The Hall of ShellsAppleton, 1900 - 176 страница |
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... Turning from its main entrance she chose a winding flight of steps leading to a small balcony . There she paused before an open door and a childish voice greeted her with , " O Cousin Ellen , you look like a mer- maid ! Miss Bremely's ...
... Turning from its main entrance she chose a winding flight of steps leading to a small balcony . There she paused before an open door and a childish voice greeted her with , " O Cousin Ellen , you look like a mer- maid ! Miss Bremely's ...
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... turned toward her ; that of the good doctor beamed with especial pleasure as he listened , and Undine wondered that she had not known before that Dr. McLean liked seaweeds so well . " THE MERMAID'S LACE . " The little island of Burano ...
... turned toward her ; that of the good doctor beamed with especial pleasure as he listened , and Undine wondered that she had not known before that Dr. McLean liked seaweeds so well . " THE MERMAID'S LACE . " The little island of Burano ...
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... turned Crustacean baby tender . " After amusing themselves for some time over what Tom called " a freak of Nature , " the ever - observant Undine asked , " Cousin Ellen , ' what did you mean by saying that about Venus 93.
... turned Crustacean baby tender . " After amusing themselves for some time over what Tom called " a freak of Nature , " the ever - observant Undine asked , " Cousin Ellen , ' what did you mean by saying that about Venus 93.
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Mary Earle Hardy. ' what did you mean by saying that about Venus turning Crustacean baby tender ? " " The shell in which the baby crab is rock- ing is called Venus Californiensis , " said her cousin , " and all the shells of this family ...
Mary Earle Hardy. ' what did you mean by saying that about Venus turning Crustacean baby tender ? " " The shell in which the baby crab is rock- ing is called Venus Californiensis , " said her cousin , " and all the shells of this family ...
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... turning to Tom and the corals . " All these little workers have been known as Zoophytes , or flower animals . They might have been called Phi- losopher's Puzzles , for such they have long been , and even now they keep many of their ...
... turning to Tom and the corals . " All these little workers have been known as Zoophytes , or flower animals . They might have been called Phi- losopher's Puzzles , for such they have long been , and even now they keep many of their ...
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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...