Burford cottage, and its robin-red-breast, by the author of Keepr's travels |
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... mean- time , that the quadrupeds of New Holland make but a scanty and meagre show ; and that instead of the beautiful , the noble , the graceful , and even the pictu- resque proportions , magnitudes , ornaments , and co- lours , of our ...
... mean- time , that the quadrupeds of New Holland make but a scanty and meagre show ; and that instead of the beautiful , the noble , the graceful , and even the pictu- resque proportions , magnitudes , ornaments , and co- lours , of our ...
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... means of their deposits , either in storms or inundations , their immediate shores and banks above the level of the remoter soil which they thus engirdle . It is thus , so often , with the downs , or dunes , or hills upon the sea ...
... means of their deposits , either in storms or inundations , their immediate shores and banks above the level of the remoter soil which they thus engirdle . It is thus , so often , with the downs , or dunes , or hills upon the sea ...
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... mean a hand as that of man is any where incapable , or is not continually successful , in giving natural beauty to scenes of nature otherwise very much in want of it ; not less than in making the works of nature useful as to human ...
... mean a hand as that of man is any where incapable , or is not continually successful , in giving natural beauty to scenes of nature otherwise very much in want of it ; not less than in making the works of nature useful as to human ...
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... means , to perform works , which , instead of being despised , -instead of being spoken of invidiously , in contrast with those of nature -often dispute the palm of beauty with the works of nature , and always glorify nature , as ...
... means , to perform works , which , instead of being despised , -instead of being spoken of invidiously , in contrast with those of nature -often dispute the palm of beauty with the works of nature , and always glorify nature , as ...
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... means was he to pursue it ? If the lessons of his life were to be forgotten or reversed ; if he would not be ashamed , before his scholars , to be the gaoler of a Robin ; yet how was he to get the consent of his family ? Would his wife ...
... means was he to pursue it ? If the lessons of his life were to be forgotten or reversed ; if he would not be ashamed , before his scholars , to be the gaoler of a Robin ; yet how was he to get the consent of his family ? Would his wife ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 326 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 383 - For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
Seite 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...