 462 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
الصفحة 296 - Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone, The redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th...
الصفحة 249 - Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke, When round the ruins of their ancient oak The peasants flocked to hear the minstrel play, And games and carols closed the busy day. Her wheel at rest, the matron thrills no more With treasured tales, and legendary lore.
الصفحة 330 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
الصفحة 24 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth...
الصفحة 95 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
الصفحة 383 - For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
الصفحة 95 - Midst gloomy glades, in warbles clear, Wild Nature's sweetest notes they hear : On green untrodden banks they view The hyacinth's neglected hue ; In their lone haunts, and woodland rounds, They spy the squirrel's airy bounds ; And startle from her ashen spray, Across the glen, the screaming jay : Each native charm their steps explore Of solitude's sequester'd store. For them the moon with cloudless ray Mounts, to illume their homeward way: Their weary spirits to relieve, The meadows incense breathe...