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... Cold Regions , The Whale Fishery , Capturing the Whale , ... The Last Search for Franklin , * Sir John Franklin , Henry Hudson , The Fur Countries , Trapping Animals , ... The Skater and the Wolves , The Beaver , ... The Siege of Quebec ...
... Cold Regions , The Whale Fishery , Capturing the Whale , ... The Last Search for Franklin , * Sir John Franklin , Henry Hudson , The Fur Countries , Trapping Animals , ... The Skater and the Wolves , The Beaver , ... The Siege of Quebec ...
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... cold hurrying blast , with mist upon its wings , and then another , and another , until , in the midst of a constant dense wet fog , all creation is shut out of our view , except the few feet of sloping earth on which we are treading ...
... cold hurrying blast , with mist upon its wings , and then another , and another , until , in the midst of a constant dense wet fog , all creation is shut out of our view , except the few feet of sloping earth on which we are treading ...
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... cold material laws ! And yet , fair bow , no fabling dreams , But words of the Most High , Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky . When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's cov'nant thou didst shine , How came ...
... cold material laws ! And yet , fair bow , no fabling dreams , But words of the Most High , Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky . When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's cov'nant thou didst shine , How came ...
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... cold . When these earths , how- ever , are mixed together in due proportions , they correct and im- prove each other , and form the fertile soil of our gardens and fields . Sand corrects the stiffness of clayey land , and lime adds to ...
... cold . When these earths , how- ever , are mixed together in due proportions , they correct and im- prove each other , and form the fertile soil of our gardens and fields . Sand corrects the stiffness of clayey land , and lime adds to ...
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... cold , the changes of the seasons , a fresher and more bracing air , incite man to a constant struggle , to fore- thought , and to the vigorous employment of all his faculties . A more economical Nature yields nothing , except to the ...
... cold , the changes of the seasons , a fresher and more bracing air , incite man to a constant struggle , to fore- thought , and to the vigorous employment of all his faculties . A more economical Nature yields nothing , except to the ...
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.