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... kind of wing . If again they are large , concave , and fitted with soft vanes , as in the owl , then the flight is easy and noiseless . But if these feathers are short , pointed , and possess hardly any vanes at all , as in the case of ...
... kind of wing . If again they are large , concave , and fitted with soft vanes , as in the owl , then the flight is easy and noiseless . But if these feathers are short , pointed , and possess hardly any vanes at all , as in the case of ...
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... kind aunt , by the name of Janet , who liked children , and was fond of telling Walter stories , and teaching him to repeat little ballads . Of one of these in particular he was very fond ; and when he lay sprawling on the floor , he ...
... kind aunt , by the name of Janet , who liked children , and was fond of telling Walter stories , and teaching him to repeat little ballads . Of one of these in particular he was very fond ; and when he lay sprawling on the floor , he ...
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... kind - hearted , well - educated woman . She died before Walter came to be the " Great Unknown " whom every- body was wondering about . But , after all , what matters it , so far as she was concerned ? since it is love , not greatness ...
... kind - hearted , well - educated woman . She died before Walter came to be the " Great Unknown " whom every- body was wondering about . But , after all , what matters it , so far as she was concerned ? since it is love , not greatness ...
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... kind of hard wood , generally deep black in colour , obtained from trees which flourish in the East Indies . 7 St. David , the Abbey of Melrose was dedicated to St. David . soothly , truly . 6 LOVE OF ONE'S COUNTRY . BREATHES there the ...
... kind of hard wood , generally deep black in colour , obtained from trees which flourish in the East Indies . 7 St. David , the Abbey of Melrose was dedicated to St. David . soothly , truly . 6 LOVE OF ONE'S COUNTRY . BREATHES there the ...
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... kind . In the smaller pocket on the right side were several round flat pieces of white and red metal of different bulk ; some of white , which seemed to be silver , were so large and heavy that my 48 EXPLANATORY READERS - No . 6 .
... kind . In the smaller pocket on the right side were several round flat pieces of white and red metal of different bulk ; some of white , which seemed to be silver , were so large and heavy that my 48 EXPLANATORY READERS - No . 6 .
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Page 313 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 363 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! Thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable! who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 16 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, — Calm or convulsed, in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving — boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 46 - Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur! They'll have fleet steeds that follow!
Page 45 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 371 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 345 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Page 294 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 15 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys ; and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 316 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.