The Young Gentleman's Book: Containing a Series of Choice Readings in Popular Science and Natural History,together with Retrospective Essays,conversations,literary Reminiscences,etc |
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第 97 頁
I am ; my talons and my beak bear sway ; A greater king than I , if thou wouldst be
, Govern thy tongue , but let thy thoughts be free . THE BIRD OF PARADISE . Hail
, Bird of Paradise ! - That name I bear , Though I am nothing but a bird of air ...
I am ; my talons and my beak bear sway ; A greater king than I , if thou wouldst be
, Govern thy tongue , but let thy thoughts be free . THE BIRD OF PARADISE . Hail
, Bird of Paradise ! - That name I bear , Though I am nothing but a bird of air ...
第 124 頁
BEAR HUNT . - A Hull whaler was moored to a field of ice , on which , at a
considerable distance , a large bear was observed prowling for prey . One of the
ship's company , emboldened by an artificial courage , derived from the free use
of his ...
BEAR HUNT . - A Hull whaler was moored to a field of ice , on which , at a
considerable distance , a large bear was observed prowling for prey . One of the
ship's company , emboldened by an artificial courage , derived from the free use
of his ...
第 125 頁
use of his rum , which in his economy he had stored for special occasions ,
undertook to pursue and attack the bear that was within view . Armed only with a
whale - lance , he resolutely , and against all persuasions , set out on his
adventúrous ...
use of his rum , which in his economy he had stored for special occasions ,
undertook to pursue and attack the bear that was within view . Armed only with a
whale - lance , he resolutely , and against all persuasions , set out on his
adventúrous ...
第 135 頁
KILLING A POLAR BEAR . – At midnight , when lying becalmed amongst loose
ice , the Eagle of Hull being nearly one mile distant , a large bear was observed
swimming in the water , midway between the ships . We quickly manned a boat to
...
KILLING A POLAR BEAR . – At midnight , when lying becalmed amongst loose
ice , the Eagle of Hull being nearly one mile distant , a large bear was observed
swimming in the water , midway between the ships . We quickly manned a boat to
...
第 136 頁
The harpooner of the Eagle , thinking it not very creditable for a man in his
situation to be so baffled by a bear , resolved to attack him on his next
appearance with the whale harpoon . Accordingly , the bear happening to rise
near their boat , he ...
The harpooner of the Eagle , thinking it not very creditable for a man in his
situation to be so baffled by a bear , resolved to attack him on his next
appearance with the whale harpoon . Accordingly , the bear happening to rise
near their boat , he ...
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第 306 頁 - THOU art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from Thee : Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine.
第 292 頁 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of GOD, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
第 286 頁 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that, was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
第 203 頁 - ... the calm. Not a pastoral song has a pleasanter tune than ye speak to my heart, little wildings of June : of old ruinous castles ye tell, where I thought it delightful your beauties to find, when the magic of Nature first breathed on my mind, and your blossoms were part of her spell.
第 441 頁 - I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together — I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half vital motion.
第 308 頁 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
第 308 頁 - Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gifts would His favour secure ; Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
第 294 頁 - O'er ocean's dark expanse To hail the Pleiades, or catch The full moon's earliest glance, That brings into the homesick mind All we have loved and left behind. Night is the time for care : Brooding on hours misspent, To see the spectre of Despair Come to our lonely tent ; Like Brutus, midst his slumbering host...
第 295 頁 - And commune there alone with God. Night is the time for death ; When all around is peace, Calmly to yield the weary breath, From sin and suffering cease, Think of heaven's bliss, and give the sign To parting friends ; — such death be mine.
第 306 頁 - When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower the summer wreathes Is born beneath that kindling eye. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.