Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field ClubWoolhope Naturalists' Field Club., 1868 Most vols include Officers and List of Members. |
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Page 181 - There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho' my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell.
Page viii - ... human vision ; it has multiplied the power of the human muscles; it has accelerated motion; it has annihilated distance ; it has facilitated intercourse, correspondence, all friendly offices, all despatch of business; it has enabled man to descend to the depths of the sea, to soar into the air, to penetrate securely into the noxious recesses of the earth, to traverse the land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind.
Page 180 - I look at the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept, and written in a changing dialect ; of this history we possess the last volume alone, relating only to two or three countries. Of this volume, only here and there a short chapter has been preserved ; and of each page, only here and there a few lines.
Page viii - ... of business; it has enabled man to descend to the depths of the sea, to soar into the air, to penetrate securely into the noxious recesses of the earth, to traverse the land in cars which whirl along without horses, and the ocean in ships which run ten knots an hour against the wind.
Page 68 - For the light fairies' lively feet. Yon tufted knoll with daisies strown Might make proud Oberon a throne, While, hidden in the thicket nigh, Puck should brood o'er his frolic sly; And where profuse the wood-vetch clings Round ash and elm in verdant rings, Its pale and azure-pencilled flower Should canopy Titania's bower.
Page 78 - Ag. fusipes to pickle, in clusters under them ; Puffballs, which some of our friends have not inaptly compared to sweet-bread for the rich delicacy of their unassisted flavour ; Hydna as good as oysters, which they somewhat resemble in taste ; Agaricus deliciosus, reminding us of tender lamb-kidneys ; the beautiful yellow Chantarelle, that kalon kagathon of diet, growing by the bushel...
Page 42 - Avail them, when the evil days draw nigh, And the brief blossoms of their spring-time fade. Now wind we up the glen, and hear below The dashing torrent, in deep woods concealed, And now again white-flashing on the view, O'er the huge craggy fragments. Ancient stream, That...
Page vi - The ample proposition that hope makes In all designs begun on earth below Fails in the promised largeness : checks and disasters Grow in the veins of actions highest rear'd, As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. Nor, princes, is it matter new to us That we come short of our suppose so far That after seven years...
Page 133 - The whole of Maphoon's face was more or less covered with hair. On a part of the cheek, and between the nose and mouth, this was confined to a short down, but over all the rest of the face was a thick silky hair of a brown colour, paling about the nose and chin, four or five inches long. At the...
Page 78 - I have this autumn (1847) myself witnessed, whole hundredweights of rich wholesome diet rotting under the trees ; woods teeming with food and not one hand to gather it ; and this, perhaps, in the midst of potato blight, poverty and all manner of privations, and public prayers against imminent famine.