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... length , and is of a rusty brown colour on the back , with a white breast and belly . A nest which was shown to Dr. Sparrman , for that of this bird , was composed of slender filaments of bark woven together in the shape of a bottle ...
... length , and is of a rusty brown colour on the back , with a white breast and belly . A nest which was shown to Dr. Sparrman , for that of this bird , was composed of slender filaments of bark woven together in the shape of a bottle ...
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... length be entirely forgotten . All these expectations , however , have been disappointed by the ill - judged efforts of his nephew , Mr. Thomas Poker , to convince the world that in his uncle it has lost one of its brightest ornaments ...
... length be entirely forgotten . All these expectations , however , have been disappointed by the ill - judged efforts of his nephew , Mr. Thomas Poker , to convince the world that in his uncle it has lost one of its brightest ornaments ...
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... length to take him into the domestic affairs of the house , and to attend especially to the garden . The wall was now rebuilt , and Ozmin was now in the capacity of gardener to Don Louis . So fortunate was he , that on the first morning ...
... length to take him into the domestic affairs of the house , and to attend especially to the garden . The wall was now rebuilt , and Ozmin was now in the capacity of gardener to Don Louis . So fortunate was he , that on the first morning ...
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... length , cou- rage grew out of the excess of her anxiety and doubt , and she said unto him , Friend , whence are you ? ' With this Ozmin , suddenly and in a startled manner , cast np his head and looked on his beloved . And thus having ...
... length , cou- rage grew out of the excess of her anxiety and doubt , and she said unto him , Friend , whence are you ? ' With this Ozmin , suddenly and in a startled manner , cast np his head and looked on his beloved . And thus having ...
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... length , the summit being entirely gained , a perfect panorama of the most beautiful and variegated de- scription presents itself . The eye roves in every di- rection , nor is there a part to be found devoid of in- terest , barren or ...
... length , the summit being entirely gained , a perfect panorama of the most beautiful and variegated de- scription presents itself . The eye roves in every di- rection , nor is there a part to be found devoid of in- terest , barren or ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 43 - With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Página 172 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página 151 - I perceived a negro, suspended in the cage, and left there to expire! I shudder when I recollect that the birds had already picked out his eyes...
Página 131 - We were here at once surprised and terrified by a sight surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert, from W. to NW of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand...
Página 229 - The unlaboured boat falls rapidly along ; The solitary helmsman sits to guide, And sings an idle song. Now o'er the rocks that lay So silent late the shallow current roars ; Fast flow thy waters on their seaward way Through wider-spreading shores. Avon. I gaze and know The lesson emblemed in thy varying way ; It speaks of human joys that rise so slow, So rapidly decay.
Página 43 - For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind...
Página 10 - In' a state of nature, he generally builds his nest on the highest tree that he can find, especially on the palmyra, or on the Indian figtree, and he prefers that which happens to overhang a well or a rivulet ; he makes it of grass, which he weaves like cloth, and shapes like a large bottle...
Página 131 - ... to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds.
Página 28 - With trembling hands and faltering steps, he departed from his mansion of sorrow'; his eyes were dazzled with the splendor of light', and the face of nature presented to his view a perfect paradise. The jail in which he had been imprisoned, stood at some distance from Pekin , and to that city he directed his course, impatient to enjoy the caresses of his wife, his children, and his friends.
Página 12 - seems almost equal (observes this traveller) to that of the bee. Throughout the day they appear to be busily employed in carrying a fine species of grass; which is the principal material they employ for the purpose of erecting this extraordinary work, as well as for additions and repairs. Though...