Rural Pickings, Or, Attractive Points in Country Life and SceneryW. Tegg & Company, 1846 - 222 páginas |
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... tion of farm - houses and farmers . - The dinner party CHAPTER V. ON BIRDS , FLOWERS , AND OTHER THINGS . Sunbeams and sunny scenes . - Tall trees . - The upland lawn.— Morning , mid - day , and sunset . - The cuckoo , lark , thrush ...
... tion of farm - houses and farmers . - The dinner party CHAPTER V. ON BIRDS , FLOWERS , AND OTHER THINGS . Sunbeams and sunny scenes . - Tall trees . - The upland lawn.— Morning , mid - day , and sunset . - The cuckoo , lark , thrush ...
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... tion , has ever indulged in a country walk without adding to his peace and joy ! To be alone amongst Nature's There is a companionship in works , is not to be lonely . the trees and hedge - rows ; there are communings of thought with ...
... tion , has ever indulged in a country walk without adding to his peace and joy ! To be alone amongst Nature's There is a companionship in works , is not to be lonely . the trees and hedge - rows ; there are communings of thought with ...
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... gig wheels . However far you have to go , you arrive at your destination pleased and delighted , the very pink of perfec- tion and wall - flower of content , fresher than when you set out , whereas the poor pedestrian may reach home ,
... gig wheels . However far you have to go , you arrive at your destination pleased and delighted , the very pink of perfec- tion and wall - flower of content , fresher than when you set out , whereas the poor pedestrian may reach home ,
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... tion , it is one of the most elegant plants that grow . A spider had woven his filmy web across it , thus imparting to it an additional charm . " I was absolutely bewildered with the amazing freshness and beauty of every object around ...
... tion , it is one of the most elegant plants that grow . A spider had woven his filmy web across it , thus imparting to it an additional charm . " I was absolutely bewildered with the amazing freshness and beauty of every object around ...
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... tion . I will venture to say , however , that the duke himself was the happier man of the two . ” Now , believing ( and I cannot but believe ) this account to be true , it does me good to think of it . There are those who seem to think ...
... tion . I will venture to say , however , that the duke himself was the happier man of the two . ” Now , believing ( and I cannot but believe ) this account to be true , it does me good to think of it . There are those who seem to think ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 104 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my' God ! My rising soul surveys, Transported with the v'iew, I 'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Página 25 - To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love ; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
Página 39 - And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
Página 155 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Página 209 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Página 155 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven : As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm.
Página 200 - Twas thus, by the cave of the mountain afar, While his harp rung symphonious, a hermit began ; No more with himself or with nature at war, He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.
Página 185 - But as when the sun approaches towards the gates of the morning, he first opens a little eye of heaven, and sends away the spirits of darkness, and gives light to a cock, and calls up the lark to matins, and by and by gilds the fringes of a cloud, and peeps over the eastern hills...
Página 169 - Thou art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Página 187 - Heaven's ethereal bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near i — 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.