A Field-full of WondersRoutledge, Warne&Routledge, 1863 - 152 pages |
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... Bob blushed as if he had been detected in the secret commission of a fault ; but not one of us could guess where the place was to which Frank was alluding . " What place is it ? " I at last ventured to inquire . " My Wonder - Field ...
... Bob blushed as if he had been detected in the secret commission of a fault ; but not one of us could guess where the place was to which Frank was alluding . " What place is it ? " I at last ventured to inquire . " My Wonder - Field ...
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Charles Smith Cheltnam. DISAPPOINTMENT . 5 Not only Bob , but all four of us blushed with excite- ment and curiosity . Where could it be and what could it contain , this wonder - field which we had failed to dis- cover in any of our ...
Charles Smith Cheltnam. DISAPPOINTMENT . 5 Not only Bob , but all four of us blushed with excite- ment and curiosity . Where could it be and what could it contain , this wonder - field which we had failed to dis- cover in any of our ...
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... Bob blushed once more and shifted his place without making any answer ; but the feeling of the majority was strongly in favour of little Bob's objection ; to their eyes the field was a very commonplace - looking field , without even the ...
... Bob blushed once more and shifted his place without making any answer ; but the feeling of the majority was strongly in favour of little Bob's objection ; to their eyes the field was a very commonplace - looking field , without even the ...
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... Bob , put your hands behind you , open your eyes and look dreadfully wise , to show that you are deeply affected by ... Bob , and then think how grateful you ought to be ! " We all laughed - all but Bob , that is ; he blushed and ...
... Bob , put your hands behind you , open your eyes and look dreadfully wise , to show that you are deeply affected by ... Bob , and then think how grateful you ought to be ! " We all laughed - all but Bob , that is ; he blushed and ...
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... blushed and said : " No , I don't know that I would give that . " " That's right , Bob , " cried Frank ; " never stand by a thing , because you happen to have said it . Second thoughts are often very much the best ; and very likely you ...
... blushed and said : " No , I don't know that I would give that . " " That's right , Bob , " cried Frank ; " never stand by a thing , because you happen to have said it . Second thoughts are often very much the best ; and very likely you ...
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ALBANY FONBLANQUE animals Ants beautiful Bees birds Bishop Hatto bite Bob blushed Bob's body brood Brown Rat Bull-Frog BUSK Butterfly catch cells CHAPTER COCKCHAFER colony colour cried Bob cried Charley cried Frank Crow curious delightful Driver Ant earth Earwig eating escape eyes fcap feet fellow females FIELD-MOUSE Frogs Gnat ground grow grubs habit half-bound hatched head hedge Hedgehog hole Humble-Bee hundred inquired insects killed kind larvæ laugh lay her eggs Leeches legs little creatures live look MARTIN DOYLE Master microscope Mole nest Nettle never Newt nuts pair plant Redbreast replied Frank Roman Nettle Rook ROUTLEDGE seeds seen sight skin Skylark Snail soon Sparrows species Spider spot Squirrel story SURINAM TOAD tail Teazle tell there's thing thou thousand Toad told tree W. A. HOLDSWORTH Wasp watch Weasel wings Wonder-Field wonderful workers Worm young Zouave
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Page 102 - ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still! To the last point of vision, and beyond Mount, daring warbler! — that love-prompted strain — 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond — Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to...
Page 125 - I'm truly sorry man's dominion. Has broken nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An...
Page 102 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Page 125 - An' naething, now, to big a new ane, O' foggage green ! An' bleak December's winds ensuin', Baith snell and keen ! Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste, An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, 'Till, crash ! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o...
Page 57 - So then to his palace returned he, And he sat down to supper merrily, And he slept that night like an innocent man ; But Bishop Hatto never slept again. In the morning, as he...
Page 112 - Thou, in sunny solitudes, Rover of the underwoods, The green silence dost displace With thy mellow, breezy bass.
Page 125 - The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear, An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
Page 58 - Another came running presently, And he was pale as pale could be. "Fly, my lord bishop, fly!" quoth he, "Ten thousand rats are coming this way, The Lord forgive you for yesterday!" "I'll go to my tower on the Rhine...
Page 92 - ART thou the Bird whom Man loves best, The pious Bird with the scarlet breast, Our little English Robin; The Bird that comes about our doors When Autumn winds are sobbing ' Art thou the Peter of Norway Boors Their Thomas in Finland, And Russia far inland?
Page 116 - THE BAG OF THE BEE. About the sweet bag of a bee Two Cupids fell at odds ; And whose the pretty prize should be They vow'd to ask the Gods. Which Venus hearing, thither came, And for their boldness stript them ; And taking thence from each his flame, With rods of myrtle whipt them. Which done, to still their wanton cries, When quiet grown she'd seen them, She kiss'd and wiped their dove-like eyes And gave the bag between them.