Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet, Volumen3D.A. Woodworth, 1852 |
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... reason to discredit the notion , so generally believed among the Neapolitans , that Virgil was actually interred here . At all events , I visited the spot with the same interest as if the thing were indubitably settled among the critics ...
... reason to discredit the notion , so generally believed among the Neapolitans , that Virgil was actually interred here . At all events , I visited the spot with the same interest as if the thing were indubitably settled among the critics ...
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... reason . They are too heavy to be carried off . They are formed of a single block of marble , and are among the most splendid specimens of the kind I ever saw . The pavement of the temple is of beautiful marble . Near the middle of the ...
... reason . They are too heavy to be carried off . They are formed of a single block of marble , and are among the most splendid specimens of the kind I ever saw . The pavement of the temple is of beautiful marble . Near the middle of the ...
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... reason , Linnæus named it anastatica , from anastasis , resurrection . The French call it simply , la jerose hygrometrique , without any mystical allusion . As the quantity of moisture which this plant requires for its reëxpansion is ...
... reason , Linnæus named it anastatica , from anastasis , resurrection . The French call it simply , la jerose hygrometrique , without any mystical allusion . As the quantity of moisture which this plant requires for its reëxpansion is ...
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... reason I have not been able to find out . It is a great treat to a man , who has been several days on the ocean , to get a sight of half a dozen of these stormy petrels . The truth is , a sea life gets amazingly dull after a time . You ...
... reason I have not been able to find out . It is a great treat to a man , who has been several days on the ocean , to get a sight of half a dozen of these stormy petrels . The truth is , a sea life gets amazingly dull after a time . You ...
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... reasons for the repetition . One reason was , that my young friends , who have heard of the song , but who did not ... reason was , that I wished to present a pretty accompaniment which has just been written for it by my friend S. N. I ...
... reasons for the repetition . One reason was , that my young friends , who have heard of the song , but who did not ... reason was , that I wished to present a pretty accompaniment which has just been written for it by my friend S. N. I ...
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Página 58 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Página 17 - Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
Página 57 - I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Página 35 - And amidst the flashing and feathery foam The Stormy Petrel finds a home, — A home, if such a place may be, For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them to spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing...
Página 160 - Little deeds of kindness Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, • Like the heaven above.
Página 33 - I could play with much more pleasure than if I had the thought of an unfinished task before my mind. I early formed the habit of doing everything in time, and it soon became easy to do so. It is to this I owe my prosper^." Let every one who reads this do likewise. COURTESIES. — How much does it cost you to say "I thank you" to your husband, your children, your domestics?
Página 32 - Instantly he turned his horse, and went off at full gallop to the place where he had stopped. He saw with half-averted eyes the scene where the tragedy was acted ; he perceived the traces of blood as he proceeded ; he was oppressed and distracted ; but in vain did he look for his dog — he was not to be seen on the road. At last he arrived at the spot where he had alighted. But what were his sensations ! His heart was ready to bleed ; he execrated himself in the madness of despair.
Página 32 - Oh, could I find any one to perform this cruel office for me ! but there is no time to lose ; I myself may become the victim if I spare him.
Página 248 - If an acorn be suspended by a piece of thread within half an inch of the surface of some water contained in a hyacinth glass, and so permitted to remain without being disturbed, it will, in a few months, burst, and throw a root down into the water, and shoot upwards its straight and tapering stem, with beautiful little green leaves.
Página 32 - With these words, he drew a pistol from his pocket, and with a trembling hand, took aim at his faithful servant. He turned away in agony as he fired ; but his aim was too sure. The poor animal...