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Page vii
... Mountains - Pleasures of the British Fireside - Miseries of the Poor - Continued Frost - Immense destruction of Vermin , Birds , etc. at this season Bird - moping- Walking in frosty weather - Glazed Frost , its dangerous effects - The ...
... Mountains - Pleasures of the British Fireside - Miseries of the Poor - Continued Frost - Immense destruction of Vermin , Birds , etc. at this season Bird - moping- Walking in frosty weather - Glazed Frost , its dangerous effects - The ...
Page ix
... Mountains - Stiles and their varieties- The Domine and the Turnstile - Gradual disappearance of Field - paths — Encroachments of the rich upon the poor - July , its name -Periodical appearances , animal and vegetable - Rural Occupations ...
... Mountains - Stiles and their varieties- The Domine and the Turnstile - Gradual disappearance of Field - paths — Encroachments of the rich upon the poor - July , its name -Periodical appearances , animal and vegetable - Rural Occupations ...
Page x
... Mountains , their effect on the imagination , on the cha- racter of their inhabitants — On the liberty of Nations Lonely and simple life among Mountains - The magni- ficence and variety in mountain scenery- Geometric Spider Gossamer ...
... Mountains , their effect on the imagination , on the cha- racter of their inhabitants — On the liberty of Nations Lonely and simple life among Mountains - The magni- ficence and variety in mountain scenery- Geometric Spider Gossamer ...
Page xviii
... mountain coast , All is concentred in a life intense , Where not a beam , nor air , nor leaf is lost , But hath a part of being , and a sense Of that which is of all Creator and defence . Then stirs the feeling infinite , so felt In ...
... mountain coast , All is concentred in a life intense , Where not a beam , nor air , nor leaf is lost , But hath a part of being , and a sense Of that which is of all Creator and defence . Then stirs the feeling infinite , so felt In ...
Page xix
... mountains , and thus take A fit and unwalled temple , there to seek The spirit , in whose honour shrines are weak ... mountain moorlands , ―must each have his own appropriate niche ; -the names of Mrs. Hemans , Miss Bowles , and Miss ...
... mountains , and thus take A fit and unwalled temple , there to seek The spirit , in whose honour shrines are weak ... mountain moorlands , ―must each have his own appropriate niche ; -the names of Mrs. Hemans , Miss Bowles , and Miss ...
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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