 | 1840 - Страниц: 272
...Economy, Ifc. By Dr. BISSET HAWKINS. THE LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS. Tur.BF. is a land in distant sens Full of all contrarieties. There beasts have mallard's...cocks, like hens lay eggs. There parrots walk upon tho ground, And grass upon the trees is found ; On other trees—another wonder-- Leaves without upper... | |
 | Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1847 - Страниц: 180
...one for nearly two months. Does not this prove the work to be of God ? " 138 LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS. THE LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS. THERE is a land, in distant...seas, Full of all contrarieties. There beasts have mallard'* bill and legs, Have spars like cocks, like hens lay eggg. There parrots walk upon the ground... | |
 | Lady Mary Fox - 1860 - Страниц: 244
...away and be Lost if you drop a Peace, & so I think it is Better.' » 'THE LAND OP CONTRARIETIES. ' There is a land in distant seas Full of all contrarieties. There beasts have mallards' bills and legs, Have spurs like cocks, like hens lay eggs. There quadrupeds go on two feet,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - Страниц: 638
...first in Bentky's Miscellany. It is not more paradoxical than true : — 'THE LAND OF CONTRARIETIES. ' There is a land in distant seas Full of all contrarieties. There beasts have mallards' bills and legs, Have spurs like cocks, like hens lay eggs. There quadrupeds go on two feet,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - Страниц: 390
...Mrs. Hemans. ' Bcoming — rushing with great noise and tumult. 2 Pennon — a small flag or banner. THE LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS. THERE is a land in distant...seas Full of all contrarieties. There beasts have mallards' bill and legs, Have spurs like cocks, like hens lay eggs. There parrots walk upon the ground,... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - Страниц: 280
...we hare ? THE LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS.— Anon. con-tra-ri-e-ties des-per-ate vor-a-cious quad-m-peds THERE is a land in distant seas Full of all contrarieties. There beasts have mallards' bill and legs, Have spurs like cocks, like hens lay eggs. There parrots walk upon the ground,... | |
 | Blackwood William and sons - 1883 - Страниц: 210
...More Contrasts. — These, and facts like these, have found a place in the following verses : — ' ' There is a land in distant seas Full of all contrarieties ; There beasts have mallards' bill and legs, Have spears like cocks, like hens lay eggs. There parrots walk upon the ground,... | |
 | W G. Baker - 1884 - Страниц: 270
...following lines describe some of the peculiar features of Australian animals and plants : — i. " There is a land in distant seas Full of all contrarieties. There beasts have mallards' bills and legs, Have spurs like cocks, like hens lay eggs. 2. There parrots walk upon the... | |
 | Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - 1892 - Страниц: 232
...blossoms, which need rather to be seen, than read about, to be appreciated and enjoyed. AUSTRALIA. " There is a land in distant seas Full of all contrarieties, There beasts have mallards' bills and legs, Have spurs like cocks, like hens lay eggs. There parrots walk upon the ground,... | |
 | Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - 1892 - Страниц: 300
...blossoms, which need rather to be seen, than read about, to be appreciated and enjoyed. AUSTRALIA. " There is a land in distant seas Full of all contrarieties, There beasts have mallards' bills and legs, Have spurs like cocks, like hens lay eggs. There parrots walk upon the ground,... | |
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There is a land in distant seas Full of all contrarieties, There beasts have mallards' bills and legs, Have spurs like cocks, like hens lay eggs. There parrots walk upon the ground, And grass upon the trees is found; On other trees — another wonder... 
