The Fairy-land of ScienceD. Appleton and Company, 1903 - 252 страници |
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... OCEAN IN WHICH WE LIVE 53 LECTURE IV . A DROP OF WATER ON ITS TRAVELS LECTURE V. 75 THE TWO GREAT SCULPTORS - WATER AND ICE . 103 LECTURE VI . THE VOICES OF NATURE , AND HOW WE HEAR THEM 129 LECTURE VII . THE LIFE OF A PRIMROSE PAGE · ix.
... OCEAN IN WHICH WE LIVE 53 LECTURE IV . A DROP OF WATER ON ITS TRAVELS LECTURE V. 75 THE TWO GREAT SCULPTORS - WATER AND ICE . 103 LECTURE VI . THE VOICES OF NATURE , AND HOW WE HEAR THEM 129 LECTURE VII . THE LIFE OF A PRIMROSE PAGE · ix.
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... drop by drop , or floating invisibly in the air ; now it is all caught and spell - bound -- by whom ? By the enchantments of the frost - giant who holds it fast in his grip and will not let it go .. But wait awhile , the deliverer is ...
... drop by drop , or floating invisibly in the air ; now it is all caught and spell - bound -- by whom ? By the enchantments of the frost - giant who holds it fast in his grip and will not let it go .. But wait awhile , the deliverer is ...
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... drops will be shaken down from the trees , the icicles fall from the roof , the moisture trickle down the win- dow ... drop of jelly . Lastly , any one who has read the Wonderful Trav- elers must recollect the man whose sight was so ...
... drops will be shaken down from the trees , the icicles fall from the roof , the moisture trickle down the win- dow ... drop of jelly . Lastly , any one who has read the Wonderful Trav- elers must recollect the man whose sight was so ...
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... drop by drop upon the grass , or trace the delicate hoar - frost crystals which bespangle every blade on a winter's morning . Look at the vivid flashes of lightning in a storm , and listen to the pealing thunder : and then tell me , by ...
... drop by drop upon the grass , or trace the delicate hoar - frost crystals which bespangle every blade on a winter's morning . Look at the vivid flashes of lightning in a storm , and listen to the pealing thunder : and then tell me , by ...
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... drop , the closest form in which they could lie . Then as the drops became * I am quite aware of the danger incurred by using this word " force , " especially in the plural ; and how even the most mod- est little book may suffer at the ...
... drop , the closest form in which they could lie . Then as the drops became * I am quite aware of the danger incurred by using this word " force , " especially in the plural ; and how even the most mod- est little book may suffer at the ...
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