A Natural History Reader for School and HomeD. Appleton, 1883 - 414 pages |
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... length of way , has subsided into one of quiet thank- fulness and content ! 3. Though the elm has never been consecrated by the Muse , or dignified by making a figure in the paintings of the old masters , the native inhabitant of New ...
... length of way , has subsided into one of quiet thank- fulness and content ! 3. Though the elm has never been consecrated by the Muse , or dignified by making a figure in the paintings of the old masters , the native inhabitant of New ...
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... length . The elms which are remarkable for their drooping character are usually of this shape . 6. At other times the elm assumes the shape of a plume , presenting a singularly fantastical appearance . It rises up- ward , with an ...
... length . The elms which are remarkable for their drooping character are usually of this shape . 6. At other times the elm assumes the shape of a plume , presenting a singularly fantastical appearance . It rises up- ward , with an ...
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... length . 2. I have heard the curator of a foreign botanic garden bitterly complain of his gardeners that they never could learn the difference between these two classes of climbing plants , and that they would only give a few bare ...
... length . 2. I have heard the curator of a foreign botanic garden bitterly complain of his gardeners that they never could learn the difference between these two classes of climbing plants , and that they would only give a few bare ...
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... length quicker than the opposite half . Now , the difference between the growth of a twining plant which bends over to one side and an ordinary plant which grows straight up in the air lies in this , that in the upright shoot the growth ...
... length quicker than the opposite half . Now , the difference between the growth of a twining plant which bends over to one side and an ordinary plant which grows straight up in the air lies in this , that in the upright shoot the growth ...
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... length , whereas a pea which had climbed up two feet by its tendrils was hardly longer than the height reached . Thus , the bean had wasted considerably more material by its method of climbing by twining round a stick , instead of going ...
... length , whereas a pea which had climbed up two feet by its tendrils was hardly longer than the height reached . Thus , the bean had wasted considerably more material by its method of climbing by twining round a stick , instead of going ...
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Page 77 - And life, in rare and beautiful forms, Is sporting amid those bowers of stone, And is safe when the wrathful spirit of storms Has made the top of the wave his own...
Page 2 - Ah, why • Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in His ear.
Page 190 - MERRILY swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Snug and safe is that nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 52 - ... and the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue, which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew of music so delicate, soft, and intense, it was felt like an odour within the sense...
Page 193 - Off is his holiday garment laid. Half forgotten that merry air : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink, Nobody knows but my mate and I Where our nest and our nestlings lie, Chee, chee, chee.
Page 1 - Which, from the stilly twilight of the place, And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power 18 And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised?
Page 52 - A SENSITIVE Plant in a garden grew, •^^ And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night.
Page 119 - Sailor of the atmosphere, Swimmer through the waves of air. Voyager of light and noon, Epicurean of June, Wait, I prithee, till I come Within earshot of thy hum, — All without is martyrdom. When the south wind, in May days, With a net of shining haze Silvers the horizon wall ; And, with softness touching all. Tints the human countenance With...
Page 242 - Brown, I'm amazed You should be so gone crazed As to put up a bird In that posture absurd ! To look at that owl really brings on a dizziness : The man who stuffed him don't half know his business!
Page 53 - Gazed through clear dew on the tender sky ; And the jessamine faint, and the sweet tuberose. The sweetest flower for scent that blows ; And all rare blossoms from every clime Grew in that garden in perfect prime.