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... delight shall meet us . wherever we go . The gay furze is blooming on the wide common , and the many - coloured heath is enamelling the ground . The bee is humming on the fragrant blossom , and the butterfly bending down the blade with ...
... delight shall meet us . wherever we go . The gay furze is blooming on the wide common , and the many - coloured heath is enamelling the ground . The bee is humming on the fragrant blossom , and the butterfly bending down the blade with ...
Page 76
... delight ; for , as we inhale the air that sustains existence , we at the same time inhale a fragrance that gives zest to it . Thus is the most common and neces- sary act of life conducive to its plea- surable enjoyment : all then surely ...
... delight ; for , as we inhale the air that sustains existence , we at the same time inhale a fragrance that gives zest to it . Thus is the most common and neces- sary act of life conducive to its plea- surable enjoyment : all then surely ...
Page 79
... delighted senses ; in- haled their fragrance , and surveyed their beauteous forms and colours ; wreathed them into garlands for his playmates , or clustered them , to deck the chamber of his mother : Thus pleasing himself and pleasing ...
... delighted senses ; in- haled their fragrance , and surveyed their beauteous forms and colours ; wreathed them into garlands for his playmates , or clustered them , to deck the chamber of his mother : Thus pleasing himself and pleasing ...
Page 82
... delighted relish , some he bestowed on his comrades . Even the unripe clusters he turned to pleasurable account ; he gave them to his brother's parrot , which joyously received the delicate morsels . Then gaily laughed Hubert at the ...
... delighted relish , some he bestowed on his comrades . Even the unripe clusters he turned to pleasurable account ; he gave them to his brother's parrot , which joyously received the delicate morsels . Then gaily laughed Hubert at the ...
Page 92
... delight , whatever pangs ensue . the Behold yon mourner bending over grave of her dead child . Think you she rues the hour that child was born , because his early death now racks her bosom with unutterable woe ? Ah , no ! intense ...
... delight , whatever pangs ensue . the Behold yon mourner bending over grave of her dead child . Think you she rues the hour that child was born , because his early death now racks her bosom with unutterable woe ? Ah , no ! intense ...
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