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... land of spirits . " The tendency to vegetate is a ceaseless power . It has been in operation from the earliest ages of the earth , ever since living beings were capable of existing upon its surface ; and so active in the past history of ...
... land of spirits . " The tendency to vegetate is a ceaseless power . It has been in operation from the earliest ages of the earth , ever since living beings were capable of existing upon its surface ; and so active in the past history of ...
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... the enormous tracts of level land which border the Polar Ocean from the North Cape to Behring's Straits , across the north of Europe and Asia , and from Behring's Straits to Greenland , across the north of America , a 8 INTRODUCTION .
... the enormous tracts of level land which border the Polar Ocean from the North Cape to Behring's Straits , across the north of Europe and Asia , and from Behring's Straits to Greenland , across the north of America , a 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... land ; their range in the waters is still more extensive . Lichens and mosses cover the waste surfaces of the earth ; diatoms and confervæ are everywhere miraculously abun- dant in the waters . In rivers and streams , in ditches and ...
... land ; their range in the waters is still more extensive . Lichens and mosses cover the waste surfaces of the earth ; diatoms and confervæ are everywhere miraculously abun- dant in the waters . In rivers and streams , in ditches and ...
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... land , so in the great waters , this wonderful chain of connexion exists in all its complexity . Before the reader can peruse these pages by the light of the midnight lamp , or the gay party can indulge their revels under the brilliant ...
... land , so in the great waters , this wonderful chain of connexion exists in all its complexity . Before the reader can peruse these pages by the light of the midnight lamp , or the gay party can indulge their revels under the brilliant ...
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... land- scape may be the mere background of a picture , in the foreground of which human figures are acting ; to him its charms are agencies and influences acting on his heart and mingling with his life . The sportsman in search of game ...
... land- scape may be the mere background of a picture , in the foreground of which human figures are acting ; to him its charms are agencies and influences acting on his heart and mingling with his life . The sportsman in search of game ...
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Page 64 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 78 - But here,— above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 113 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Page 12 - With a sweet emotion ; Nothing in the world is single ; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle— Why not I with thine...
Page 121 - When all other service is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and gray lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses, have done their parts for a time, but these do service for ever. Trees for the builder's yard, flowers for the bride's chamber, corn for the granary, moss for the grave.
Page 18 - Unfading as motionless, the worm frets them not, and the autumn wastes not. Strong in lowliness, they neither blanch in heat nor pine in frost.
Page 120 - Meek creatures ! the first mercy of the earth, veiling with hushed softness its dintless rocks ; creatures full of pity, covering with strange and tender honour the scarred disgrace of ruin — laying quiet finger on the trembling stones to teach them rest.
Page 86 - And spread th' enduring foliage ; — then we trace The freckled flower upon the flinty base ; These all increase, till in unnoticed years The stony tower as grey with age appears ; With coats of vegetation, thinly spread, Coat above coat, the living on the dead : These then dissolve to dust, and make a way For bolder...
Page 69 - ... after a minute examination of every detail, we could not discover the least deception. The characters all appeared to us portions of the leaf itself, equally with its veins and nerves ; the position was not the same in all ; in one leaf they would be at the top of the leaf; in another, in the middle ; in a third, at the base, or at the side ; the younger leaves represented the characters only in a partial state of formation.
Page 252 - Kamtschadales say, would disorder the stomach. It is sometimes eaten fresh in soups and sauces, and then loses much of its intoxicating property; when steeped in the juice of the berries of Vaccinium uliginosum, its effects are those of strong wine.