The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... GLIMPSE AT THE SUN , III . A GLIMPSE AT THE PLANETS , IV . A JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE , GOLD : OR IVON'S QUESTION , THE THREE SCREENS , • 59 66 76 86 66 99 · III BODLEIAN L Bh4 7.MAR . 92 OXFORD ALICE MORTON'S HOME.
... GLIMPSE AT THE SUN , III . A GLIMPSE AT THE PLANETS , IV . A JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE , GOLD : OR IVON'S QUESTION , THE THREE SCREENS , • 59 66 76 86 66 99 · III BODLEIAN L Bh4 7.MAR . 92 OXFORD ALICE MORTON'S HOME.
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... glimpse of dawn appeared in the sky , she sprang out of bed , and looked eagerly out of the window , and could hardly believe her eyes when she saw Harry's horse standing grazing in the back meadow , with the saddle still on his back ...
... glimpse of dawn appeared in the sky , she sprang out of bed , and looked eagerly out of the window , and could hardly believe her eyes when she saw Harry's horse standing grazing in the back meadow , with the saddle still on his back ...
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... motherly love with her beams , and our lips insensibly form themselves into the ortho- dox ' Oh , Thou ! ' 59 But is there life and feeling in the moon ? ' AT HOME ' IN THE MOON . A GLIMPSE AT THE SUN . AT HOME' IN THE MOON, •
... motherly love with her beams , and our lips insensibly form themselves into the ortho- dox ' Oh , Thou ! ' 59 But is there life and feeling in the moon ? ' AT HOME ' IN THE MOON . A GLIMPSE AT THE SUN . AT HOME' IN THE MOON, •
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... this ! But our imaginary traveller has seen all the side of the moon visible to us from the earth , and he longs to plunge into the unknown districts of the other half ; he can get a glimpse of the 64 AN AERIAL VOYAGE .
... this ! But our imaginary traveller has seen all the side of the moon visible to us from the earth , and he longs to plunge into the unknown districts of the other half ; he can get a glimpse of the 64 AN AERIAL VOYAGE .
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Matilda Mary Pollard. other half ; he can get a glimpse of the eastern limb , and there he beholds more craters and more moun- tains , and he can at another time get a glimpse of the western side , with the same characteristics - so like ...
Matilda Mary Pollard. other half ; he can get a glimpse of the eastern limb , and there he beholds more craters and more moun- tains , and he can at another time get a glimpse of the western side , with the same characteristics - so like ...
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ADELAIDE AUSTEN aërial train Alice atmosphere Aunt Betsy beautiful Bolides Books published bound in cloth boys Bridda bright brother called CHARLES BRUCE cloth extra clouds cold colour comet coming crown 8vo dark earth eight moons eyes Farmer Morton father and Harry feyther fire flowers girl glimpse gold golden golden palace gone to bed Harry Morton Harry's horse heard heart heat heavens Illustrations Ivon IVON'S QUESTION Jesus Jupiter king's palace light looked Lutine Mars moon Moorfields mother never night NIMMO'S Ninette numbers orbs paint passed PETER GRANT planet Pleiades published by William rays red planet Mars RICHARD NEWTON round Saturn screen seemed Sidelle solar system stars Stories sun's surface Swan and Eagle tell things thought Thoughtland thousand Tiny and Bobby trade winds traveller Uranus visible voice watch weary wonderful wood words Young
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Page 76 - And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar, Suspended in the evening skies, The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength ! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain ; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again. Within my breast there is no light, But the cold light of stars ; I give the first watch of the night To the red planet Mars.
Page 74 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 84 - That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air, My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, — From those deep cisterns flows.