The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... , or storm - cloud never gathers up its to discharge them forth in tempests . The nim- angry masses No soft evening clouds ever reflect the golden and crimson tints of sunset , for every ray of light AT HOME ' IN THE MOON . 61.
... , or storm - cloud never gathers up its to discharge them forth in tempests . The nim- angry masses No soft evening clouds ever reflect the golden and crimson tints of sunset , for every ray of light AT HOME ' IN THE MOON . 61.
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... masses down , and they flutter about for a while , and then drop noiseless out of sight . There are volcanic ashes strewed all about ; there are dark plains and river - beds , but no water in them ; sea - beds , but no sea left . Our ...
... masses down , and they flutter about for a while , and then drop noiseless out of sight . There are volcanic ashes strewed all about ; there are dark plains and river - beds , but no water in them ; sea - beds , but no sea left . Our ...
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... masses for ever changing , and passing to and fro , and giving us , amid their perpetual surges , faint glimpses of the dark , solid nucleus of the sun's body . What a region of rushing and whirling it must be ! What tumult and ...
... masses for ever changing , and passing to and fro , and giving us , amid their perpetual surges , faint glimpses of the dark , solid nucleus of the sun's body . What a region of rushing and whirling it must be ! What tumult and ...
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... two extremely white spots , and with a little imagination these appearances can be accounted for . There are variable masses that are constantly observed passing snows . over the disc of the planet ; these 78 AN AERIAL VOYAGE .
... two extremely white spots , and with a little imagination these appearances can be accounted for . There are variable masses that are constantly observed passing snows . over the disc of the planet ; these 78 AN AERIAL VOYAGE .
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... the fifteen years the sun never sets it does not seem to thaw the huge masses ; no doubt the inhabitants if there are any ) avoid these desolate places , and live near the equator , where they can behold the A GLIMPSE AT THE PLANETS . 83.
... the fifteen years the sun never sets it does not seem to thaw the huge masses ; no doubt the inhabitants if there are any ) avoid these desolate places , and live near the equator , where they can behold the A GLIMPSE AT THE PLANETS . 83.
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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.