The Fourth Reader of the School and Family SeriesHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 360 páginas |
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... Leaves of Plants . 192 IX . The Angel of the Leaves ; an Allegory 198 X. Poetical Imagery derived from the Vegetable World 202 XI . The Last Leaf . 205 XII . The Food of Plants .. 207 XIII . The Mysteries of Vegetation .. 210 XIV ...
... Leaves of Plants . 192 IX . The Angel of the Leaves ; an Allegory 198 X. Poetical Imagery derived from the Vegetable World 202 XI . The Last Leaf . 205 XII . The Food of Plants .. 207 XIII . The Mysteries of Vegetation .. 210 XIV ...
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... leaves of autumn , and at length they die - millions of them at every breath we draw . Some portions of their dead remains are used in repairs of the system , while other portions are strained off in the liver , and used for the ...
... leaves of autumn , and at length they die - millions of them at every breath we draw . Some portions of their dead remains are used in repairs of the system , while other portions are strained off in the liver , and used for the ...
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... leaves the nitrogen , and , passing into the blood - vessels , mixes there with the blood and the chyle , and completes the process of changing the latter into pure blood . This is the first step in the process . The second is the ...
... leaves the nitrogen , and , passing into the blood - vessels , mixes there with the blood and the chyle , and completes the process of changing the latter into pure blood . This is the first step in the process . The second is the ...
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... leaves us weaker than it finds us . Where reason rules , appetite obeys . He that wants health wants every thing . Sickness is felt , but health not at all . Diseases are the interest paid for pleasure . The follies of youth are food ...
... leaves us weaker than it finds us . Where reason rules , appetite obeys . He that wants health wants every thing . Sickness is felt , but health not at all . Diseases are the interest paid for pleasure . The follies of youth are food ...
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... leaves her eggs in the earth , and warmeth them in the sand , " other birds build nests of most elaborate1o pattern and exquisite " 1 workmanship . 8 . " Some to the holly - hedge Nestling repair , and to the thicket some ; Some to the ...
... leaves her eggs in the earth , and warmeth them in the sand , " other birds build nests of most elaborate1o pattern and exquisite " 1 workmanship . 8 . " Some to the holly - hedge Nestling repair , and to the thicket some ; Some to the ...
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Página 274 - ... of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices,...
Página 282 - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
Página 203 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 358 - And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
Página 274 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Página 9 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Página 197 - There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Página 141 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Página 260 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Página 173 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?