The Hall of ShellsAppleton, 1900 - 176 страница |
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... tints dependent upon light . Still , how is a mystery . Observe under valves of shells where light has not reached . CHAPTER XIX . - See Land Shells , published by Ameri- can Tract Society , for lessons upon the eyes of snails , and ...
... tints dependent upon light . Still , how is a mystery . Observe under valves of shells where light has not reached . CHAPTER XIX . - See Land Shells , published by Ameri- can Tract Society , for lessons upon the eyes of snails , and ...
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... tint of sea shells , while the kelp she had wound about her hat , trailing down , had caught in the loose wefts of her hair and fell in tangles of color over the gray folds of her gown . But far better than the charm of a mermaid was ...
... tint of sea shells , while the kelp she had wound about her hat , trailing down , had caught in the loose wefts of her hair and fell in tangles of color over the gray folds of her gown . But far better than the charm of a mermaid was ...
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... tints , and what was brown before grows rich - hued as tints of autumn are . " Upon the diamond ledges that jut from these dells , ' the self - luminous Meduse and mi- croscopic crustaceans seem signaling to each other by lights of ...
... tints , and what was brown before grows rich - hued as tints of autumn are . " Upon the diamond ledges that jut from these dells , ' the self - luminous Meduse and mi- croscopic crustaceans seem signaling to each other by lights of ...
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... tints of these shells are produced by the fluid secretion with which the interior of the shells are lined ; this hardens quickly and be- comes nacre , presenting a beautifully smooth and polished surface to the tender body of the animal ...
... tints of these shells are produced by the fluid secretion with which the interior of the shells are lined ; this hardens quickly and be- comes nacre , presenting a beautifully smooth and polished surface to the tender body of the animal ...
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... tint , beautifully veined or striped in a zigzag pattern with chestnut brown . The beauty of the nacreous lining of this shell I have no words to describe . It seems a min- gling of the delicate tints of most delicate flowers and the ...
... tint , beautifully veined or striped in a zigzag pattern with chestnut brown . The beauty of the nacreous lining of this shell I have no words to describe . It seems a min- gling of the delicate tints of most delicate flowers and the ...
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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...