Kidd's Own Journal, Volumen2William Spooner, 1852 |
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... observations and admirable figures . Lamarck indeed regards them as having no volition , as taking their food by absorption ... observed that their motions evidently indi- cated volition : this appeared from their avoiding each other and ...
... observations and admirable figures . Lamarck indeed regards them as having no volition , as taking their food by absorption ... observed that their motions evidently indi- cated volition : this appeared from their avoiding each other and ...
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... observation of mankind , and which till within a century or two were not suspected to exist , should out - number , beyond all statement of numbers , all the other animals together that people the whole globe ; that they should probably ...
... observation of mankind , and which till within a century or two were not suspected to exist , should out - number , beyond all statement of numbers , all the other animals together that people the whole globe ; that they should probably ...
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... observed so much " interest " shown his beauty that has worked this charm ? towards this bird of Paradise . It cannot be Most assuredly not . It may be , that our good word has had something to do in the matter . Let us hope so . The ...
... observed so much " interest " shown his beauty that has worked this charm ? towards this bird of Paradise . It cannot be Most assuredly not . It may be , that our good word has had something to do in the matter . Let us hope so . The ...
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... observed its nest attacked in a similar manner : and I should be glad to know from you , or any of your subscribers , what animal you think was the intruder , and how he might be trapped ? I may remark , that in another pear tree ...
... observed its nest attacked in a similar manner : and I should be glad to know from you , or any of your subscribers , what animal you think was the intruder , and how he might be trapped ? I may remark , that in another pear tree ...
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... observed , that they are usu- ally of solitary habits , seldom associating in greater numbers than pairs ; but this rule has also its exceptions , and the following in- stances of the mysterious assemblages of birds may be justly ...
... observed , that they are usu- ally of solitary habits , seldom associating in greater numbers than pairs ; but this rule has also its exceptions , and the following in- stances of the mysterious assemblages of birds may be justly ...
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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.