Fireside Stories, Or, Recollections of My School FellowsWilliam Burgess, Juvenile Emporium, no. 97, Fulton-Street., 1831 - 228 páginas |
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Fire-Side Stories; Or, Recollections of My School-Fellows Author Of The Picture Gallery Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
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Página 82 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Página 176 - ... they are built. Their value is chiefly ascertained by the uniform fineness and delicacy of their texture: those that are white and transparent being most esteemed, and often fetching, in China, their weight in silver.
Página 176 - The birds having spent nearly two months in preparing their nests, lay each two eggs, which are hatched in about fifteen days. When the young birds become fledged, it is thought...
Página 138 - Oh Virtue ! when thy clime I seek, Let not my spirit's flight be weak : Let me not, like this feeble thing, With brine still dropping from its wing, Just sparkle in the solar glow And plunge again to depths below ; But, when I leave the grosser throng With whom...
Página 176 - The nests are placed in horizontal rows, at different depths, from fifty to five hundred feet. The colour and value of the nests depend on the quantity and quality of the insects caught; and, perhaps, also on the situation where they are built.
Página 176 - ... are hatched in about fifteen days. When the young birds become fledged, it is thought time to seize upon their nests, which is done regularly thrice a year, and is effected by means of ladders of bamboo and reeds, by which the people descend into the cavern ; but when it is very deep, rope-ladders are preferred. This operation is attended with much danger, and several break their necks in the attempt.
Página 82 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 138 - Virtue ! when thy clime I seek, Let not my spirit's flight be weak : Let me not, like this feeble thing, With brine still dropping from its wing, Just sparkle in the solar glow And plunge again to depths below. But, when I leave the grosser throng With whom my soul hath dwelt so long, Let me, in that aspiring day, Cast every lingering stain away, And, panting for thy purer air, Fly up at once and fix me there.