The country; or, Old Michael and young Maurice [by G. Mogridge].1843 |
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... wonder , and adore ! " I have seen glorious skies in my time , espe- cially at sunrise and sunset , or just before a storm , in summer or autumn ; but it would be useless to try to describe them . The works of the Lord are great ...
... wonder , and adore ! " I have seen glorious skies in my time , espe- cially at sunrise and sunset , or just before a storm , in summer or autumn ; but it would be useless to try to describe them . The works of the Lord are great ...
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... evening of the day , and the mole throws up the soft earth to the surface of the ground . " 66 Ay , I wonder how it is that they can make their way under ground . " " They are formed for the purpose , Maurice ;. 24 THE COUNTRY.
... evening of the day , and the mole throws up the soft earth to the surface of the ground . " 66 Ay , I wonder how it is that they can make their way under ground . " " They are formed for the purpose , Maurice ;. 24 THE COUNTRY.
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... wonder , and the other beating with joy . In some places they dance round the May - pole on May - day ; but the custom is not kept up as it used to be . " " What did they do at the Grange in May ? They were sowing spring wheat and ...
... wonder , and the other beating with joy . In some places they dance round the May - pole on May - day ; but the custom is not kept up as it used to be . " " What did they do at the Grange in May ? They were sowing spring wheat and ...
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... a loud cawing ; and looking up , you see a flight of rooks , as high up in the air as two or three church steeples would be , if placed one upon another . " " I wonder it does not make them giddy to G 2 IN MAY . 59 65.
... a loud cawing ; and looking up , you see a flight of rooks , as high up in the air as two or three church steeples would be , if placed one upon another . " " I wonder it does not make them giddy to G 2 IN MAY . 59 65.
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George Mogridge. " I wonder it does not make them giddy to fly so high ; but the lark is above them all . " " No sooner do you get up and go abroad , than one sound or another may be heard all day long . The cattle are lowing , and the ...
George Mogridge. " I wonder it does not make them giddy to fly so high ; but the lark is above them all . " " No sooner do you get up and go abroad , than one sound or another may be heard all day long . The cattle are lowing , and the ...
Términos y frases comunes
abroad April ash tree August barn beautiful bees beetle billhook birds blackbird blackcap bloom brook butterfly cattle clover cockchafer coppice crop cuckoo daisy dare say earth eggs farm farmer Browning field fieldfares flowers Frank Perkins fresh fruit garden glorious God's Grange grass green ground hand happy hare harebells hath hear heard heart heaven hedge hole holy horses insects lambs lark leaves live look Lord mad dog Maurice meadow mercies month nest nettles never November old Michael picture pilewort plants pleasant plenty plough Plough Monday poor praise Prickleback raven Redwings Rejoice remember rick-yard roots Saviour seed seen sheep shepherd's purse shining shower silk-worm sing skies snail snow sowing spring tell thee thing thou threshing threshing machine tree turnip Twelfth Night walks weather weeds wheat wind wings winter worm young
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Página 78 - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted ; yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Página 134 - The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, 'Reign thou over us.
Página 127 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Página 137 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Página 120 - And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not : 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
Página 60 - God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all.
Página 8 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Página 72 - Almighty and everlasting God / who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day / Defend us in the 68 CHURCH OF ENGLAND SERVICE. FREE CHURCHES same with thy mighty power / and grant that this day we fall into no sin / neither run into any kind of danger / but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance / to do always that is righteous in thy sight / through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 75 - Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Página 61 - Our outward life requires them not ; Then wherefore had they birth ? — To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth. To comfort man, — to whisper hope Whene'er his faith is dim ; For who so careth for the flowers Will much more care for him ! THE WOODLAND SANCTUARY.