Lessons derived from the animal world, Volume 11847 |
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... tree . Well might Solomon exclaim , " A faithful man who can find ? " ( Prov . xx . 6. ) If such be the sad reality as it respects the greater portion of mankind , and if there be few that can claim for themselves the character of truly ...
... tree . Well might Solomon exclaim , " A faithful man who can find ? " ( Prov . xx . 6. ) If such be the sad reality as it respects the greater portion of mankind , and if there be few that can claim for themselves the character of truly ...
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... trees and crags of rock , often crush- ing the traveller in the ruins ; or if this calamity does not occur , there is another danger almost as fatal ; the wind raises the snow in clouds , which obscure the sight , or choke up and ...
... trees and crags of rock , often crush- ing the traveller in the ruins ; or if this calamity does not occur , there is another danger almost as fatal ; the wind raises the snow in clouds , which obscure the sight , or choke up and ...
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... trees are cleared , and land is brought into cultivation , deer rapidly fade away , and dis- appear ; so that we have few opportunities of seeing these beautiful animals , except as they are preserved in the woods and parks of noblemen ...
... trees are cleared , and land is brought into cultivation , deer rapidly fade away , and dis- appear ; so that we have few opportunities of seeing these beautiful animals , except as they are preserved in the woods and parks of noblemen ...
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... trees , which have a very singular appearance , from being loaded with a black hanging lichen , like locks of hair , while the ground beneath appears like snow , from the quantity of white lichens which cover it . In winter the ...
... trees , which have a very singular appearance , from being loaded with a black hanging lichen , like locks of hair , while the ground beneath appears like snow , from the quantity of white lichens which cover it . In winter the ...
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... trees totally consumed , the ground lies quite barrren for a long period , until at last the rein - deer lichen springs up from among the ashes , and , in a few years , arrives at perfection . This plant may be seen in several parts of ...
... trees totally consumed , the ground lies quite barrren for a long period , until at last the rein - deer lichen springs up from among the ashes , and , in a few years , arrives at perfection . This plant may be seen in several parts of ...
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Popular passages
Page 126 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 257 - ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Page 237 - Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home...
Page 291 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away ! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG.
Page 258 - Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Page 321 - Towards the approach of day, the noise in some measure subsided, long before objects were distinguishable, the Pigeons began to move off in a direction quite different from that in which they had arrived the evening before, and at sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. The howlings of the wolves now reached our ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons, opossums and pole-cats were seen sneaking off...
Page 9 - A BARKING sound the Shepherd hears, A cry as of a dog or fox ; He halts, — and searches with his eyes Among the scattered rocks : And now at distance can discern A stirring in a brake of fern ; And instantly a dog is seen, Glancing through that covert green. The Dog is not of mountain breed ; Its motions, too, are wild and shy ; With something, as the Shepherd thinks, Unusual in its cry : Nor is there any one in sight All round, in hollow or on height...
Page 290 - O to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.
Page 232 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Page 10 - Far in the bosom of Helvellyn, Remote from public road or dwelling, Pathway or cultivated land, From trace of human foot or hand. There sometimes doth a leaping fish Send through the tarn a lonely cheer ; The crags repeat the raven's croak, In symphony austere...