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Page 61 - Men's death I tell by doleful knell ; Lightning and thunder I break asunder ; On Sabbath all to church I call ; The sleepy head I raise from bed ; The winds so fierce I do disperse ; Men's cruel rage I do assuage.
Page 189 - To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. 'An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk: from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. 'He dried his wings: like gauze they grew; Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew.
Page 342 - Ladybird, Ladybird, fly away home, Your house is on fire, your children will burn.
Page 607 - Tea-leaves go through many processes before they are ready for the housewife's " bubbling and loud-hissing urn." First they are slightly dried in the sun, in shallow baskets. Then they are put, a few at a time, into an iron or copper pan, heated usually over a charcoal fire, and stirred until they are dry enough. 11. The next step is to empty them upon a table, where workmen roll them with their hands into the little rolls, — the shape in which we see them. Finally they are dried again, sorted,...
Page 181 - The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all ; Knight and page and household squire Loitered through the lofty hall, Or crowded round the ample fire : The stag-hounds, weary with the chase, Lay stretched upon the rushy floor, And urged in dreams the forest race, From Teviot-stone to Eskdale-moor.
Page 41 - On or before sixty days after date for value received, I promise to pay to the...
Page 607 - China, tea is always taken dear, — never with milk and sugar, as we drink it. Rich Chinese make their tea in the cup by putting in some leaves, and pouring boiling water over them ; only the poorer classes use a teapot. 16.- In Japan the leaves are sometimes ground to powder, and drunk with the infusion. The Russians, who are great...
Page 180 - Nor nearer might the dogs attain, Nor farther might the quarry strain. Thus up the margin of the lake, Between the precipice and brake, O'er stock and rock their race they take.
Page 396 - With reference to the mirror, she said, ' Look upon this mirror as my spirit ; keep it in the same house and on the same floor with yourself, and worship it as if you were worshiping my actual presence.
Page 6 - Some of the mercury will now flow downwards out of the tube into the cup until the weight of the mercury remaining in the tube is equal to the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the cup. The space above the mercury in the tube will be practically a vacuum, consequently, there will be no pressure on the top surface of the mercury in the tube.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things |
| Author | John Denison Champlin |
| Publisher | Henry Holt, 1890 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Jan 30, 2008 |
| Length | 690 pages |
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