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... objects of your curiosity or tender solicitude , you will not be entirely unin- terested in the subject of the present lit- tle volume , in whose pages I purpose to offer a few practical hints on the manage- ment of domestic animals ...
... objects of your curiosity or tender solicitude , you will not be entirely unin- terested in the subject of the present lit- tle volume , in whose pages I purpose to offer a few practical hints on the manage- ment of domestic animals ...
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... objects . A bat , a ball , a top , or a kite , if carelessly left about and disregarded , suffer no pain , and the loss of these misused toys falls solely on the possessor ; but omitting to supply an animal with food for one day , or ...
... objects . A bat , a ball , a top , or a kite , if carelessly left about and disregarded , suffer no pain , and the loss of these misused toys falls solely on the possessor ; but omitting to supply an animal with food for one day , or ...
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... object , by plant- ing Spanish , and gold , and silver blotched ivy on either side the door - way , which he had turned into a gothic arch . The win- dows were latticed , and a screen of ever- greens and flowering shrubs planted round ...
... object , by plant- ing Spanish , and gold , and silver blotched ivy on either side the door - way , which he had turned into a gothic arch . The win- dows were latticed , and a screen of ever- greens and flowering shrubs planted round ...
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... object that pre- sented itself to my view , was my beloved Whitefoot , lying on the dewy ground , and struggling in the agonies of death . At this afflicting sight , my tears flowed fast and passionately ; not so much at that minute for ...
... object that pre- sented itself to my view , was my beloved Whitefoot , lying on the dewy ground , and struggling in the agonies of death . At this afflicting sight , my tears flowed fast and passionately ; not so much at that minute for ...
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... sorts and sizes . The object , however , which more particularly attracted our attention , was a white pigeon , of uncommon size and beauty , belonging to that species distin- guished by pigeon - fanciers by the name of powters.
... sorts and sizes . The object , however , which more particularly attracted our attention , was a white pigeon , of uncommon size and beauty , belonging to that species distin- guished by pigeon - fanciers by the name of powters.
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Page 119 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 77 - Midst nature's revels, sports that never cloy. A few begin a short but vigorous race, And indolence, abashed, soon flies the place : Thus challenged forth, see thither, one by one, From every side, assembling playmates run ; A thousand wily antics mark their stay, A starting crowd, impatient of delay ; Like the fond dove from fearful prison freed, Each seems to say, "Come, let us try our speed...
Page 137 - THERE is a flower, a little flower, With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky. The prouder beauties of the field In gay but quick succession shine, Race after race their honours yield, They flourish and decline. But this small flower, to Nature dear, While moons and stars their courses run, Wreathes the whole circle of the year, Companion of the Sun. It smiles upon the lap of...
Page 120 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end ; Soon shalt thou find a summer home and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy...
Page 50 - But the mother's cares are all for her child. Hast thou gone with the traveller Thought afar/ From pole to pole, and from star to star ? Thou hast — but on ocean, earth, or sea, The heart of a mother has gone with thee. There is not a grand, inspiring thought, There is not a...
Page 50 - Thou hast — but on ocean, earth or sea, The heart of a mother has gone with thee. There is not a grand, inspiring thought,, There is not a truth by wisdom taught, There is not a feeling, pure and high, That may not be read in a Mother's eye.
Page 139 - Tis FLORA'S page ; in every place, In every season fresh and fair, It opens with perennial grace, And blossoms every where. On waste and woodland, rock and plain, Its humble buds unheeded rise ; The Rose has but a summer-reign, The DAISY never dies.
Page 76 - Or gazed in merry clusters by your side? Ye who can smile, to wisdom no disgrace, At the arch meaning of a kitten's face; If spotless innocence, and infant mirth, Excites to praise, or gives reflection birth; In shades like these pursue your...
Page 138 - The purple heath and golden broom, On moory mountains catch the gale, O'er lawns the lily sheds perfume, The violet in the vale; But this bold floweret climbs the hill, Hides in the forest, haunts the glen, Plays on the margin of the rill, Peeps round the fox's den.
Page 77 - Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along ; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme...