Burford Cottage, and Its Robin-red-breastT. Tegg and Son, 1835 - 476 էջ |
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... melancholy , because of the absence of song- birds , and of their consequent excessive silence : for , though we sometimes complain of you and your brother for making more than your share of noise ; 4 BURFORD COTTAGE , AND.
... melancholy , because of the absence of song- birds , and of their consequent excessive silence : for , though we sometimes complain of you and your brother for making more than your share of noise ; 4 BURFORD COTTAGE , AND.
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... sometimes called , Australia ) , he says , that they have a most dreary and inhospitable appearance . The eircumference of New Holland is about six thousand miles ; and he offers descriptions , from part to part , in order , says he ...
... sometimes called , Australia ) , he says , that they have a most dreary and inhospitable appearance . The eircumference of New Holland is about six thousand miles ; and he offers descriptions , from part to part , in order , says he ...
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... sometimes otherwise , often have I been the companion of his walks , no less than a guest upon his floor , or have come upon him un- awares at the stile , or by the hedge - side , or among the bramble - bushes ; and , except that I have ...
... sometimes otherwise , often have I been the companion of his walks , no less than a guest upon his floor , or have come upon him un- awares at the stile , or by the hedge - side , or among the bramble - bushes ; and , except that I have ...
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... sometimes be taken in the search for know- ledge ! I would not have even Mowbray's wife or children see me with thee , my Robin ; for they , too , would be in arms at my seeming cruelty ; but Mow- bray is a kind neighbour , and a ...
... sometimes be taken in the search for know- ledge ! I would not have even Mowbray's wife or children see me with thee , my Robin ; for they , too , would be in arms at my seeming cruelty ; but Mow- bray is a kind neighbour , and a ...
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... Sometimes , indeed , to the depths of my reverie , came the tinkling of the sheep - bells , and the whistling of the ploughboy ; the chattering of the jay , the screaming of the pie , and the rich melody of the blackbird ; but what ...
... Sometimes , indeed , to the depths of my reverie , came the tinkling of the sheep - bells , and the whistling of the ploughboy ; the chattering of the jay , the screaming of the pie , and the rich melody of the blackbird ; but what ...
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Burford cottage, and its robin-red-breast, by the author of Keepr's travels Edward Augustus Kendall Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1835 |
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Էջ 326 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
Էջ 324 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Էջ 24 - All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains : and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, — both what they half create, And what perceive...
Էջ 330 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Էջ 458 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Էջ 321 - Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend, Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies.
Էջ 296 - Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone, The redbreast, sacred to the household gods. Wisely regardful of th...
Էջ 466 - God who makes the sun to know His proper hour to rise, And to give light to all below, Doth send him round the skies. When from the chambers of the east His morning race begins, He never tires, nor stops to rest ; But round the world he shines.
Էջ 325 - Up led by thee Into the heaven of heavens I have presumed, An earthly guest, and drawn empyreal air, Thy tempering; with like safety guided down Return me to my native element: Lest from this flying steed unreined, (as once Bellerophon, though from a lower clime) Dismounted, on the Aleian field I fall Erroneous there to wander and forlorn.
Էջ 447 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.