nature sleeps," but this sleep resembles death ; like death, it is cold and ghastly, and would obscure the heart of man, did not another light descend at the same time, if it did not open to the heart a warmer bosom and animate it with its life. In Sweden... The Neighbours: A Story of Every-day Life - Page 71by Fredrika Bremer - 1844 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1844 - 784 pages
...and of the general and practical feeling of the writer, although long, we must find space for: — ' They say in the north, that ' nature sleeps,' but...would obscure the heart of man, did not another light descend at the same time, if it did not open to the heart a warmer bosom and animate it with its life.... | |
| Harper & Brothers - 1843 - 308 pages
...Nordland. CHAPTER XXV. SHADOW AND LIGHT. " It is i 'liristmas! it is Christmas!" THE CHILDREN. How,cold, how gloomy it is ! The windowpanes are covered with...Farther up in the country people know nothing more of day—the night endures for months. They say in the North, that" Nature sleeps," but this sleep resembles... | |
| Fredrika Bremer - Children of presidents - 1843 - 252 pages
...and the dark niglit entombs the day. In Nordland, however, the midday has a few bright moments ; Ahe sun sheds still a few feeble beams, then he quickly...the country people know nothing more of day — the n.ght endures for months. They say in the North, that " Nature sleeps," but this sleep resembles death... | |
| 1844 - 520 pages
...and the dark night entombs the day. In Nordland, however, the mid-day has a few bright moments ; the sun sheds still a few feeble beams, then he quickly...resembles death; like death, it is cold and ghastly, aud would obscure the heart of man, did not another light descend at the same time, if it did not open... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1844 - 766 pages
...and of the general and practical feeling of the writer, although long, we must find space for: — ' They say in the north, that ' nature sleeps," but...would obscure the heart of man, did not another light descend at the same time, if it did not open to the heart a warmer bosom and animate it with its life.... | |
| Robert L. Wade - United States - 1846 - 448 pages
...and the dark night entombs the day. In Nordland, however, the mid-day has a few bright moments ; the sun sheds still a few feeble beams, then he quickly...would obscure the heart of man, did not another light descend at the same time, if it did not open to the heart a warmer bosom and animate it with its life.... | |
| 1848 - 812 pages
...and the dark night entombs the day. In Northland however, Ihn midday has a few bright moments; the sun sheds still a few feeble beams, then he quickly...day — the night endures for months. They say in UP- north, that ' Nature sleeps," bat this sleep resembles death; like death, it is cold and ghastly,... | |
| Timothy Shay Arthur - Gift books - 1850 - 356 pages
...and the dark night entombs the day. In Norland, however, the mid-day has a few bright moments ; the sun sheds still a few feeble beams, then he quickly...would obscure the heart of man, did not another light descend at the same time — if it did not open to the heart a warmer bosom and animate it with its... | |
| English periodicals - 1844 - 520 pages
...and the dark night entombs the day. In Nordland, however, the mid-day has a few bright moments ; the sun sheds still a few feeble beams, then he quickly...endures for months. They say in the north, that " nature >lee]>," but this sleep resembles death; like death, it is cold and ghastly, and would obscure the... | |
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