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Page 196 - The plough is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions ; but, long before he existed, the land was, in fact, regularly ploughed by earth worms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organized creatures.
Page 221 - The monarch Oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees: Three centuries he grows, and three he stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays.
Page 196 - worms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organized creatures.
Page 188 - one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast, and ordained that his appearance in the spring should denote that the strife and war between these two elements was at an end. He is the peace harbinger; in him the celestial and
Page 40 - The sunflower turns on her god when he sets The same look which she turned when he rose.
Page 215 - from one lake or river to another, which is called the portage. A canoe, calculated for four persons with their baggage, weighs from forty to fifty pounds. Some of them are made to carry fifteen passengers.
Page 214 - In Canada and in the district of Maine, the country people place large pieces of it immediately below the shingles of the roof, to form a more impenetrable covering for their houses; baskets, boxes, and portfolios are made of it, which are sometimes embroidered with
Page 146 - through the ground and immediately afterwards. We may suppose a man to be thrown down on his hands and knees, and at the same time to one side, by a load of hay falling on him. He would first endeavor to get his arched back upright, wriggling at the same time in all directions to free himself a little from the surrounding pressure.
Page 11 - part to do this work, a lively belief in its efficacy, and an earnest effort to become better acquainted with the familiar, yet to most of us unknown face of nature.