The Kensington series of lesson books (ed. by J.W. Laurie). Primer, pt, Volum 6 |
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Pàgina 7
... the far shores of the Pacific , the rugged bear stalking sullenly over the snow . Away , and away , and the vast globe shall be girdled by the zone of the new - born year . SUMMARY . - As the earth turns round on its THE NEW YEAR . 7.
... the far shores of the Pacific , the rugged bear stalking sullenly over the snow . Away , and away , and the vast globe shall be girdled by the zone of the new - born year . SUMMARY . - As the earth turns round on its THE NEW YEAR . 7.
Pàgina 21
... zone , and others which enjoy a temperature resembling that of the lands by which the blue waters of the Mediterranean are skirted ; mountain chains which more than double the altitude of our loftiest English summits , and plains which ...
... zone , and others which enjoy a temperature resembling that of the lands by which the blue waters of the Mediterranean are skirted ; mountain chains which more than double the altitude of our loftiest English summits , and plains which ...
Pàgina 45
... zone the heat is great , because of the directness of the sun's rays ; and it is comparatively uniform , because the days and nights are nearly equal all the year round . The nearer any place is to the equator , the more direct the rays ...
... zone the heat is great , because of the directness of the sun's rays ; and it is comparatively uniform , because the days and nights are nearly equal all the year round . The nearer any place is to the equator , the more direct the rays ...
Pàgina 92
... zones ; while plants that form a woody stem are most numerous in the warmest climates . But though the higher classes cannot grow in polar regions , the lower appear in gigantic forms in hot climates ; the Crypto- gams as tree - ferns ...
... zones ; while plants that form a woody stem are most numerous in the warmest climates . But though the higher classes cannot grow in polar regions , the lower appear in gigantic forms in hot climates ; the Crypto- gams as tree - ferns ...
Pàgina 93
... zone , bounded by the isotherm of 79 ° , is the region of spices , palms , bananas , bread- fruit trees , and the finest kinds of timber . 2. The tropical , bounded by the isotherm of 7310 , is the zone of the sugar - cane , cotton ...
... zone , bounded by the isotherm of 79 ° , is the region of spices , palms , bananas , bread- fruit trees , and the finest kinds of timber . 2. The tropical , bounded by the isotherm of 7310 , is the zone of the sugar - cane , cotton ...
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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.