Madam How and Lady Why; OrMacmillan and Company, 1885 - 321 páginas |
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... hundreds of years hence in a star millions of miles away . And I really believe that Madam How knows her work so thoroughly , that the grain of sand which sticks now to your shoe , and the weight of Mrs. Daddy- long - legs ' eggs at the ...
... hundreds of years hence in a star millions of miles away . And I really believe that Madam How knows her work so thoroughly , that the grain of sand which sticks now to your shoe , and the weight of Mrs. Daddy- long - legs ' eggs at the ...
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... into the air in light warm steam . But now that it is dark and cold , they drip , or run down the heather stems , to the ground . And whither do they go then ? - Whither will the water go , -hundreds of gallons THE GLEN 15.
... into the air in light warm steam . But now that it is dark and cold , they drip , or run down the heather stems , to the ground . And whither do they go then ? - Whither will the water go , -hundreds of gallons THE GLEN 15.
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Charles Kingsley. - Whither will the water go , -hundreds of gallons of it perhaps , which has dripped and run through the heather in this single day ? It will sink into the ground , you know . And then what will become of it ? Madam How ...
Charles Kingsley. - Whither will the water go , -hundreds of gallons of it perhaps , which has dripped and run through the heather in this single day ? It will sink into the ground , you know . And then what will become of it ? Madam How ...
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... hundreds and thousands of years hence . But I must tell you I think there was a time when this glen was of a very different shape from what it is now ; and I daresay , according to your notions , of a much prettier shape . It was once ...
... hundreds and thousands of years hence . But I must tell you I think there was a time when this glen was of a very different shape from what it is now ; and I daresay , according to your notions , of a much prettier shape . It was once ...
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... hundred years , without making the least noise or confusion , or even causing an extra ripple on the sea ; so light and gentle , when she will , can Madam How's strong finger be . Now , if the mouth of that Chine at Bourne- mouth was ...
... hundred years , without making the least noise or confusion , or even causing an extra ripple on the sea ; so light and gentle , when she will , can Madam How's strong finger be . Now , if the mouth of that Chine at Bourne- mouth was ...
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Página 138 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Página 29 - When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Página 160 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling ; And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel, With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, — And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river ; For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Página 69 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture's eye hath not seen: The lion's whelps have not trodden it, Nor the fierce lion passed by it.