The New Pictorial & Illustrated Family Magazine, Established for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge..., Volume 3R. Sears, 1846 |
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... sometimes covering only a few acres , and at others spreading over the sur- face of the country for miles together . They are composed of slightly - elevated mounds , having the form of a truncated cone , about two feet in width at base ...
... sometimes covering only a few acres , and at others spreading over the sur- face of the country for miles together . They are composed of slightly - elevated mounds , having the form of a truncated cone , about two feet in width at base ...
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... sometimes more , and are kept together by their continual chirp- ing . Like the nest , their colors assimilate so nearly with the white moss , abundant on trees at that season of the year , that , were it not for their note , it would ...
... sometimes more , and are kept together by their continual chirp- ing . Like the nest , their colors assimilate so nearly with the white moss , abundant on trees at that season of the year , that , were it not for their note , it would ...
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... winter sup- port of the cattle which have been fed on the mountains in the summer . For this purpose grass is collected with the great- est care . In places inaccessible to cattle , the peasant sometimes makes , hay with crampons on his.
... winter sup- port of the cattle which have been fed on the mountains in the summer . For this purpose grass is collected with the great- est care . In places inaccessible to cattle , the peasant sometimes makes , hay with crampons on his.
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the peasant sometimes makes , hay with crampons on his feet ; in some places grass not three inches high is cut three times a year ; and in the valleys the fields are seen shaven as close as a bowling - green , and all the inequalities ...
the peasant sometimes makes , hay with crampons on his feet ; in some places grass not three inches high is cut three times a year ; and in the valleys the fields are seen shaven as close as a bowling - green , and all the inequalities ...
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... sometimes occur ; the last , impatient to make an acquaint- but , from their wonderful dexterity , casu- ance with every portion of life except its alties are not numerous . The worst of close , in hope to find each successive day this ...
... sometimes occur ; the last , impatient to make an acquaint- but , from their wonderful dexterity , casu- ance with every portion of life except its alties are not numerous . The worst of close , in hope to find each successive day this ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 445 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Página 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.
Página 467 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.