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... passing hour , and by easy gradations will often become the source whence flow contemplations of the highest orders . Young minds cannot , I should conceive , be too strongly impressed with the simple wonders of creation by which they ...
... passing hour , and by easy gradations will often become the source whence flow contemplations of the highest orders . Young minds cannot , I should conceive , be too strongly impressed with the simple wonders of creation by which they ...
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... passes through ; consequently at this season the air under a tree is scarcely more sensibly felt than in the adjoining field . It may be observed , that in the spring of the year the herbage under trees is generally more vivid and ...
... passes through ; consequently at this season the air under a tree is scarcely more sensibly felt than in the adjoining field . It may be observed , that in the spring of the year the herbage under trees is generally more vivid and ...
Page 67
... passing over the petals of their blossoms as useless . That splendid insect the rose beetle ( cetonia aurata ) , that beds and bathes in sweetness , will partially eat the flowers of some species of roses , and " lap the nectar they ...
... passing over the petals of their blossoms as useless . That splendid insect the rose beetle ( cetonia aurata ) , that beds and bathes in sweetness , will partially eat the flowers of some species of roses , and " lap the nectar they ...
Page 82
... passes over them . The immense evaporation proceeding from the earth , even in the hottest season , supplies the air constantly with moisture ; and as every square foot of this element can sustain eleven grains of water , an abundant ...
... passes over them . The immense evaporation proceeding from the earth , even in the hottest season , supplies the air constantly with moisture ; and as every square foot of this element can sustain eleven grains of water , an abundant ...
Page 95
... passing creature . The celebrity that this plant obtained in very remote times , without its possessing one apparent quality , or presenting by its manner of growth , or form , any mysterious character to arrest the attention , or ...
... passing creature . The celebrity that this plant obtained in very remote times , without its possessing one apparent quality , or presenting by its manner of growth , or form , any mysterious character to arrest the attention , or ...
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Page 226 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 70 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 387 - O God ! O Good beyond compare ! If thus Thy meaner works are fair, If thus Thy bounties gild the span Of ruined earth and sinful man, How glorious must the mansion be, Where Thy redeemed shall dwell with Thee ! Bishop Reginald Heber.
Page 12 - ... the tibia, crumbled into fragments, having been calcined into lime. Still he expressed no sense of pain, and probably experienced none, from the gradual operation of the fire, and his own torpidity during the hours his foot was consuming. This poor drover survived his misfortunes in the hospital about a fortnight ; but the fire having extended to other parts of his body, recovery was hopeless.
Page 44 - Many of these heads are fixed in a frame; and with this, the surface of the cloth is teased, or brushed, until all the ends are drawn out, the loose parts combed off, and the cloth ceases to yield impediments to the free passage of the wheel, or frame, of teazles.
Page 257 - The nest of little birds seems to be of a more delicate contrivance than that of the larger sentence. The voices of birds seem applicable, in most instances, to the immediate necessities of their condition; such as the sexual call, the invitation to unite when dispersed, the moan of danger, the shriek of alarm, the notice of food.
Page 106 - THE little excursions of the naturalist, from habit and from acquirement, become a scene of constant observation and remark. The insect that crawls, the note of the bird, the plant that flowers, or the vernal green leaf that peeps out, engages his attention, is recognised as an intimate, or noted from some novelty that it presents in sound or aspect.
Page 253 - Woodlark, that in the early parts of the autumnal months delights us with its harmony, and its carols may be heard in the air commonly during the calm sunny mornings of this season. They have a softness and quietness perfectly in unison with the sober, almost melancholy, stillness of the hour. The Skylark also sings now, and its song is very sweet, full of harmony, cheerful as the blue sky, and gladdening beam in which it circles and sports, and known and admired by all...
Page 66 - ... associates with a cordiality that no other season can excite, as friends in a foreign clime. The violet of autumn is greeted with none of the love with which we hail the violet of spring; it is unseasonable, perhaps it brings with it rather a thought of melancholy than of joy; we view it with curiosity, not with affection ; and thus the late is not like the early rose.
Page 198 - ... transits and returns must be very great, and the calculation vague ; yet from some rude observations, it appears probable that this pair in conjunction do not travel less than fifty miles in the day, visiting and feeding their young about a hundred and forty times, which consisting of five in number, and admitting only one to be fed each time, every bird must receive in this period eight and twenty portions of food or water...