The Book of the Seasons, Or The Calender of Nature |
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Page 11
... blue , beaming above a scene of en- chanting beauty . Every tree , bush , twig , and blade of grass , from the utmost nakedness has put on a pure and feathery garniture , which appears the work of enchantment , and has all the air and ...
... blue , beaming above a scene of en- chanting beauty . Every tree , bush , twig , and blade of grass , from the utmost nakedness has put on a pure and feathery garniture , which appears the work of enchantment , and has all the air and ...
Page 29
... blue and burnished armour , some with their glowing and gorgeous wings , transparent as crystal , or feathered like the peacock ; they effect such vast designs with such small means , and they so haunt all corners of the habitable globe ...
... blue and burnished armour , some with their glowing and gorgeous wings , transparent as crystal , or feathered like the peacock ; they effect such vast designs with such small means , and they so haunt all corners of the habitable globe ...
Page 31
... There is a lack of comfort felt everywhere . In real winter weather the clear frosty air sharply saluted the face by day , and revealed to the eye at night a scene of pure • and sublime splendour in the lofty and intensely blue sky.
... There is a lack of comfort felt everywhere . In real winter weather the clear frosty air sharply saluted the face by day , and revealed to the eye at night a scene of pure • and sublime splendour in the lofty and intensely blue sky.
Page 32
William Howitt. and sublime splendour in the lofty and intensely blue sky glittering with congregated stars , or irradiated with the placid moon . There was a sense of vigour , of elasticity , of freshness about you , which made it ...
William Howitt. and sublime splendour in the lofty and intensely blue sky glittering with congregated stars , or irradiated with the placid moon . There was a sense of vigour , of elasticity , of freshness about you , which made it ...
Page 41
... the foam caused by eddies . The best baits for them now are paste , gentles , or larvæ of beetles , got by digging up the roots of plants . The flies of this month are plain hackle , great dun , great blue FEBRUARY . 41.
... the foam caused by eddies . The best baits for them now are paste , gentles , or larvæ of beetles , got by digging up the roots of plants . The flies of this month are plain hackle , great dun , great blue FEBRUARY . 41.
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aliis Alpine amongst autumn Azalea banks beauty bees behold birds blue bogs boughs Broad-leaved Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH Chalky Cnicus coast comes April comes Aug comes Dec comes Nov comes Oct Common corn Corn-fields creatures cum mult Curruca delightful Ditches earth eggs Eringo Fieldfare fields flowers forest fresh Fritillary frost Fumitory Gardens Globe-flower goes Feb goes Sept Goosander grass green Haunts Hawkweed heart Hipparchia Hornbeam insects John's-wort larvæ leaves Marsh MARY HOWITT Meadows and pastures Moist month Moth mountains mult Nature nest numbers Orchis Phlox plants pleasant poets Polyommatus pools Primula Purple Rest-Harrow Rhododendron rivers rocks Sandy places Saxifrage Scotland Sea-shore season SELECT CALENDAR snow species Spiræa spirit spring Star of Bethlehem streams summer sweet thou trees tures Viburnum vulgaris Waste ground Watery places White wild Willow winter Woods and hedges Yellow young Zinnia