The New Pictorial & Illustrated Family Magazine, Established for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge..., Volume 3R. Sears, 1846 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 63
Page 16
... season are habitually associated with our recollections of the owl ; or he is con- sidered as the tenant of sombre forests , whose nocturnal gloom is rendered deeper and more awful by the harsh dissonance of his voice . In poetry he has ...
... season are habitually associated with our recollections of the owl ; or he is con- sidered as the tenant of sombre forests , whose nocturnal gloom is rendered deeper and more awful by the harsh dissonance of his voice . In poetry he has ...
Page 18
... season , the comfortable cell for his win- ter's sleep . This cell , which is composed of fine dry grass , is globular in form , with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly com- pacted , that it ...
... season , the comfortable cell for his win- ter's sleep . This cell , which is composed of fine dry grass , is globular in form , with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly com- pacted , that it ...
Page 24
... season of the year , that , were it not for their note , it would be dif- ficult to find them . Owing to the length of tail , its flight is undulating and irregu- lar , but most usually very quick , seeming to pass through the air like ...
... season of the year , that , were it not for their note , it would be dif- ficult to find them . Owing to the length of tail , its flight is undulating and irregu- lar , but most usually very quick , seeming to pass through the air like ...
Page 28
... seasons . In the north of Derbyshire , England , for instance , where the crops are late in ripen- ing , great numbers participate in the labors of the harvest in the adjoining counties , where it takes place earlier ; and by this means ...
... seasons . In the north of Derbyshire , England , for instance , where the crops are late in ripen- ing , great numbers participate in the labors of the harvest in the adjoining counties , where it takes place earlier ; and by this means ...
Page 30
... season , when there were no feasting and dancing , and the opera , on the nights in which it was allowed to open , closed at the sober hour of eleven , without any ballet , people had U に FO Carnival at Rome . ing at the. 30 CARNIVAL AT ...
... season , when there were no feasting and dancing , and the opera , on the nights in which it was allowed to open , closed at the sober hour of eleven , without any ballet , people had U に FO Carnival at Rome . ing at the. 30 CARNIVAL AT ...
Contents
57 | |
73 | |
88 | |
121 | |
157 | |
164 | |
187 | |
193 | |
208 | |
217 | |
219 | |
229 | |
283 | |
288 | |
299 | |
309 | |
312 | |
324 | |
338 | |
339 | |
375 | |
389 | |
411 | |
487 | |
Common terms and phrases
ancient animals appear Baveno beautiful birds boat body bones Cæsar called Capri cavern century cereopsis cetacea chamois character Cicero coast color covered distance earth eral Europe existence feel feet Gibraltar Greenland ground habits hand head heart human hundred Iceland inhabitants island kind king KINKAJOU known land length less light living look magnificent means ment miles mind mountains native nature ness never Niger noble Oberhasli object observed ocelot Oporto pass peculiar phosphoric acid phosphorus plants Pompeii Portugal present pride produced remains remarkable river rocks sandstone says scene seeds seems seen ship side sometimes species sperm whale spirit supposed surface tail tain things thousand tion town trees truth ture vegetables Venice vessels voice whale whole wild turkey York Minster young
Popular passages
Page 503 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Page 467 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 445 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Page 467 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Page 467 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 189 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 222 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 319 - ... of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is living at this day.
Page 380 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his...
Page 222 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.