The British Essayists: GuardianJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... nests , and their care and tenderness of their little offspring . I am particularly acquainted with a wagtail and his spouse , and made many . remarks upon the several gallantries he hourly used , before the coy female would consent to ...
... nests , and their care and tenderness of their little offspring . I am particularly acquainted with a wagtail and his spouse , and made many . remarks upon the several gallantries he hourly used , before the coy female would consent to ...
Page 12
... nest in several circles and windings , and invited his wife and children into open air . It was very entertaining to see the trembling and the fluttering little strangers at their first ap- pearance in the world , and the different care ...
... nest in several circles and windings , and invited his wife and children into open air . It was very entertaining to see the trembling and the fluttering little strangers at their first ap- pearance in the world , and the different care ...
Page 71
... nest . Chalk and green apples Led into a horsepond by a will - of - the - wisp Died of a fright in an exercise of the trained bands ... Over - ate himself at a house - warming By the parson's bull .... Vagrant beggars worried by the ...
... nest . Chalk and green apples Led into a horsepond by a will - of - the - wisp Died of a fright in an exercise of the trained bands ... Over - ate himself at a house - warming By the parson's bull .... Vagrant beggars worried by the ...
Page 158
... nests there , without doubt for the same reason that men build cities in fruitful and convenient places , near springs and rivers . Having a mind to cultivate some flowers , I took a view of that place , and removed a tulip out of the ...
... nests there , without doubt for the same reason that men build cities in fruitful and convenient places , near springs and rivers . Having a mind to cultivate some flowers , I took a view of that place , and removed a tulip out of the ...
Page 159
... nests . What surprised me at first was , that my ants never brought out their corn but in the night when the moon ... nest , about half an inch deep , and then it goes down sloping into a place where they have their magazine , which I ...
... nests . What surprised me at first was , that my ants never brought out their corn but in the night when the moon ... nest , about half an inch deep , and then it goes down sloping into a place where they have their magazine , which I ...
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Page 225 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 224 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 225 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 225 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 46 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 53 - ... of such a trivial animal as I am. The morning after my exit, the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast, as they were used to do. The memory of man (as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom) passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.
Page 62 - And there we wrestled for the two greatest and dearest prizes we could ever expect trial for, honour and life. In which struggling my hand, having but an ordinary glove on it, lost one of her servants though the meanest; which hung by a skin, and to...
Page 68 - A GOOD conscience is to the soul what health is to the body : it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly befal us.
Page 52 - Sickness is a sort of early old age ; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning a concussion to those props of our vanity, our strength and youth, that we think of fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependence upon our outworks.
Page 53 - I am even as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who being in bed in the great storm some years ago, and told the house would tumble over his head, made answer, " What care I for the house ? I am only a lodger.