The Miscellany,or Evening's Occupation for the Youthful Peasantry of IrelandT.Courtney, 1819 |
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... Animals , 132 The Ouran - Outang , 134 The Grotto of Antiparos , 139 The hospitable Negro Woman , 142 . On the Manufacture of Paper , 146 Health , 148 Respect due to Old Age , 149 The good Example , 150 The Camel , 153 Page . The old ...
... Animals , 132 The Ouran - Outang , 134 The Grotto of Antiparos , 139 The hospitable Negro Woman , 142 . On the Manufacture of Paper , 146 Health , 148 Respect due to Old Age , 149 The good Example , 150 The Camel , 153 Page . The old ...
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... animals which inhabit foreign'regions , was taken to see an exhibition of wild beasts . The size and figure of the elephant struck him with awe ; and he viewed the rhinoceros with astonishment . But his attention was soon withdrawn from ...
... animals which inhabit foreign'regions , was taken to see an exhibition of wild beasts . The size and figure of the elephant struck him with awe ; and he viewed the rhinoceros with astonishment . But his attention was soon withdrawn from ...
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... animal , " said he to the keeper , " which you have placed near one of the ugliest beasts in your collection ; as if you meant to contrast beauty with deformity ? " " Beware , young man , " replied the intelligent keeper , " of being so ...
... animal , " said he to the keeper , " which you have placed near one of the ugliest beasts in your collection ; as if you meant to contrast beauty with deformity ? " " Beware , young man , " replied the intelligent keeper , " of being so ...
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... * ; and he de- sired his pupil , one day , to examine a most A small glass through which every object appears greater than it really is . beautiful and surprising animal . " See , " said .20 Cruelty to Insects condemned.
... * ; and he de- sired his pupil , one day , to examine a most A small glass through which every object appears greater than it really is . beautiful and surprising animal . " See , " said .20 Cruelty to Insects condemned.
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... animal . It was withdrawn from the magnifier ; and when offered to his naked eye , proved to be a poor fly , which had been the victim of his wanton cruelty . 66 " But why , " said he , " did I never observe it to be so beautiful ...
... animal . It was withdrawn from the magnifier ; and when offered to his naked eye , proved to be a poor fly , which had been the victim of his wanton cruelty . 66 " But why , " said he , " did I never observe it to be so beautiful ...
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Page 65 - 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.
Page 145 - 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.
Page 104 - 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...
Page 14 - 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.
Page 31 - 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.
Page 145 - 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.
Page 144 - 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.
Page 159 - 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.
Page 174 - 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.
Page 174 - 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.