Madam How and Lady Why; OrMacmillan and Company, 1885 - 321 páginas |
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... islands in the clouds , and seas and lakes in the blue sky , and the infinite rest and peace of the far west sends rest and peace into your young heart , till you sit silent and happy , you know not why ; when sweet music fills your ...
... islands in the clouds , and seas and lakes in the blue sky , and the infinite rest and peace of the far west sends rest and peace into your young heart , till you sit silent and happy , you know not why ; when sweet music fills your ...
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... island of St. Thomas , in the West Indies ; such as swept in upon the coast of Peru this year . The sea moans , and sinks back , leaving the shore dry ; and then comes in from the offing a mighty wall of water , as high as , or higher ...
... island of St. Thomas , in the West Indies ; such as swept in upon the coast of Peru this year . The sea moans , and sinks back , leaving the shore dry ; and then comes in from the offing a mighty wall of water , as high as , or higher ...
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... pipe . course , you know as the ball filled , the upper side of it would rise out of the water . Now , suppose there were a party of little ants moving about upon that ball , and fancying it a great island , or EARTHQUAKES . 47.
... pipe . course , you know as the ball filled , the upper side of it would rise out of the water . Now , suppose there were a party of little ants moving about upon that ball , and fancying it a great island , or EARTHQUAKES . 47.
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... island out of sight of any other land . Then it would be impossible further to tell whether they were moving up , or whether the water was moving down ; whether their ball was rising out of the water , or the water was sinking away from ...
... island out of sight of any other land . Then it would be impossible further to tell whether they were moving up , or whether the water was moving down ; whether their ball was rising out of the water , or the water was sinking away from ...
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... island , at once , by the force of the steam and gas imprisoned under the ground . That steam stretches and strains the solid rocks below , till they can bear no more , and snap , and crack , with frightful roar and clang ; then out of ...
... island , at once , by the force of the steam and gas imprisoned under the ground . That steam stretches and strains the solid rocks below , till they can bear no more , and snap , and crack , with frightful roar and clang ; then out of ...
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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.