With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze ValleyShanghai Mercury, 1910 - 284 страници |
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Страница 5 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Страница 36 - Thy waving crest, the mark of high command, With gold, and pearl, and brilliant gems adorn'd". Now if the crystal stream delight thee more, Sportsman! lead on, where through the reedy bank The' insinuating waters, filter'd, stray In many a winding maze. The wild-duck there Gluts on the fattening ooze, or steals the spawn Of teeming shoals, her more delicious feast.
Страница 160 - The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Страница 63 - But learn we might, if not too proud to stoop To quadruped instructors, many a good And useful quality, and virtue too, Rarely exemplified among ourselves. Attachment never to...
Страница 19 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Страница 80 - You may kill, or you may miss, But at all times think of this- ' "All the pheasants ever bred Won't repay for one man dead.
Страница 53 - ... the system in general. But there are parts of those laws which have reference to the skin alone, and it is my present purpose to separate these as much as possible from the rest, that their importance may be more prominently seen. It is thus with the subject of exercise. Well-directed exercise...
Страница 59 - tis true; None are infallible but you. The dog, whom nothing can mislead, Must be a dog of parts indeed : But to my Tale; hear me, my friend ! And with due gravity attend. Rover, as heralds are agreed, Well-born, and of the setting breed, Rang'd high, was stout, of nose acute, A very learn'd and courteous brute.
Страница 145 - Ming (identified now with the illustrious Imperial family), as the name of their mean city. But the Emperor of the time came to the rescue and suggested a change. "There is a city," he said, "sixty miles to the eastward, named Tinghai (;£ $), ' Settle the sea.' When the sea goes down the waves are at peace; why not call your city 'Peaceful Wave' (Ningpo ^ $£)?" This was with much fervour of gratitude accepted, and Ningpo it remains.
Страница 19 - Migratory; abundant from the middle of April to the middle of May, and from the middle to the last of October.