Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-sideSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850 - 345 páginas |
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... genus , taken from salt and a horn , is very expressive of the nature and form of the plants . But the abundance of soda yielded by several sea - side vegetables is in none greater than in the genus of plants called Salsola , by ...
... genus , taken from salt and a horn , is very expressive of the nature and form of the plants . But the abundance of soda yielded by several sea - side vegetables is in none greater than in the genus of plants called Salsola , by ...
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... genus , Glaucium , originated in the Greek word for sea - green . Nor do the leaves lose their greenness when winter winds have borne away all beauty from the few plants on the shore . There they are lying over the barren shingle , to ...
... genus , Glaucium , originated in the Greek word for sea - green . Nor do the leaves lose their greenness when winter winds have borne away all beauty from the few plants on the shore . There they are lying over the barren shingle , to ...
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... genus was once called Chelidonium , and the yellow horned species is referred to , under that name , in the lines which stand at the head of this chapter . Several botanists have said that this flower possesses an acrid copper ...
... genus was once called Chelidonium , and the yellow horned species is referred to , under that name , in the lines which stand at the head of this chapter . Several botanists have said that this flower possesses an acrid copper ...
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... genus , seems to nave been derived from the Celtic word Bresic , a cabbage . The flowers of the cabbage are of the form termed by botanists cruciferous , and are shaped like a cross , as in the single stock or wall - flower of the ...
... genus , seems to nave been derived from the Celtic word Bresic , a cabbage . The flowers of the cabbage are of the form termed by botanists cruciferous , and are shaped like a cross , as in the single stock or wall - flower of the ...
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... genus , whose wiry and entangled stems seem well formed to stop the hasty footstep of the passenger over the cliff , or sandy ground , or muddy shore , where they grow . But the familiar names of our wild flowers - those by which they ...
... genus , whose wiry and entangled stems seem well formed to stop the hasty footstep of the passenger over the cliff , or sandy ground , or muddy shore , where they grow . But the familiar names of our wild flowers - those by which they ...
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abundant anemone animal Anthozoa appearance beach beautiful birds bivalve blossoms botanist branches bright called cliffs clusters coast colour common conchologists coralline covered cowry crab creatures cuttle-fish dark deep delicate Dovor dulse eaten England eryngo feet fish fishermen flavour fleshy flowers Flustra frequent frond Fucus gathered genus goosefoot grass green grows horny inches long island Isles kind Laminaria land leaves limpet living marine plants maritime masses microscope mollusks mussel native naturalist nature ocean odour olive-green oyster pale places polypes prey purple rays remarks resembles rocks rocky roots salt marshes saltwort samphire sand sandy shores Scotland Sea Anemone Sea-pen sea-side sea-weeds seen shape shell shell-fish slender soil sometimes species specimens spines sponge spots stalks star-fishes stem stones substance surface thick tide tint tribe tube tufts valves vegetable waves weeds whelk wild writer yellow yellow horned poppy zoophytes
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Página 9 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Página 9 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 197 - Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon. My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.
Página 91 - From coral rocks the sea-plants lift Their boughs, where the tides and billows flow ; The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In the motionless fields of upper air : There with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter...
Página 302 - ... arm. Next time I went to dredge on the same spot, determined not to be cheated out of a specimen in such a way a second time, I brought with me a bucket of cold fresh water, to which article, star-fishes have a great antipathy.
Página 345 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 292 - ... in the act of bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal could express delight, it was this : if they had meant to make signs of their happiness, they could not have done it more intelligibly.
Página 181 - ... in time of maturitie doe open, and out of them grow those little living things, which, falling into the water, doe become foules, whom we call Barnakles, in the North of England Brant Geese, and in Lancashire Tree Geese...
Página 197 - He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone, At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.
Página 222 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.