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... offices ; then shall we again appear in December - and with a still more interesting Volume , perhaps , than the present . NEW ROAD , HAMMERSMITH , July 1st , 1852 . WILLIAM KIDD . Address of the Editor to his Friends and the Cats.
... offices ; then shall we again appear in December - and with a still more interesting Volume , perhaps , than the present . NEW ROAD , HAMMERSMITH , July 1st , 1852 . WILLIAM KIDD . Address of the Editor to his Friends and the Cats.
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... interesting to relate , something new to tell . In helping us , they help them- selves , and the public too . ALL are gainers thereby . Such " mutual exchanges indeed " profitable investments . " are The Naturalist , -A popular Monthly ...
... interesting to relate , something new to tell . In helping us , they help them- selves , and the public too . ALL are gainers thereby . Such " mutual exchanges indeed " profitable investments . " are The Naturalist , -A popular Monthly ...
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... with information of the most interesting nature . At the present moment we can but direct attention to its publication . We must however add , that the volume is magnificently got up ; and we may KIDD'S LONDON JOURNAL . 3.
... with information of the most interesting nature . At the present moment we can but direct attention to its publication . We must however add , that the volume is magnificently got up ; and we may KIDD'S LONDON JOURNAL . 3.
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... interesting to watch it at this juncture . It is free ; the first thing it does , while yet on the threshold of the egg , is to draw its head from under its wing , and to direct it forwards , the neck trembling beneath the weight which ...
... interesting to watch it at this juncture . It is free ; the first thing it does , while yet on the threshold of the egg , is to draw its head from under its wing , and to direct it forwards , the neck trembling beneath the weight which ...
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... interesting phenomena , we will now only give a succinct account of its nature and singular properties . The elemental particulars are gleaned from a lecture on the instrument , delivered by Dr. Madden of Brighton . The lecture given by ...
... interesting phenomena , we will now only give a succinct account of its nature and singular properties . The elemental particulars are gleaned from a lecture on the instrument , delivered by Dr. Madden of Brighton . The lecture given by ...
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Page 359 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 116 - No, faith, not a jot ; but to follow him thither with modesty enough and likelihood to lead it : as thus : Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust ; the dust is earth ; of earth we make loam ; and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel...
Page 320 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchang'd, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides, Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...
Page 241 - To view the structure of that little work A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet, how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Page 207 - That is Mr. ." A rap, between familiarity and respect; that demands, and, at the same time, seems to despair of, entertainment. He entereth smiling and — embarrassed. He holdeth out his hand to you to shake, and — draweth it back again. He casually looketh in about dinner-time — when the table is full.
Page 21 - ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still...
Page 208 - There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is a female Poor Relation. You may do something with the other; you may pass him off tolerably well; but your indigent sherelative is hopeless. " He is an old humorist," you may say, " and affects to go threadbare.
Page 208 - ... least, this is the case. Her garb is something between a gentlewoman and a beggar, yet the former evidently predominates. She is most provokingly humble, and ostentatiously sensible to her inferiority. He may require to be repressed sometimes — aliquando sufflaminandus erat — but there is no raising her.
Page 207 - He casually looketh in about dinner-time — when the table is full. He offereth to go away, seeing you have company, but is induced to stay. He filleth a chair, and your visitor's two children are accommodated at a side table. He never cometh upon open days, when your wife says with some complacency, "My dear, perhaps Mr. will drop in to-day.
Page 67 - I have a boy, Sent by the gods, I hope, to this intent Not yet seen in the court.