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FEBRUARY

... temples of the priests they twine, Is Februa called; which if the priest demand, A branch of pine is put into his hand ; I In short, with whatso'er our hearts we hold Are purified, was Februa termed of old; Lustrations are from hence, and hence the name Of ...

JUNE

... flosrer, and shoots gracefully forth TI in a vase or glass, frons ansung lilies, and thre double narcissus:- he 'Now, tell yocrr story, Ilyseintli; asd show * h ef Ai, the roars amidst your sanguine woe?'i Tefollowing song. the author of u-hish is, aso far ...

NOVEMBER

... something more than a common galvanic battery to wake themagain into life and being. l Alas I how short-lived are the fairest of earth's objects; and how short is the race of life performed by man! H egives one hop and dies, like a toad dug oat of the solid ...

LEAVES FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF A NATURALIST

... human biped, they' vwere the nests in ' which the eggs of the ooeregoorga were hatched. No one inxtbesettlement beieved a story that contra- dieted. ~Il the usu experiences .Of the incubation of birds, 'and when the natives brought in some of the large-sized ...

LITERATURE

... elmhurehles, schools, flosliitals, ~e loirt. libraries, fijid eother histitutfoils. As lie ?? iiitile heel wvork, hie gi tee short slietehies (i the(, hottiniral woitders, and of roti,' the( piroducte (lf ceyloa. itill lii: escriptioas of thle hoiotay, stre ...

LITERATURE

... lair-bieadth cs;eofpes. Tt fils all [ tie interest of' a ronntiiece; and still, ify we 'or to beelievea Captain Myliyu Ridii thle stories coufkllci ?? thin two Ivoluines ?? fore. not fictions-allowoite hieing, made fee- a Poetic ' eitlouriiig wrhich fannyv hoeS ...

LEAVES FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF A NATURALIST

... fashionable apothecary's dispensary. Supplies were ti! regularly sent in by tile viper-catchers, and I remember hearing ]I e a story of a large box full:of these reptiles having been received hi by one of these helpers of men in our town. The lid was not properiy ...

LITERATURE

... that period of his life, the reader may be curious to know why the usual course of things has been reversed in f mn . The story is simple, and may be soon told. Until then J excessive irritability, combined with constitutional powers of 51 endurance that ...

LITERATURE

... h Friends. By Mary Cowden Clarke. London: Thei 1.Souith ?? n, 136 Strand, wide Aa )ii , air of' M1rs. Clarke's beautiful stories require our inigI 1t1ti,1,rld truly we ]have not for many a day seen tales fortli Ivlicb see mlore willingly, nor more heartily ...

LITERATURE

... tile astonishing vicissitudes whiichi they endured as a nation; and we have chronicled wvith Iall tlic interest of a romantic story their phases of faithfulness, power, and prosperity, of idolatory, suffering and debasement, down to tile awful crisis wheii ...

LITERATURE

... fr, to tito s iel'sisa thorogh acqui intanewlic ith its, chaptes miiay save both time aiid moneIy. We eill hero iCI- sn t i short extract, voli cl is a I` ir specililiell of Illt . itrowni's Of .Appr oaiclig thle Capita~l of this district in coakstiiig ...

LITERATURE

... tlsesiselves fecim aiistleaso, selicis, theesigl aI coussse, ofee tue yesirs, thley suet sgitn be t mnsoiisyllasbles, us- short seistesices ?? lc idmthrbc~l ismstelisally, h eristneissied ivtoiest N itisssised pseriodeicasl salsitese, ?? beteeces I tsal ...