The Miscellany,or Evening's Occupation for the Youthful Peasantry of IrelandT.Courtney, 1819 |
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... took them , one fine morning in spring , to see these two trees , which he had planted for them , and called after their names : and when they had 1 sufficiently admired their growth , and the number of blossoms 15 Ingenuity and ...
... took them , one fine morning in spring , to see these two trees , which he had planted for them , and called after their names : and when they had 1 sufficiently admired their growth , and the number of blossoms 15 Ingenuity and ...
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... took up his father on his shoulders , and the other his mo ther , and happily made their way through the surrounding smoke and flames . All who were witnesses of this dutiful and affectionate con- duct , were struck with the highest ...
... took up his father on his shoulders , and the other his mo ther , and happily made their way through the surrounding smoke and flames . All who were witnesses of this dutiful and affectionate con- duct , were struck with the highest ...
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... took fright ; the driver , " who was sitting on the shafts of the cart , was thrown off , and the wheels passing over his head , he was killed on the spot . The persons who had occasioned this melancholy accident , immediately suspended ...
... took fright ; the driver , " who was sitting on the shafts of the cart , was thrown off , and the wheels passing over his head , he was killed on the spot . The persons who had occasioned this melancholy accident , immediately suspended ...
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... took it in , at a time when the young ones were about fifteen or twenty days old . He placed them in a cage at his chamber window , to be amused by their sportive flutterings : but he was much sur- prised to see the old ones , which ...
... took it in , at a time when the young ones were about fifteen or twenty days old . He placed them in a cage at his chamber window , to be amused by their sportive flutterings : but he was much sur- prised to see the old ones , which ...
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... took refuge in our mild climate from the ri gour of the northern winters begin to leave us , and return to the countries where they were bred . The redwing , fieldfare , and woodcock , are of this kind , and retire to spend their summer ...
... took refuge in our mild climate from the ri gour of the northern winters begin to leave us , and return to the countries where they were bred . The redwing , fieldfare , and woodcock , are of this kind , and retire to spend their summer ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 65 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Seite 145 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Seite 104 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Seite 14 - South ? Youths and maidens, tell me, if you know, who is she, and what is her name ? Who is he, that cometh with sober pace, stealing upon us unawares ? His garments are red with the blood of the grape, and his temples are bound with a sheaf of ripe wheat.
Seite 31 - I have seen the insects sporting in the sunshine, and darting along the streams ; their wings glittered with gold and purple ; their bodies shone like the green emerald ; they were more numerous than I could count ; their motions were quicker than my eye could glance. I returned : they were brushed into the pool ; they were perishing with the evening breeze ; the swallow had CHAT. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. 'ff> devoured them ; the pike had seized them : there were none found of so great a multitude.
Seite 145 - Mercy's voice has hush'd the blast ; The wind is heard in whispers low ; The white man far away must go ; — But ever, in his heart, will bear Remembrance of the Negro's care.
Seite 144 - The rites of hospitality being thus performed towards a stranger in distress, my worthy benefactress (pointing to the mat, and telling me I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all tha while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
Seite 159 - I will not live after thee." He was not by any means to be forced from the body, but was removed with it bleeding in his arms, and attended with tears by all their comrades who knew their enmity.
Seite 174 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Seite 174 - I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, ''You are young and have the world before you. Stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.