The Fairy-land of Science ...Lippincott, 1888 - 244 Seiten |
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air-atoms ALEXANDER BAIN animals anthers atoms beautiful become bees body bottom called carbon carbonic acid carried cells cliff Cloth clouds coal cold colours comes coral crystals curious drop dust earth fairy fairy-land fall flower glacier glass green grow hear heat heat-waves hive hole honey imagine inch insects invisible vapour invisible waves John Herschel JOSEPH LE CONTE knob land leaves lecture Lepidodendrons light living look melt mercury miles mouth move nature nitrogen ovule oxygen particles pass phosphorus picture piece plantlet plants pollen pollen-dust pollinia pressed primrose protoplasm rain rain-drops river rock round seeds side Sigillaria snow sound sound-waves space stamens stem sticky stigma stones substance sun-waves sunbeams surface tell things tiny trees tube underclay valleys wall waves weight wind wonderful yellow yourselves
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Seite 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Seite 192 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Seite 5 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.