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... instance by Victor Hugo , that the general effect of beauty is to sadden . " Comme la vie de l'homme , même la plus prospère , est toujours au fond plus triste que gaie , le ciel sombre nous est harmonieux . Le ciel écla- tant et joyeux ...
... instance by Victor Hugo , that the general effect of beauty is to sadden . " Comme la vie de l'homme , même la plus prospère , est toujours au fond plus triste que gaie , le ciel sombre nous est harmonieux . Le ciel écla- tant et joyeux ...
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... instance , amongst the most striking scenes of nature , the calm sub- limity of a tropical night , when the stars , not sparkling , as in our northern skies , shed their soft and planetary light over the gently heav- ing ocean ; or I ...
... instance , amongst the most striking scenes of nature , the calm sub- limity of a tropical night , when the stars , not sparkling , as in our northern skies , shed their soft and planetary light over the gently heav- ing ocean ; or I ...
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... instance , in the family of Insects to which Bees and Wasps belong , some have grub larvæ , such as the Bee and Ant ; some have larvæ like caterpillars , such as the Sawflies ; and there is a group of minute forms the larvæ of which ...
... instance , in the family of Insects to which Bees and Wasps belong , some have grub larvæ , such as the Bee and Ant ; some have larvæ like caterpillars , such as the Sawflies ; and there is a group of minute forms the larvæ of which ...
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... instance , among Insects and Crustacea . The Lobster , Crab , Shrimp , and Barnacle are very unlike when full grown , but in their young stages go through essentially similar metamor- phoses . No animal is perhaps in this respect more ...
... instance , among Insects and Crustacea . The Lobster , Crab , Shrimp , and Barnacle are very unlike when full grown , but in their young stages go through essentially similar metamor- phoses . No animal is perhaps in this respect more ...
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... instance , been objected that sheep are not coloured green ; but every mountaineer knows that sheep could not have had a colour more adapted to render them inconspicuous , and that it is almost impossible to distinguish them from the ...
... instance , been objected that sheep are not coloured green ; but every mountaineer knows that sheep could not have had a colour more adapted to render them inconspicuous , and that it is almost impossible to distinguish them from the ...
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Page 35 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 168 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page 116 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 167 - GOD Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Page 214 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Page 336 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, •To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll!
Page 342 - Yet more ! the billows and the depths have more ! High hearts and brave are gathered to thy breast ! They hear not now the booming waters roar, The battle-thunders will not break their rest. Keep thy red gold and gems, thou stormy grave...
Page 6 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy : for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 36 - The day, immeasurably long, sleeps over the broad hills and warm wide fields. To have lived through all its sunny hours, seems longevity enough. The solitary places do not seem quite lonely. At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish.
Page 343 - ... which hang in ropes and wreaths from wave to wave ; and where one curls over to break, form a festoon like a drapery from its edge ; these are taken up by the wind, not in dissipating dust, but bodily, in writhing, hanging, coiling masses, which make the air white and thick as with snow, only the flakes are a foot or two long each ; the surges themselves are full of foam in their very bodies, underneath, making them white all through, as the water is under a great cataract, — and their masses...