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... trees and all cedars ; beasts and all cattle , creeping things and flying fowl , kings of the earth and all people ; princes and all judges of the earth ; both young men and maidens , old men and children ; let them praise the name of ...
... trees and all cedars ; beasts and all cattle , creeping things and flying fowl , kings of the earth and all people ; princes and all judges of the earth ; both young men and maidens , old men and children ; let them praise the name of ...
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... trees had been set on fire by lightning , and owing to the dryness of the season , they burnt with great fury . In some places , the devastation extended for several miles . In one spot , where he thought the fire nearly ex- tinguished ...
... trees had been set on fire by lightning , and owing to the dryness of the season , they burnt with great fury . In some places , the devastation extended for several miles . In one spot , where he thought the fire nearly ex- tinguished ...
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... tree fell between Linneus and his guide ; but they both , by the kind care of heaven , escaped from all danger . In this very University of Upsal , where he was a student , and so poor as to be obliged to patch his own shoes , he became ...
... tree fell between Linneus and his guide ; but they both , by the kind care of heaven , escaped from all danger . In this very University of Upsal , where he was a student , and so poor as to be obliged to patch his own shoes , he became ...
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... trees . But are they never taken , and tamed ? 66 Not except they are very young ; and then they soon become docile . Buffon says , I have seen one sit down at table , unfold his towel , wipe its lips , use a spoon , or fork , to carry ...
... trees . But are they never taken , and tamed ? 66 Not except they are very young ; and then they soon become docile . Buffon says , I have seen one sit down at table , unfold his towel , wipe its lips , use a spoon , or fork , to carry ...
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... trees , and swallow them whole . They are all very cunning creatures , I should think , sir . Don't you recollect mentioning how some of them robbed an orchard , placing a sentinel to give the alarm if any one should approach , and ...
... trees , and swallow them whole . They are all very cunning creatures , I should think , sir . Don't you recollect mentioning how some of them robbed an orchard , placing a sentinel to give the alarm if any one should approach , and ...
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Page 419 - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...
Page 400 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high progressive life may go! Around, how wide! how deep extend below! Vast chain of being! which from God began. Natures...
Page 300 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Page 125 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Page 267 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 247 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings ; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue.
Page 149 - In the centre of this grove there stood an oak, which, though shapely and tall on the whole, bulged out into a large excrescence about the middle of the stem. On this a pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years, that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree.
Page 449 - Ye insects flutt'ring on the gale, In mutual concourse rise ; Crop the gay rose's vermeil bloom, And waft its spoils, a sweet perfume, In incense to the skies.