Ballou's Monthly Magazine, Volumes 25-26

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Thomes & Talbot, 1867
 

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Page 382 - the lawful heir, We two will wed to-morrow morn, And you shall still be Lady Clare.
Page 435 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown ' That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me ! " LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.
Page 418 - The bird called the ninekiller is an arithmetician ; as also the crow, the wild turkey, and some other birds. The torpedo, the ray, and the electric eel are electricians. The nautilus is a navigator ; he raises and lowers his sails, casts and weighs anchor, and performs other nautical acts. Whole tribes of birds are musicians. The beaver is an architect, builder, and wood-cutter ; he cuts down trees, and erects houses and dams.
Page 418 - The squirrel is a ferryman. With a chip or a piece of bark for a boat, and his tail for a sail, he crosses a stream. Dogs, wolves, jackals, and many others, are hunters. The black bear and heron are fishermen. The ants are daylabourers.
Page 92 - ... ease. Now, pressed more severely, the bear makes for an iceberg and stands at bay, while his two foremost pursuers halt at a short distance and quietly await the arrival of the hunter. At this moment the whole pack are liberated; the hunter grasps his lance, and, tumbling through the snow and ice, prepares for the encounter.
Page 178 - 1 rimbombo Dell' acqua. — Dante, FROM rise of morn till set of sun, I've seen the mighty Mohawk run ; And as I marked the woods of pine Along his mirror darkly shine, Like tall and gloomy forms that pass Before the wizard's midnight glass ; And as I...
Page 494 - ... the water from them, and put them into an earthen dish, or small tin pan, under Meat that is roasting, and baste them with some of the dripping ; — when they are browned on one side, turn them and brown the other, — send them up round the meat, or 'in a small dish.
Page 178 - Who roams along thy water's brim ! Through what alternate shades of woe, And flowers of joy my path may go ! How many an humble, still retreat May rise to court my weary feet, While still pursuing, still unblest, I wander on, nor dare to rest...
Page 417 - Poppy. The seeds should be sown in the open border as soon as they are ripe, as if the sowing be delayed till spring, the plants frequently do not flower till the second year. Sometimes they will live, and flower two, or even three years in succession, though this is very rarely the case.
Page 40 - We felt ourselves happy in seeing this place in the evening. It is a fine thing to see the shadows flung upon the sward, sharp in the broad sunshine, and to have the eye caught by the burnish of the ivy, and the sense soothed by the shade of the avenue : but the scene is sweeter, when there is just glow enough in the west to bring out vividly the projections and recesses of the ruins, and when the golden moon hangs over the eastern mass of tree-tops, ready to give her light as the glow dissolves,...

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