The North British Review, Том 40W. P. Kennedy, 1864 |
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... rest of her brood , and if the danger still threatens her , she lifts up and carries away another young bird in the same manner . I saw this take place on the 18th May ; the young were then larger than , or fully as large as , a snipe ...
... rest of her brood , and if the danger still threatens her , she lifts up and carries away another young bird in the same manner . I saw this take place on the 18th May ; the young were then larger than , or fully as large as , a snipe ...
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... rest for an hour or so , and then quietly moved ; even if they did not alight , I knew that I was pretty sure of their line of flight to the sea , and they seldom flew very high . I waded across part of the loch to an island , where I ...
... rest for an hour or so , and then quietly moved ; even if they did not alight , I knew that I was pretty sure of their line of flight to the sea , and they seldom flew very high . I waded across part of the loch to an island , where I ...
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... rest , and they all went off towards the bay . In the meantime three smaller swans came within twenty yards of me , or less , trumpet- ing and calling loudly . " With the glass I watched the bird I had fired at , as I knew he was hard ...
... rest , and they all went off towards the bay . In the meantime three smaller swans came within twenty yards of me , or less , trumpet- ing and calling loudly . " With the glass I watched the bird I had fired at , as I knew he was hard ...
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... rest of her load , shouting , ' Seek again , Trompette . ' " Trompette obeyed , and in this way , within five minutes after entering the creek , the dog found , and the mistress dug up and basketed , three of those eels . " And is this ...
... rest of her load , shouting , ' Seek again , Trompette . ' " Trompette obeyed , and in this way , within five minutes after entering the creek , the dog found , and the mistress dug up and basketed , three of those eels . " And is this ...
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... rest of the canine species . Nor was this great fox- hunter affectionate only to his horses and hounds . He had at several times several pet robins whom he constantly fed in the conservatory ; and his favourite rooks , who used to come ...
... rest of the canine species . Nor was this great fox- hunter affectionate only to his horses and hounds . He had at several times several pet robins whom he constantly fed in the conservatory ; and his favourite rooks , who used to come ...
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Стр. 89 - Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions.
Стр. 294 - Eximia veste et victu convivia, ludi, pocula crebra, unguenta coronae serta parantur, nequiquam, quoniam medio de fonte leporum surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat...
Стр. 91 - Now, Spring returns ; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Стр. 268 - Ah me ! how quick the days are flitting ! I mind me of a time that's gone, When here I'd sit, as now I'm sitting, In this same place — but not alone. A fair young form was nestled near me, A dear, dear face looked fondly up, And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me — There's no one now to share my cup.
Стр. 271 - The race not always to the swift. The strong may yield, the good may fall, The great man be a vulgar clown, The knave be lifted over all, The kind cast pitilessly down.
Стр. 250 - I took a little flower off the hillock and kissed it, and went my way like the bird that had just lighted on the cross by me, back into the world again.
Стр. 249 - ... than the fancy. This seems, however, to have been the case with Bacon. His boyhood and youth appear to have been singularly sedate. His gigantic scheme of philosophical reform is said by some writers to have been planned before he was fifteen; and was undoubtedly planned while he was still young. He observed as vigilantly, meditated as deeply, and judged as temperately, when he gave his first work to the world as at the close of his long career. But in eloquence, in sweetness and variety of expression,...
Стр. 270 - Oh, the sad old pages, the dull old pages ! Oh, the cares, the ennui, the squabbles, the repetitions, the old conversations over and over again ! But now and again a kind thought is recalled, and now and again a dear memory. Yet a few chapters more, and then the last : after which, behold Finis itself come to an end, and the Infinite begun.
Стр. 60 - It is impossible, by means of inanimate material agency, to derive mechanical effect from any portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects.
Стр. 271 - This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...