Bertha's Visit to Her Uncle in England, Volume 1J. Murray, 1830 - Children |
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... passed her childhood at Rio Janeiro , was sent , at the close of that period , on a visit to her English friends . Her father , Colonel Montague , had been ordered to Brazil upon confidential business ; and , foreseeing that it would ...
... passed her childhood at Rio Janeiro , was sent , at the close of that period , on a visit to her English friends . Her father , Colonel Montague , had been ordered to Brazil upon confidential business ; and , foreseeing that it would ...
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... passed close alongside of the ship . The grampus was blowing water up in the air , in the most amusing manner , making beautiful jets d'eau that sparkled in the sun . The captain told me that in sucking in their food the whale tribe ...
... passed close alongside of the ship . The grampus was blowing water up in the air , in the most amusing manner , making beautiful jets d'eau that sparkled in the sun . The captain told me that in sucking in their food the whale tribe ...
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... passing through such a depth . We have also seen the giant fucus , and one of the officers said he had once measured a piece that was eight hundred feet long . The captain says , that the reason why we find such an extraordinary ...
... passing through such a depth . We have also seen the giant fucus , and one of the officers said he had once measured a piece that was eight hundred feet long . The captain says , that the reason why we find such an extraordinary ...
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... balancing its body from right to left , and sweep- ing majestically over the surface of the sea . * Sula communis . C 24th . We have passed two of the Azores or UNCLE IN ENGLAND . 13 we found what proportion of salt was contained ...
... balancing its body from right to left , and sweep- ing majestically over the surface of the sea . * Sula communis . C 24th . We have passed two of the Azores or UNCLE IN ENGLAND . 13 we found what proportion of salt was contained ...
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Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand). 24th . We have passed two of the Azores or Western islands , -Flores looked very green ; but the other , Corvo , seems little better than a lofty , naked rock . 25th . We have had a very hot south - easterly ...
Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand). 24th . We have passed two of the Azores or Western islands , -Flores looked very green ; but the other , Corvo , seems little better than a lofty , naked rock . 25th . We have had a very hot south - easterly ...
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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.