The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live inMacmillan and Company, 1904 - 427 pages |
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... feet , are common ; and now and then magni- ficent tree ferns send off their feathery crowns twenty feet from the ground to delight the sight by their graceful elegance . Great broad- leaved heliconias , leathery melastom¿ , and ...
... feet , are common ; and now and then magni- ficent tree ferns send off their feathery crowns twenty feet from the ground to delight the sight by their graceful elegance . Great broad- leaved heliconias , leathery melastom¿ , and ...
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... feet from home . I took a dead bluebottle fly , pinned it on to a piece of cork , and put it down just in front of her . She at once tried . to carry off the fly , but to her surprise found it immovable . She tugged and tugged , first ...
... feet from home . I took a dead bluebottle fly , pinned it on to a piece of cork , and put it down just in front of her . She at once tried . to carry off the fly , but to her surprise found it immovable . She tugged and tugged , first ...
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... feet , every cubic inch contains many hundred million shells of Infusoria . In another respect these microscopic organisms are of vital importance . Many 1 Prof. Drummond ( Tropical Africa ) dwells with great force on the manner in ...
... feet , every cubic inch contains many hundred million shells of Infusoria . In another respect these microscopic organisms are of vital importance . Many 1 Prof. Drummond ( Tropical Africa ) dwells with great force on the manner in ...
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... feet long , so as to be 60 feet from tip to tip . The body , however , is small in propor- tion . The Giraffe attains a height of over 20 feet ; the Elephant , though not so tall , is more bulky ; the Crocodile reaches a length of over ...
... feet long , so as to be 60 feet from tip to tip . The body , however , is small in propor- tion . The Giraffe attains a height of over 20 feet ; the Elephant , though not so tall , is more bulky ; the Crocodile reaches a length of over ...
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Sir John Lubbock. Greenland Whale over 70 feet , Sibbald's Whale is said to have reached 80-85 , which is perhaps the limit . Captain Scoresby in- deed mentions a Rorqual no less than 120 feet in length , but this is no doubt too great ...
Sir John Lubbock. Greenland Whale over 70 feet , Sibbald's Whale is said to have reached 80-85 , which is perhaps the limit . Captain Scoresby in- deed mentions a Rorqual no less than 120 feet in length , but this is no doubt too great ...
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Page 168 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page 116 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 167 - GOD Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Page 5 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our chearful faith that all which we behold Is...
Page 33 - Les vents retenaient leurs haleines. On entendait dans les bois, au fond des vallées, au haut des rochers, de petits cris, de doux murmures d'oiseaux qui se caressaient dans leurs nids, réjouis par la clarté de la nuit et la tranquillité de l'air.
Page 332 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, •To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll!
Page 340 - Yet more ! the billows and the depths have more ! High hearts and brave are gathered to thy breast ! They hear not now the booming waters roar, The battle-thunders will not break their rest. Keep thy red gold and gems, thou stormy grave...
Page 79 - HALF our days we pass in the shadow of the earth ; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives.
Page 36 - The day, immeasurably long, sleeps over the broad hills and warm wide fields. To have lived through all its sunny hours, seems longevity enough. The solitary places do not seem quite lonely. At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish.
Page 253 - So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will, Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil...