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... gather than the bare names by which they are called . I cannot think , as some say they do , that a further acquaintance with the structure and habits of a plant destroys its poetical associations or detracts from the love of its beauty ...
... gather than the bare names by which they are called . I cannot think , as some say they do , that a further acquaintance with the structure and habits of a plant destroys its poetical associations or detracts from the love of its beauty ...
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... gather on Palm Sunday , are really the catkins of the willow tree , and bear the stamens with their golden dust separately from the pistils , which are on another part of the tree , as in the yew , or on another tree altogether . I ...
... gather on Palm Sunday , are really the catkins of the willow tree , and bear the stamens with their golden dust separately from the pistils , which are on another part of the tree , as in the yew , or on another tree altogether . I ...
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... gathered baskets full of the flowers in the fields , and then carefully arranged them thus in a soup plate or dish filled with wet sand , and I never admired any birthday gift more than this one . You see the coloured part of this wind ...
... gathered baskets full of the flowers in the fields , and then carefully arranged them thus in a soup plate or dish filled with wet sand , and I never admired any birthday gift more than this one . You see the coloured part of this wind ...
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... gather some for her , which he attempted to do ; but his foot slipped , and he fell into the water as he grasped the plant . The current of the Rhine is very strong and rapid , and as it bore him along he knew his fate was sealed ; with ...
... gather some for her , which he attempted to do ; but his foot slipped , and he fell into the water as he grasped the plant . The current of the Rhine is very strong and rapid , and as it bore him along he knew his fate was sealed ; with ...
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... gathered , but by seeking for them , and noticing where and how they grow , to learn a great deal that reading would never teach you . In studying any natural history facts , whether they be of plants or animals , minerals , rocks , or ...
... gathered , but by seeking for them , and noticing where and how they grow , to learn a great deal that reading would never teach you . In studying any natural history facts , whether they be of plants or animals , minerals , rocks , or ...
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