The Miscellany,or Evening's Occupation for the Youthful Peasantry of IrelandT.Courtney, 1819 |
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13. oldal
... head , spring up wherever she sets her snow which covered the fields , and the ice which was in the rivers , melt away when she breathes upon them . The young lambs frisk about her , and the birds warble in their little throats to ...
... head , spring up wherever she sets her snow which covered the fields , and the ice which was in the rivers , melt away when she breathes upon them . The young lambs frisk about her , and the birds warble in their little throats to ...
15. oldal
... head is bald ; his beard is made of sharp icicles . He loves the blazing fire , high piled upon the hearth . He binds skates to his feet , and skims over the frozen lakes . His breath is piercing and cold , and no little flower dares to ...
... head is bald ; his beard is made of sharp icicles . He loves the blazing fire , high piled upon the hearth . He binds skates to his feet , and skims over the frozen lakes . His breath is piercing and cold , and no little flower dares to ...
21. oldal
... head to tail with black and silver , and its body all over beset with the most curious bristles . The head con- tains the most lively eyes , encircled with sil- ver hairs ; and the trunk consists of two parts , which fold over each ...
... head to tail with black and silver , and its body all over beset with the most curious bristles . The head con- tains the most lively eyes , encircled with sil- ver hairs ; and the trunk consists of two parts , which fold over each ...
22. oldal
... head , he was killed on the spot . The persons who had occasioned this melancholy accident , immediately suspended their chace of the dog ; but , how shall we describe the feelings of the young women , when , on coming up , they found ...
... head , he was killed on the spot . The persons who had occasioned this melancholy accident , immediately suspended their chace of the dog ; but , how shall we describe the feelings of the young women , when , on coming up , they found ...
27. oldal
... can imitate . It has a small crest on its head , green at the bottom , and as it were gilded at the top ; and which sparkles in the sun like a little star in the middle of his forehead . The bill is black 27 The Humming-bird,
... can imitate . It has a small crest on its head , green at the bottom , and as it were gilded at the top ; and which sparkles in the sun like a little star in the middle of his forehead . The bill is black 27 The Humming-bird,
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65. oldal - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
145. oldal - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
104. oldal - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
14. oldal - South ? Youths and maidens, tell me, if you know, who is she, and what is her name ? Who is he, that cometh with sober pace, stealing upon us unawares ? His garments are red with the blood of the grape, and his temples are bound with a sheaf of ripe wheat.
31. oldal - I have seen the insects sporting in the sunshine, and darting along the streams ; their wings glittered with gold and purple ; their bodies shone like the green emerald ; they were more numerous than I could count ; their motions were quicker than my eye could glance. I returned : they were brushed into the pool ; they were perishing with the evening breeze ; the swallow had CHAT. IV. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. 'ff> devoured them ; the pike had seized them : there were none found of so great a multitude.
145. oldal - Mercy's voice has hush'd the blast ; The wind is heard in whispers low ; The white man far away must go ; — But ever, in his heart, will bear Remembrance of the Negro's care.
144. oldal - The rites of hospitality being thus performed towards a stranger in distress, my worthy benefactress (pointing to the mat, and telling me I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all tha while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton ; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
159. oldal - I will not live after thee." He was not by any means to be forced from the body, but was removed with it bleeding in his arms, and attended with tears by all their comrades who knew their enmity.
174. oldal - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
174. oldal - I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, ''You are young and have the world before you. Stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.