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Arabella Burton Fisher. Frontispiece . THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE . BY ARABELLA B. GLACIER CARRYING DOWN STONES . See p . 119 . FIG . 29 .
Arabella Burton Fisher. Frontispiece . THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE . BY ARABELLA B. GLACIER CARRYING DOWN STONES . See p . 119 . FIG . 29 .
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... carrying out my sug- gestions for illustrations . All the engravings , with one exception , were executed under his superinten- dence . Christmas , 1878 . ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY . TABLE OF CONTENTS . LECTURE I. PAGE THE FAIRY - vi PREFACE .
... carrying out my sug- gestions for illustrations . All the engravings , with one exception , were executed under his superinten- dence . Christmas , 1878 . ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY . TABLE OF CONTENTS . LECTURE I. PAGE THE FAIRY - vi PREFACE .
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... carried hundreds of miles in an instant by the touch of a fairy wand . And then this land is not some distant country . to which we can never hope to travel . It is here in the midst of us , only our eyes must be opened or we cannot see ...
... carried hundreds of miles in an instant by the touch of a fairy wand . And then this land is not some distant country . to which we can never hope to travel . It is here in the midst of us , only our eyes must be opened or we cannot see ...
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... carry about with us photographs or sun - pictures of all the beautiful scenery of the earth ? And have you any curiosity about Chemical action , which works such wonders in air , and land , and sea ? If you have any wish to know and ...
... carry about with us photographs or sun - pictures of all the beautiful scenery of the earth ? And have you any curiosity about Chemical action , which works such wonders in air , and land , and sea ? If you have any wish to know and ...
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... carry heat and moisture all over the world . Watch the water flowing in deep quiet streams , or forming the vast ocean ; and then reflect that every drop is guided by invisible forces working according to fixed laws . See plants ...
... carry heat and moisture all over the world . Watch the water flowing in deep quiet streams , or forming the vast ocean ; and then reflect that every drop is guided by invisible forces working according to fixed laws . See plants ...
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Page 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 192 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
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