The Hall of ShellsAppleton, 1900 - 176 страница |
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... pretty creature lies upon one side , its two valves open far enough to admit of our peering in ; there we see delicate white fringes waving this way and that , withdrawn and again floating over the edge of the shell . These are called ...
... pretty creature lies upon one side , its two valves open far enough to admit of our peering in ; there we see delicate white fringes waving this way and that , withdrawn and again floating over the edge of the shell . These are called ...
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... pretty shells are finer than the rarest china , and suggest others that have been simi- larly used in the early days of our country . " There are two varieties of pear conch upon the Atlantic coast - the Fulgur carica and the Fulgur ...
... pretty shells are finer than the rarest china , and suggest others that have been simi- larly used in the early days of our country . " There are two varieties of pear conch upon the Atlantic coast - the Fulgur carica and the Fulgur ...
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... pretty tuberculated shell of the Muricidae family . She told Undine its name - Purpura emarginata . " It has a pretty relative , " said Miss Breme- ly , " which is used by the South Sea Islanders as a drinking cup , and both belong to ...
... pretty tuberculated shell of the Muricidae family . She told Undine its name - Purpura emarginata . " It has a pretty relative , " said Miss Breme- ly , " which is used by the South Sea Islanders as a drinking cup , and both belong to ...
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... pretty story celebrating the origin of this industry- the coloring of purple . It has an idyllic charm , and brings the people of that old city , whose crest was a Purpura shell , near enough to be our kin . A pretty Tyrian maiden , so ...
... pretty story celebrating the origin of this industry- the coloring of purple . It has an idyllic charm , and brings the people of that old city , whose crest was a Purpura shell , near enough to be our kin . A pretty Tyrian maiden , so ...
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... pretty purple thing , " she said , as she selected another shell from the collection her father had brought her , " are you a shell at all , I wonder , or are you a sea violet ? " The greater part of the shell that she held in her hand ...
... pretty purple thing , " she said , as she selected another shell from the collection her father had brought her , " are you a shell at all , I wonder , or are you a sea violet ? " The greater part of the shell that she held in her hand ...
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abalones ancient APPLETON AND COMPANY argonaut barnacles beach beautiful beautifully bivalves borer byssus called chambered nautilus chambers CHAPTER charming clam Cloth coil color comb of pearl CONUS IMPERIALIS coral Cousin Ellen crab dainty delicate delight doctor educational exclaimed eyes fairy feet fish float flowers gems HALL OF SHELLS harp shell heart Herr Witzman home reading Hydroids Ianthina island jewels limpet little animal living look maiden McLean MERMAID'S LACE Miss Bremely Miss Bremely's mollusks Murex mussel nacre Nature nautilus ocean olives Olivida operculum organs oyster Patella Patella vulgata Pecten pink plants polypi Portuguese man-of-war pretty purple Razor fishes rocks sailing sand scalaria Scheveningen sea cucumbers sea urchin seaweed secreted shining silvery crest sped snails soft sometimes species spines starfish storm Story surface teacher tell tentacles thee tints tiny tion told Tom's treasures Undine valves varieties waves wind wonder
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Страница 89 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Страница 89 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil ; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Страница 89 - Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn ! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn...
Страница 88 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Страница 137 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Страница 134 - When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean, And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down, beneath the wild commotion, That peaceful stillness reigneth evermore.
Страница 135 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Страница 92 - THE sea is a jovial comrade, He laughs wherever he goes; His merriment shines in the dimpling lines That wrinkle his hale repose ; He lays himself down at the feet of the Sun, And shakes all over with glee, And the broad-backed billows fall faint on the shore, In the mirth of the mighty Sea...
Страница 2 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." "Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.
Страница 72 - ... the traceries of intricate silver, and fringes of amber, lustrous, arborescent, burnished through every fibre into fitful brightness and glossy traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace...