Madam How and Lady Why; OrMacmillan and Company, 1885 - 321 páginas |
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... I CHAPTER II . EARTHQUAKES 33 CHAPTER III . VOLCANOS 54 CHAPTER IV . THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF A GRAIN OF SOIL 78 CHAPTER V. THE ICE - PLOUGH THE TRUE FAIRY TALE 97 CHAPTER VI . 116 b THE CHALK - CARTS CHAPTER VII . CHAPTER VIII .
... I CHAPTER II . EARTHQUAKES 33 CHAPTER III . VOLCANOS 54 CHAPTER IV . THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF A GRAIN OF SOIL 78 CHAPTER V. THE ICE - PLOUGH THE TRUE FAIRY TALE 97 CHAPTER VI . 116 b THE CHALK - CARTS CHAPTER VII . CHAPTER VIII .
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... soil is bare . Oh , yes ; you are very fond of those banks . It is " awfully jolly , " as you say , scrambling up and down them , in the deep heath and fern ; besides , there are plenty of rabbit - holes there , because they are all ...
... soil is bare . Oh , yes ; you are very fond of those banks . It is " awfully jolly , " as you say , scrambling up and down them , in the deep heath and fern ; besides , there are plenty of rabbit - holes there , because they are all ...
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... soils of a different kind . We will make a Hartford Bridge Flat turned upside down - a cake of sand with a cap of clay on the top ; and we will rain on that out of our watering - pot , and see what sort of glens we make then . I can ...
... soils of a different kind . We will make a Hartford Bridge Flat turned upside down - a cake of sand with a cap of clay on the top ; and we will rain on that out of our watering - pot , and see what sort of glens we make then . I can ...
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... soil , far below high - water mark , and only uncovered at low tide ; which is a plain sign that there the land has sunk . You surely recollect the sunken forest at Brancaster , and the beautiful shells we picked up in its gullies , and ...
... soil , far below high - water mark , and only uncovered at low tide ; which is a plain sign that there the land has sunk . You surely recollect the sunken forest at Brancaster , and the beautiful shells we picked up in its gullies , and ...
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... soil . And long did I puzzle to find out why the water stood in some craters , while others , within a mile of them perhaps , were perfectly dry . That I never found out for myself . But learned men tell me that the ashes which fall ...
... soil . And long did I puzzle to find out why the water stood in some craters , while others , within a mile of them perhaps , were perfectly dry . That I never found out for myself . But learned men tell me that the ashes which fall ...
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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.