The Every Day Book for YouthCarter, Hendee and Company, 1834 - 415 pages |
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Page 19
... rich planta- tions of Indian fig , and bounded by groves of olive . In the distance rose a chain of severe and savage moun- tains . I was soon wandering , and for hours , in the wild , strong ravines of these shaggy rocks . At length ...
... rich planta- tions of Indian fig , and bounded by groves of olive . In the distance rose a chain of severe and savage moun- tains . I was soon wandering , and for hours , in the wild , strong ravines of these shaggy rocks . At length ...
Page 20
... rich , and waving woods , and sparkling cultivation would have been misplaced . Except Athens , I had never witnessed any scene more essentially impressive . I will not place this spectacle below the city of Minerva . Athens and the ...
... rich , and waving woods , and sparkling cultivation would have been misplaced . Except Athens , I had never witnessed any scene more essentially impressive . I will not place this spectacle below the city of Minerva . Athens and the ...
Page 31
... rich baronet's family where she had commenced her vocation . They liked her apparently , there she was ; and again nothing was heard of her for many months , until , happening to call on the friends at whose house I had originally met ...
... rich baronet's family where she had commenced her vocation . They liked her apparently , there she was ; and again nothing was heard of her for many months , until , happening to call on the friends at whose house I had originally met ...
Page 46
... rich treasure of the vine Enlivens every station , With its rich fruit and cheering wine ; Both good in moderation . And now the farmer daily sees His charity rewarded ; 46 THE VINE .
... rich treasure of the vine Enlivens every station , With its rich fruit and cheering wine ; Both good in moderation . And now the farmer daily sees His charity rewarded ; 46 THE VINE .
Page 51
... rich , sloping greensward in front , and a luxuriant honeysuckle , which almost concealed the door , and loaded the air with its fragrance . A stranger would have supposed that woman's tasteful hand had been there , adorning poverty ...
... rich , sloping greensward in front , and a luxuriant honeysuckle , which almost concealed the door , and loaded the air with its fragrance . A stranger would have supposed that woman's tasteful hand had been there , adorning poverty ...
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Page 253 - ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
Page 336 - IF thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild but to flout the ruins gray.
Page 344 - The birds their choir apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Page 24 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Page 348 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 343 - Imbrown'd the noontide bowers : thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm, Others whose fruit, burnish'd with golden rind, Hung amiable, Hesperian fables true, If true, here only, and of delicious taste...
Page 308 - I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade. The blackbird has fled to another retreat, Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat...
Page 249 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 340 - Sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: 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 ; And when the ship from his fury flies, Where the myriad voices of ocean roar, When the wind-god frowns in the murky skies, And demons are waiting the wreck on shore; Then far below in the peaceful sea, The purple mullet...
Page 384 - Unto this day they do after the former manners : they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the...