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Seite 323
... SPLEENWORT . others , and some fronds are narrower than others , as expressed in our plate . The lateral veins are branched , a branch running to the extremity of each scorature ; the clusters of capsules are. THE FERN TRIBE . 323.
... SPLEENWORT . others , and some fronds are narrower than others , as expressed in our plate . The lateral veins are branched , a branch running to the extremity of each scorature ; the clusters of capsules are. THE FERN TRIBE . 323.
Seite 324
... Spleenwort " ( see page 323 ) , which may be known from any other of its tribe by the dark purple , glossy rachis . It is a most beautiful yet very common ornament of our hedgerows , stone walls , and old ruins . Its root is black and ...
... Spleenwort " ( see page 323 ) , which may be known from any other of its tribe by the dark purple , glossy rachis . It is a most beautiful yet very common ornament of our hedgerows , stone walls , and old ruins . Its root is black and ...
Seite 325
... Spleenwort ( A. Germanicum ) is , perhaps , the rarest of our British ferns in a wild state , but thrives well in cultivation . We shall just WEISS'S SPLEENWORT . copy Newman's description of it , and , adding that it has only been ...
... Spleenwort ( A. Germanicum ) is , perhaps , the rarest of our British ferns in a wild state , but thrives well in cultivation . We shall just WEISS'S SPLEENWORT . copy Newman's description of it , and , adding that it has only been ...
Seite 380
... spleenwort . " It is to be found in many parts of Great Britain and Ireland , but never excepting in those counties which are washed by the sea , and seldom excepting in caves and rocks close to the shore . In one instance , and in only ...
... spleenwort . " It is to be found in many parts of Great Britain and Ireland , but never excepting in those counties which are washed by the sea , and seldom excepting in caves and rocks close to the shore . In one instance , and in only ...
Seite 381
... SPLEENWORT .. GREEN SPLEENWORT . Our next species , Asplenium viride , the " Green spleenwort , " is as fond of watery situations as the last - named ; but this delicate little thing delights in fresh water , and altogether eschews the ...
... SPLEENWORT .. GREEN SPLEENWORT . Our next species , Asplenium viride , the " Green spleenwort , " is as fond of watery situations as the last - named ; but this delicate little thing delights in fresh water , and altogether eschews the ...
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Seite 351 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Seite 165 - From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on her wedding night; There, in that silent room below, The dead lay in his shroud of snow, And in the hush that followed the prayer, Was heard the old clock on the stair, — • "For ever — never! Never — for ever ! " All are scattered now and fled, Some are married, some are dead; And when I ask with throbs of pain, "Ah! when shall they all meet again ?" As in the days long since gone by, The ancient timepiece makes reply, — • "...
Seite 165 - He had walk for an hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able and did find the king a harness, with himself and his horse, while he came to the place that he should receive the king's wages. I can remember that I buckled his harness when he went to Blackheath field. He kept me to school, or else I had not been able to have preached before the King's Majesty now.
Seite 142 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Seite 164 - Half-way up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands '• From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs, alas! With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — "Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Seite 67 - But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa ; and he found a ship going to Tarshish : so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Seite 249 - Tis as the general pulse Of Life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end.
Seite 365 - Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Seite 59 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then brisk alights On the warm hearth; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Seite 336 - Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.