Burford cottage, and its robin-red-breast, by the author of Keepr's travels |
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الصفحة 47
... head , through the meshes ; and Mrs. Dykes had quickly placed , close to my bosom , and almost in my bill , a heap of bread- crumbs , and even a spoonfull of cold water ; adding to her former remarks , that she " should not wonder , too ...
... head , through the meshes ; and Mrs. Dykes had quickly placed , close to my bosom , and almost in my bill , a heap of bread- crumbs , and even a spoonfull of cold water ; adding to her former remarks , that she " should not wonder , too ...
الصفحة 50
... head , too , as well as I ; but thee wast more taken with outward figures of things , and I with their inner substance . Yet , though I have given myself to books , and thee to mechanics and handi- craft ; thee hast persevered in the ...
... head , too , as well as I ; but thee wast more taken with outward figures of things , and I with their inner substance . Yet , though I have given myself to books , and thee to mechanics and handi- craft ; thee hast persevered in the ...
الصفحة 56
... Head , can send him , with a halfpenny in his mouth , to the bar ; and , in his mouth , he will bring back & biscuit in exchange . He neither trespasses upon the biscuit , nor does he carry the money to the dog's - meat shop , as , in ...
... Head , can send him , with a halfpenny in his mouth , to the bar ; and , in his mouth , he will bring back & biscuit in exchange . He neither trespasses upon the biscuit , nor does he carry the money to the dog's - meat shop , as , in ...
الصفحة 58
... sure of what the curiosity of my kind admirers might next put it into their heads to do upon my account ; I made a second spring , and did not stop till I reached the weathercock at the top of the 58 BURFORD COTTAGE , AND.
... sure of what the curiosity of my kind admirers might next put it into their heads to do upon my account ; I made a second spring , and did not stop till I reached the weathercock at the top of the 58 BURFORD COTTAGE , AND.
الصفحة 66
... decoy - cage , ( for the horrid engine was nothing short of a decoy - cage ! ) had fixed the eyes of my friendly and compassionate semblances , as they flitted over head . The decoy - cage , for its proper 66 BURFORD COTTAGE , AND.
... decoy - cage , ( for the horrid engine was nothing short of a decoy - cage ! ) had fixed the eyes of my friendly and compassionate semblances , as they flitted over head . The decoy - cage , for its proper 66 BURFORD COTTAGE , AND.
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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...