A Naturalist's Sojourn in JamaicaLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851 - 508 pagina's |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
abundant animal appearance beautiful become beneath birds blossom Bluefields body branches broad brought brown called character clear close colour common considerable continued covered curious dark deep described edge eggs extremity feet fish flowers forest four frequently fruit green growing habit half hand head Hill inches insects interesting island Jamaica kind known land leaves length less light living looked manner marked mass mentioned minute mountain mouth nearly negroes never night notes noticed observed once passing plant present produced remarkable reptile resembling rising river road rock roots round running scales scarcely season seems seen short side skin slender Snake sometimes soon sound species specimens stones surface tail taken thick trees trunk upper usually wall whole wild wings woods yellow young
Populaire passages
Pagina 497 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Pagina 497 - I expect neither profit nor general fame by my writings," says Coleridge, in the preface to his poems ; " and I consider myself as having been amply repaid without either. Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude, and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Pagina 101 - How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air ; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orb'd glory yonder Moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Pagina 18 - M'CULLOCH. -A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL INFLUENCE of TAXATION and the FUNDING SYSTEM.
Pagina 13 - The Parent's Hand-book." New Edition. Fcp. 8vo. 5s. cloth. HUDSON-PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING WILLS In Conformity with the Law, and particularly with reference to the Act 7 Will. 4 and 1 Viet, c. 26. To which is added, a clear Exposition of the Law relating to the distribution of Personal Estate in the case of Intestacy ; with two Forms of Wills, and much useful information, &c.
Pagina 21 - Murray's Encyclopaedia of Geography ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.
Pagina 105 - Sorrowing we beheld The night come on ; but soon did night display More wonders than it veiled : innumerous tribes From the wood-cover swarmed, and darkness made Their beauties visible ; one while, they streamed A bright blue radiance upon flowers that closed Their gorgeous colours from the eye of day ; Now, motionless and dark, eluded search, Self-shrouded ; and anon, starring the sky, Rose like a shower of fire.
Pagina 299 - Esquivel," after the Spanish Governor of that name, who established it as a ship-building port. It possesses a fine harbour studded with little low cays and rocky islets.
Pagina 203 - Cum sonitu, fervetque fretis spirantibus aequor. Ipse Pater media nimborum in nocte corusca Fulmina molitur dextra, quo maxima motu Terra tremit, fugere ferae et mortalia corda 330 Per gentes humilis stravit pavor...
Pagina 402 - ... just as the period of hatching is completed, exhibits her eagerness for her offspring in the anxiety with which she comes and goes, walks...
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica, Philip Henry Gosse Dr. Malvern Gilmartin collection Selection of titles from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: South and the Caribbean |
| Auteurs | Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill |
| geïllustreerd door | Philip Henry Gosse |
| Uitgever | Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Harvard University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 18 maart 2008 |
| Lengte | 508 pagina's |
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