Kidd's Own Journal, Volumen2William Spooner, 1852 |
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... hand books , and valuable " remainders " of books purchased at " trade dinner sales , " and also privately , of their respective publishers . These , when first purchased , are in what are technically called sheets or quires , that is ...
... hand books , and valuable " remainders " of books purchased at " trade dinner sales , " and also privately , of their respective publishers . These , when first purchased , are in what are technically called sheets or quires , that is ...
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... hand ; and contained , as indeed both did , five eggs . The nest was so concealed by the leaves , that it was only when the bird flew off , with a loud chattering cry , that it could be dis- covered . On Sunday last , I raised her twice ...
... hand ; and contained , as indeed both did , five eggs . The nest was so concealed by the leaves , that it was only when the bird flew off , with a loud chattering cry , that it could be dis- covered . On Sunday last , I raised her twice ...
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... hand , and move it gently from side to side ; the superfluous wick burns away , and the candle is again bright . When you ask yourself why this is , you learn that flame is hollow , and as it admits no oxygen , which is necessary for ...
... hand , and move it gently from side to side ; the superfluous wick burns away , and the candle is again bright . When you ask yourself why this is , you learn that flame is hollow , and as it admits no oxygen , which is necessary for ...
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... hand , is a social bird , * passing its days with those relations * To prove that the Rook is not altogether gregarious , and that certain members of their family are of retired habits and refined taste , VOL . IL PRICE 3d . Or , in ...
... hand , is a social bird , * passing its days with those relations * To prove that the Rook is not altogether gregarious , and that certain members of their family are of retired habits and refined taste , VOL . IL PRICE 3d . Or , in ...
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... hand . A better joke has not been launched for a century . We shall keep an eye on these noble , kind - hearted gentlemen , and narrowly watch over the best interests of - the Public . BIRDS OF SONG . Give me but Something whereunto I ...
... hand . A better joke has not been launched for a century . We shall keep an eye on these noble , kind - hearted gentlemen , and narrowly watch over the best interests of - the Public . BIRDS OF SONG . Give me but Something whereunto I ...
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Página 27 - 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 cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Página 146 - Speak gently to the young, for they Will have enough to bear: Pass through this life as best they may, 'Tis full of anxious care.
Página 181 - The poetry of earth is never dead: When all the birds are faint with the hot Sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead. That is the grasshopper's : he takes the lead In summer luxury — he has never done With his delights, for when tired out with fun, He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
Página 273 - 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...
Página 150 - But to nobler sights Michael from Adam's eyes the film removed, Which that false fruit, that promised clearer sight. Had bred; then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see, And from the well of life three drops instill'd.
Página 196 - Let no presuming impious railer tax Creative wisdom, as if aught was form'd In vain, .or not for admirable ends. Shall little haughty ignorance pronounce His works unwise, of which the smallest part Exceeds the narrow vision of her mind ? As if upon a full-proportion'd dome, On swelling columns heav'd the pride of art!
Página 210 - BE kind to each other! The night's coming on, When friend and when brother Perchance may be gone ! Then midst our dejection, How sweet to have earned The blest recollection Of kindness — returned!
Página 314 - No, sir, had I been a sharper, had I been possessed of less good nature and native generosity, I might surely now have been in better circumstances.
Página 35 - tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your Teacher.