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... equal the size of a mite ; and yet each of these creatures is furnished with a mouth , eyes , stomach , blood - vessels , and other organs for the performance of animal functions . The mouldy substance , which usually adheres to damp ...
... equal the size of a mite ; and yet each of these creatures is furnished with a mouth , eyes , stomach , blood - vessels , and other organs for the performance of animal functions . The mouldy substance , which usually adheres to damp ...
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... equal to as many pounds sterling of our present money . The typographic art has contributed more to the improvement of the hu- man mind , and the civilization of the species , than all the speculations and discoveries of philosophy . To ...
... equal to as many pounds sterling of our present money . The typographic art has contributed more to the improvement of the hu- man mind , and the civilization of the species , than all the speculations and discoveries of philosophy . To ...
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... equal to about a quarter of the hemisphere . This happens about two months from her first appearance . She then begins to return towards the sun , to set each night sooner and sooner after him , and at last disappears in the splendour ...
... equal to about a quarter of the hemisphere . This happens about two months from her first appearance . She then begins to return towards the sun , to set each night sooner and sooner after him , and at last disappears in the splendour ...
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... equal him ; and those of his breed have been remarkably deficient . The Ass is a patient animal , and for its size can bear the greatest weight of any quadruped . He is generally slow , stupid , and headstrong ; but this may be imputed ...
... equal him ; and those of his breed have been remarkably deficient . The Ass is a patient animal , and for its size can bear the greatest weight of any quadruped . He is generally slow , stupid , and headstrong ; but this may be imputed ...
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... equal to that of the roe ; they do not , however , bound forward like the roe , but run along in an even uninterrupted course . Most of them are brown upon the back , white under the belly , with a black stripe separating these colours ...
... equal to that of the roe ; they do not , however , bound forward like the roe , but run along in an even uninterrupted course . Most of them are brown upon the back , white under the belly , with a black stripe separating these colours ...
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Seite 198 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paused on every charm...
Seite 198 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Seite 206 - Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all.
Seite 206 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see.
Seite 222 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Seite 200 - Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Seite 213 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
Seite 208 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Seite 28 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.
Seite 198 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.