Evenings at Home, Or The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons |
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Page 262 - When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight...
Page 214 - When I got upon the open heath how charming it was ! The air seemed so fresh, and the prospect on every side so free and unbounded ! Then it was all covered with gay flowers, many of which I had never observed before. There were at least three kinds of heath (I have got them, in my handkerchief here), and gorse, and broom, and bellflower, and many others of all colours, that I will beg you presently to tell me the names of. Mr. A. That I will, readily.
Page 117 - And what is a conqueror? Have not you, too, gone about the earth like an evil genius, blasting the fair fruits of peace and industry; plundering, ravaging, killing, without law, without justice, merely to gratify an insatiable lust for dominion?
Page 217 - ... motions. He had waded into the water as far as his long legs would carry him, and was standing with his neck drawn in, looking intently on the stream. Presently he darted his long bill as quick as lightning into the water, and drew out a fish, which he swallowed. I saw him catch another in the same manner. He then took alarm at some noise I made, and flew away slowly to a wood at some distance, where he settled.
Page 215 - I wish I had known that, for he led me a long chase, often over shoes in water. However, it was the cause of my falling in with an old man and a boy, who were cutting and piling up turf for fuel ; and I had a good deal of talk with them, about the manner of preparing the turf, and the price it sells at.
Page 218 - I do not wonder at your surprise, since many philosophers have been much perplexed to account for the same appearance. It is not uncommon to find great quantities of shells and relics of marine animals even in the bowels of high mountains very remote from the sea.
Page 214 - O ! sir, the pleasantest walk ! I went all over Broom-heath, and so up to the mill at the top of the hill, and then down among the green meadows by the side of the river.
Page 13 - The materials were either stones, or earth hardened by fire ; and so violent, in that country, were the storms of wind and rain, that many of them covered their roofs all over with stones. The walls of their houses had holes to let in the light ; but to prevent the cold air and wet from coming in, they were covered by a sort of transparent stone, made artificially of melted sand or flints.
Page 214 - Ah! this is mistletoe, a plant of great fame for the use made of it by the Druids of old in their religious rites and incantations. It bears a very slimy white berry, of which birdlime may be made...
Page 116 - Hast thou not set at defiance my authority ; violated the public peace ; and passed thy life in injuring the persons and properties of thy fellowsubjects ? ROBBER.