The Schoolmate, Volume 4A. R. Phippen George Savage, 1854 - Education |
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... moon , and , besides , it has been sailed round several times . Farm . You plaguy fool you , the earth never ' clipses the moon ; and as for sailing round it , they only sail round close to the edge , and take plaguy good care that they ...
... moon , and , besides , it has been sailed round several times . Farm . You plaguy fool you , the earth never ' clipses the moon ; and as for sailing round it , they only sail round close to the edge , and take plaguy good care that they ...
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... moon , and stars stay up without their proper foundation ? Farm . How on airth do you think I know ? But if the world turns round , what's the reason our minister never said nothing ' bout it ? Stu . He'll tell you so now , or he is not ...
... moon , and stars stay up without their proper foundation ? Farm . How on airth do you think I know ? But if the world turns round , what's the reason our minister never said nothing ' bout it ? Stu . He'll tell you so now , or he is not ...
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... moon in sickly white shone down . That night some sheep forsook the fold , O'er the broad heath at large to roam , And they must search the weary wold At morn , to bring the wanderers home . Their tatter'd garb they round them flung ...
... moon in sickly white shone down . That night some sheep forsook the fold , O'er the broad heath at large to roam , And they must search the weary wold At morn , to bring the wanderers home . Their tatter'd garb they round them flung ...
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... moon nor star , or rise up nearer to the surface , to be transcendantly rich and gorgeous in brightest green , gold , and purple . And , through this dream- like scene , playing in all the colors of the rainbow , and deep under the hol ...
... moon nor star , or rise up nearer to the surface , to be transcendantly rich and gorgeous in brightest green , gold , and purple . And , through this dream- like scene , playing in all the colors of the rainbow , and deep under the hol ...
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... Moon . The First - a total Eclipse of the Moon , May 1st , at 10 o'clock , 50 minutes , in the evening ; visible . The second - a partial Eclipse of the Sun , May 9th , at 9 o'clock , 9 minutes , in the evening ; invisible here - only ...
... Moon . The First - a total Eclipse of the Moon , May 1st , at 10 o'clock , 50 minutes , in the evening ; visible . The second - a partial Eclipse of the Sun , May 9th , at 9 o'clock , 9 minutes , in the evening ; invisible here - only ...
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Page 342 - OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 343 - I can see the breezy dome of groves, The shadows of Deering's Woods; And the friendships old and the early loves Come back with a Sabbath sound, as of doves In quiet neighborhoods.
Page 324 - Have mercy upon me, O God, According to thy loving kindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies Blot out my transgressions.
Page 79 - Disaster'd stands; sees other hills ascend, Of unknown joyless brow; and other scenes, Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain: Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild; but wanders on From hill to dale, still more and more astray; Impatient flouncing through the drifted heaps, Stung with the thoughts of home; the thoughts of home Rush on his nerves, and call their vigour forth In many a vain attempt.
Page 80 - Smooth'd up with snow; and what is land, unknown, What water, of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils.
Page 264 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 244 - The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.
Page 263 - He comes amidst the pomp and fragrance of the season ; his life seems all sensibility and enjoyment, all song and sunshine. He is to be found in the soft bosoms of the freshest and sweetest meadows, and is most in song when the clover is in blossom.
Page 331 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 388 - Miller. You may do what you please. You are twelve miles from Nottingham, and all the way through this thick wood ; but if you are resolved upon going thither to-night, I will put you in the...