The Kensington series of lesson books (ed. by J.W. Laurie). Primer, pt, Volum 6 |
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Pàgina 45
... heat of the atmosphere diminishes as the earth is distanced . Three hundred and thirty feet of altitude is equal in this respect to one degree of latitude ; but the diminution of heat does not proceed constantly at this or CLIMATE . 45.
... heat of the atmosphere diminishes as the earth is distanced . Three hundred and thirty feet of altitude is equal in this respect to one degree of latitude ; but the diminution of heat does not proceed constantly at this or CLIMATE . 45.
Pàgina 47
... feet of elevation is equal to one degree of latitude . ( 3. ) Proximity to the sea tends to mitigate both heat and cold . Hence the difference between an insular and a continental climate . ( 4. ) The character of the adjacent country ...
... feet of elevation is equal to one degree of latitude . ( 3. ) Proximity to the sea tends to mitigate both heat and cold . Hence the difference between an insular and a continental climate . ( 4. ) The character of the adjacent country ...
Pàgina 49
... feet in length , rose in a pool of water not very far from us ; and , after looking around , drew his greasy carcase upon the ice , where he rolled about for a time , and at length laid himself down to sleep . A bear , which had ...
... feet in length , rose in a pool of water not very far from us ; and , after looking around , drew his greasy carcase upon the ice , where he rolled about for a time , and at length laid himself down to sleep . A bear , which had ...
Pàgina 63
... feet like those of a monkey . The wombat is about the size of a large badger ; its fur is smooth , and its colour a reddish brown ; its figure is clumsy , shapeless , and fat ; its head and neck thick , and its limbs short . It lives in ...
... feet like those of a monkey . The wombat is about the size of a large badger ; its fur is smooth , and its colour a reddish brown ; its figure is clumsy , shapeless , and fat ; its head and neck thick , and its limbs short . It lives in ...
Pàgina 65
... merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine , And makes rest fragrant and benign . A heritage , it seems to me , Worth being poor to hold in fee . 6 E Both heirs to some six feet of sod , Are THE HERITAGE . 65.
... merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine , And makes rest fragrant and benign . A heritage , it seems to me , Worth being poor to hold in fee . 6 E Both heirs to some six feet of sod , Are THE HERITAGE . 65.
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 271 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way...
Pàgina 201 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Pàgina 110 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Pàgina 201 - Though graced with polished manners and fine sense (Yet wanting sensibility), the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
Pàgina 271 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Pàgina 124 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours ; nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.
Pàgina 64 - A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee.
Pàgina 111 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Pàgina 124 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Pàgina 55 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.