Pleasant pages (by S.P. Newcombe). [With suppl., entitled] Fireside facts from the Great exhibition, Volumen 3 |
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... land , you would find them to be called savannahs . Shall I tell you where there are some savannahs ? If you go to the north - western part of South America , there is a country called COLUMBIA , which once belonged to Spain . It now ...
... land , you would find them to be called savannahs . Shall I tell you where there are some savannahs ? If you go to the north - western part of South America , there is a country called COLUMBIA , which once belonged to Spain . It now ...
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... land of the bor- derers ; " this in time was changed into the Latin name Mercia ; and was also called the Marches of ... lands that he might con- quer from the Welsh . Scrob- besburg then contained 252 houses ; but , in accordance with ...
... land of the bor- derers ; " this in time was changed into the Latin name Mercia ; and was also called the Marches of ... lands that he might con- quer from the Welsh . Scrob- besburg then contained 252 houses ; but , in accordance with ...
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... LAND . were afterwards delivered up to SPAIN . After the Spaniards , the next P. I did . But before I make masters of Belgium were the them for you , let us talk of the French . In the year 1814 two countries at the north of Napoleon ...
... LAND . were afterwards delivered up to SPAIN . After the Spaniards , the next P. I did . But before I make masters of Belgium were the them for you , let us talk of the French . In the year 1814 two countries at the north of Napoleon ...
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... lands . When its commerce was at its height , it contained 200,000 inhabitants . But , if you notice the Scheldt , you will see that its mouth is in Holland ; and that , if a ship had to sail up the river from the ocean , it must first ...
... lands . When its commerce was at its height , it contained 200,000 inhabitants . But , if you notice the Scheldt , you will see that its mouth is in Holland ; and that , if a ship had to sail up the river from the ocean , it must first ...
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... land where the Bible may be read by all . 66 as Let us take one look of the country before we leave Belgium . I told you of the two great rivers , the Maas and the Scheldt . It is a great pity for the Bel- gians that these rivers flow ...
... land where the Bible may be read by all . 66 as Let us take one look of the country before we leave Belgium . I told you of the two great rivers , the Maas and the Scheldt . It is a great pity for the Bel- gians that these rivers flow ...
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Página 158 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! HEMANS.
Página 17 - It was my guide, my light, my all ; It bade my dark forebodings cease, And through the storm and danger's thrall It led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever and for evermore, The Star, the Star of Bethlehem...
Página 237 - And tolls its perfume on the passing air, Makes sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer. Not to the domes where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which God hath planned ; To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply ; Its choir the winds and waves — its organ thunder — Its dome the sky.
Página 140 - Tis filled wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king. All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants, belong to thee ; All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice; Man for thee does sow and plow...
Página 119 - I'm not afraid You'll keep me from all harm." "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" The eager children cry "O, Mary loves the lamb, you know...
Página 59 - O to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.
Página 59 - 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.
Página 140 - Thee Phoebus loves, and does inspire : Phoebus is himself thy sire. To thee of all things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. Happy insect ! happy thou, Dost neither age nor winter know : But when thou'st drunk, and danced, and sung Thy fill, the flowery leaves among, (Voluptuous, and wise withal. Epicurean animal !) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Página 119 - Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go; He followed her to school one day — That was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school.
Página 17 - When, marshalled on the nightly plain, The glittering host bestud the sky, One Star alone, of all the train, Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.