Bertha's Visit to Her Uncle in England, Volume 1J. Murray, 1830 - Children |
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Page 43
... branches of trees , and plastered with mud , thatched with nothing but long grass , and a hide stretched on four sticks , by way of a door . I was surprised to see with what docility a number of cows allowed themselves to be driven home ...
... branches of trees , and plastered with mud , thatched with nothing but long grass , and a hide stretched on four sticks , by way of a door . I was surprised to see with what docility a number of cows allowed themselves to be driven home ...
Page 49
... branches , and calling , in plaintive notes , for rain ; and how sometimes , when he was sitting comfortably and almost hid in the nest which he had scooped in the stem of a tree , we used to pretend to alarm him , that we might see how ...
... branches , and calling , in plaintive notes , for rain ; and how sometimes , when he was sitting comfortably and almost hid in the nest which he had scooped in the stem of a tree , we used to pretend to alarm him , that we might see how ...
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... branch , with the neck down- wards , so as to secure the eggs and young from serpents , monkeys , squirrels , and birds of prey . The eggs of this little bird resemble large pearls . The baya is wonderfully sensible , faithful , and ...
... branch , with the neck down- wards , so as to secure the eggs and young from serpents , monkeys , squirrels , and birds of prey . The eggs of this little bird resemble large pearls . The baya is wonderfully sensible , faithful , and ...
Page 79
... branch , over a stream . Though it builds a fresh nest every year , it does not abandon the old nest , but fastens the new one to the end of the last ; so that sometimes five may be seen hanging one from the other . They build in ...
... branch , over a stream . Though it builds a fresh nest every year , it does not abandon the old nest , but fastens the new one to the end of the last ; so that sometimes five may be seen hanging one from the other . They build in ...
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... branches of osier . To this light bottom are attached several sheepskins , filled with air , and so arranged , that they can be re- plenished at will . The whole is wattled and bound together with wicker work ; and a raised parapet of ...
... branches of osier . To this light bottom are attached several sheepskins , filled with air , and so arranged , that they can be re- plenished at will . The whole is wattled and bound together with wicker work ; and a raised parapet of ...
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Page 239 - Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me hither ; for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 168 - ... with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. 6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Page 36 - On tops of dewy grass So nimbly do we pass. The young and tender stalk Ne'er bends when we do walk ; Yet in the morning may be seen Where we the night before have been.
Page 256 - Apart she sighed ; alone, she shed the tear : Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt the prospect of the grave. One day he lighter seemed, and they forgot The care, the dread, the anguish of their lot ; They spoke with cheerfulness, and seemed to think, Yet said not so^" Perhaps he will not sink : " A sudden brightness in his look appeared, A sudden vigour in his voice was heard.
Page 91 - But here, - above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone, As if were here denied The summer sun, the spring's sweet dew, That clothe with many a varied hue The bleakest mountain-side.
Page 90 - Hath rent a strange and shatter'd way Through the rude bosom of the hill, And that each naked precipice, Sable ravine, and dark abyss, Tells of the outrage still. The wildest glen, but this, can show Some touch of Nature's genial glow ; On high Benmore green mosses...
Page 134 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Page 256 - He had his wish, had more ; I will not paint The Lovers' meeting : she beheld him faint, — With tender fears, she took a nearer view, Her terrors doubling as her hopes withdrew ; He tried to smile, and, half succeeding, said, " Yes ! I must die ;
Page 95 - I had the curiosity to break down, to inform myself of the internal structure of it; and found it equally ingenious with that of the external. There are many entrances, each of which forms a regular street, with nests on both sides, at about two inches distance from each other.
Page 287 - Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.