Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-sideSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850 - Всего страниц: 345 |
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... resemble those of our sea- shore plants in their succulence , their saltish flavour , and glaucous green hue . These plants , too , yield the same product . Thus the ice - plant which we rear in the hot - house , because of the beauty ...
... resemble those of our sea- shore plants in their succulence , their saltish flavour , and glaucous green hue . These plants , too , yield the same product . Thus the ice - plant which we rear in the hot - house , because of the beauty ...
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... resembling the foliage of the holly , and dense heads of blue flowers . This flower flourishes too on the coasts of ... resemblance of a branch of this plant to the holly bough , naturally led to its familiar names . Not that the reader ...
... resembling the foliage of the holly , and dense heads of blue flowers . This flower flourishes too on the coasts of ... resemblance of a branch of this plant to the holly bough , naturally led to its familiar names . Not that the reader ...
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... resembling Muran , which is its name in the Gaelic language . The Dutch owe to these grasses the greater part of their country , which but for the sand - banks , held down by their roots , would have long since been swept into the sea ...
... resembling Muran , which is its name in the Gaelic language . The Dutch owe to these grasses the greater part of their country , which but for the sand - banks , held down by their roots , would have long since been swept into the sea ...
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... resembles that common flower of our hedges and pastures , the bladder campion , and has the same glaucous green leaves , and bladder - like flower - cup , beautifully marked with a net - work of purple veins . Like that , too , it has ...
... resembles that common flower of our hedges and pastures , the bladder campion , and has the same glaucous green leaves , and bladder - like flower - cup , beautifully marked with a net - work of purple veins . Like that , too , it has ...
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... resembles it in its appear- ance . The blossoms are yellow , and grow in small compact clusters . The leaves are crowded about the stem , and are of a broad oblong shape , and notched at the edges ; in some specimens they are much ...
... resembles it in its appear- ance . The blossoms are yellow , and grow in small compact clusters . The leaves are crowded about the stem , and are of a broad oblong shape , and notched at the edges ; in some specimens they are much ...
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Стр. 9 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Стр. 9 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Стр. 197 - Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon. My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.
Стр. 91 - From coral rocks the sea-plants lift Their boughs, where the tides and billows flow ; The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In the motionless fields of upper air : There with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter...
Стр. 302 - ... arm. Next time I went to dredge on the same spot, determined not to be cheated out of a specimen in such a way a second time, I brought with me a bucket of cold fresh water, to which article, star-fishes have a great antipathy.
Стр. 345 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Стр. 292 - ... in the act of bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal could express delight, it was this : if they had meant to make signs of their happiness, they could not have done it more intelligibly.
Стр. 181 - ... in time of maturitie doe open, and out of them grow those little living things, which, falling into the water, doe become foules, whom we call Barnakles, in the North of England Brant Geese, and in Lancashire Tree Geese...
Стр. 197 - He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone, At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.
Стр. 222 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.