Holiday PapersR. Hardwicke, 1864 - 431 pages |
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Page 35
... English . " But that old church was well filled , especially a space behind the organ , where the hobbledehoys cut their names , and muffled the sound of cracking nuts . There was a man , however , who crept about with a stick ; it was ...
... English . " But that old church was well filled , especially a space behind the organ , where the hobbledehoys cut their names , and muffled the sound of cracking nuts . There was a man , however , who crept about with a stick ; it was ...
Page 59
... English name of the bird is " The Little Grebe . " But But " dabchick " is so happily expressive of the habits and appear- ance of the animal , that it recalls in a moment its nervous jerky motion on the water , and its sudden ...
... English name of the bird is " The Little Grebe . " But But " dabchick " is so happily expressive of the habits and appear- ance of the animal , that it recalls in a moment its nervous jerky motion on the water , and its sudden ...
Page 82
... English . The robin commits himself more fear- lessly to the society of mankind , but then he is essentially a country bird . The swallow skims the parks of our great towns , as well as the meadows by the far - off stream where no wheel ...
... English . The robin commits himself more fear- lessly to the society of mankind , but then he is essentially a country bird . The swallow skims the parks of our great towns , as well as the meadows by the far - off stream where no wheel ...
Page 104
... English destructives kill under a stupid mis- take . The farmer gives so much a dozen for sparrows ' heads , or eggs . A sparrow club is formed , at which prizes are awarded to the destroyers of the greatest number . These thoughtless ...
... English destructives kill under a stupid mis- take . The farmer gives so much a dozen for sparrows ' heads , or eggs . A sparrow club is formed , at which prizes are awarded to the destroyers of the greatest number . These thoughtless ...
Page 113
... English thrushes , make a community of nests in the great pine - woods where they breed . Redwings are stated to frequent the shores of the Baltic during the summer . Not only , however , does the great impulse to move northward for the ...
... English thrushes , make a community of nests in the great pine - woods where they breed . Redwings are stated to frequent the shores of the Baltic during the summer . Not only , however , does the great impulse to move northward for the ...
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Page 257 - PEACE be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. IT When he cometh into the sick man's presence, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, LORD, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers ; Spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood ; and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 244 - I want is, that you should be able so far to put yourself out of the question, as to rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.
Page 166 - My curtains drawn and all is snug ; Old Puss is in her elbow-chair, And Tray is sitting on the rug. Last night I had a curious dream ; Miss Susan Bates was Mistress Mogg — What d'ye think of that, my Cat ? What d'ye think of that, my Dog ? She...
Page 160 - A wife, a spaniel, and a walnut-tree, The more you beat them, the better they be.
Page 119 - During the last century it has spread gradually over Asiatic Russia towards the north and east, always following the progress of cultivation. It made its first appearance on the Irtisch in Tobolsk, soon after the Russians had ploughed the land. It came in 1735 up the Obi to Beresow, and four years after to Naryn, about fifteen degrees of longitude farther east. In 1710 it had been seen in the higher parts of the course of the Lena, in the...
Page 35 - The natural (or merely worldly-wise) man, receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." They are "hid from the wise and prudent, and revealed unto babes...