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... whole within the immense circumference of Neptune's orbit . This is but a single unit out of the myriads of similar systems . Take the wings of light , and flash with impetuous speed , day and night , and month and year , till youth ...
... whole within the immense circumference of Neptune's orbit . This is but a single unit out of the myriads of similar systems . Take the wings of light , and flash with impetuous speed , day and night , and month and year , till youth ...
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... whole human race , by the combined efforts of its brightest intellects , has enabled the astronomer to compute approximately the perturbations of . the planetary worlds . He has predicted , But God has com- roughly , the return of half ...
... whole human race , by the combined efforts of its brightest intellects , has enabled the astronomer to compute approximately the perturbations of . the planetary worlds . He has predicted , But God has com- roughly , the return of half ...
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... whole in one transparent mantle . Through the bosom of that ocean , like fishes with their fins and whales with their flippers , birds and other winged creatures swim ; whilst , like crabs and many shell - fish , man and other mammalia ...
... whole in one transparent mantle . Through the bosom of that ocean , like fishes with their fins and whales with their flippers , birds and other winged creatures swim ; whilst , like crabs and many shell - fish , man and other mammalia ...
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... whole world kin . The carbonic acid with which to - day our breathing fills the air , to - morrow seeks its way round the world . The date- trees that grow around the falls of the Nile will drink it in by their leaves ; the cedars of ...
... whole world kin . The carbonic acid with which to - day our breathing fills the air , to - morrow seeks its way round the world . The date- trees that grow around the falls of the Nile will drink it in by their leaves ; the cedars of ...
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... whole weight ; and from the surface of its leaves water is continually rising into the air , in the form of invisible vapour . Were the air absolutely dry , it would cause this water to evapo- rate from the leaves more rapidly than it ...
... whole weight ; and from the surface of its leaves water is continually rising into the air , in the form of invisible vapour . Were the air absolutely dry , it would cause this water to evapo- rate from the leaves more rapidly than it ...
Términos y frases comunes
animal appearance arms bear beautiful become beneath body breath called carried century close clouds coast cold cotton course covered dark deep direction distance earth England fall feet fields fire flame followed force give hand head heard heart heat heaven horses hundred Indian iron island known land leaves length less light live look manufacture means miles moving nature nearly never night o'er ocean once passed plant Pole present reached Rebecca regions rest rise river rocks round sail seemed seen ship shore side snow soon sound stars stream surface thee things thou thought thousand trees turned vast vessel voice waves whole wild wind winter
Pasajes populares
Página 108 - The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school; The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 330 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Página 111 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies!
Página 113 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 310 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 114 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind...
Página 111 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Página 29 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die.
Página 109 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place : Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray.
Página 102 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away ! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG.