Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Bind 13 |
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Side 6
... SNAKES . We may select as types of what we include under the first head , the larger descriptions of snakes - such as the Guinea - snake ; the West Port Natal Python . African Python , or Rock - snake ; the South African Boa Constrictor ...
... SNAKES . We may select as types of what we include under the first head , the larger descriptions of snakes - such as the Guinea - snake ; the West Port Natal Python . African Python , or Rock - snake ; the South African Boa Constrictor ...
Side 7
... heard by his comrades to scream out for assistance . They immediately went on shore ; but it was too late , for an immense snake of this species had crushed him to death . The attention of the monster being. 7 ANECDOTES OF SERPENTS .
... heard by his comrades to scream out for assistance . They immediately went on shore ; but it was too late , for an immense snake of this species had crushed him to death . The attention of the monster being. 7 ANECDOTES OF SERPENTS .
Side 8
... snake had seized the poor fellow by the right wrist , where the marks of the fangs were very distinct ; and the mangled corpse bore signs of being crushed by the monster's twisting itself round the neck , head , breast , and thigh . The ...
... snake had seized the poor fellow by the right wrist , where the marks of the fangs were very distinct ; and the mangled corpse bore signs of being crushed by the monster's twisting itself round the neck , head , breast , and thigh . The ...
Side 9
... snake , in striking wildly at a rabbit , missed as usual the little animal , but instead fastened upon the blanket ... snakes were in a semi - torpid state , from being kept at a low temperature . The same thing may be witnessed in ...
... snake , in striking wildly at a rabbit , missed as usual the little animal , but instead fastened upon the blanket ... snakes were in a semi - torpid state , from being kept at a low temperature . The same thing may be witnessed in ...
Side 10
... snake had been discovered ; but it was a young one , called the bushmaster , a rare and poisonous snake . I instantly rose , and laying hold of the eight - foot lance which was close by me- " Well , then , Daddy , " said I , " we'll go ...
... snake had been discovered ; but it was a young one , called the bushmaster , a rare and poisonous snake . I instantly rose , and laying hold of the eight - foot lance which was close by me- " Well , then , Daddy , " said I , " we'll go ...
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Admiral de Coligny Andrayne army Bécard began benevolent bite bonnie Braes busk called Catholic charmer child Confalonieri daughter dear death distress door Dr Fulton Duke Duke of Guise Duke of Orleans eggs Eustache eyes father feelings felt frae France Frank French friends girl grief hand happy head heard heart Helen Gray Henry hope Huguenots Jacobin Club Jane Jeanne Jeanne d'Albret Jessie Jessie's kind king of Navarre lady League length live looked Louis Louis XVI Madame de Chavilhac maun mind Minghini morning mother Napoleon never night noble Paris Pauline person poor prince Prince of Condé prison Protestants Prussia reptile Robin Saint-Servan Salvotti seemed serpents shew sister snake St Germain-en-Laye suffering Sully thee thou thought tion Todlaw Mains took Uncle Joshua viper whilst wife woman words Yarrow young Logie
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Side 21 - Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies now — upon them with the lance! A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Side 3 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Side 22 - D'Aumale hath cried for quarter. The Flemish count is slain. Their ranks are breaking like thin clouds before a Biscay gale ; The field is heaped with bleeding steeds, and flags, and cloven mail. And then we thought on vengeance, and, all along our van, " Remember St. Bartholomew," was passed from man to man. But out spake gentle Henry, " No Frenchman is my foe : Down, down, with every foreigner, but let your brethren go.
Side 27 - ... grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town We were a comely sight to see : My Love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysell in cramasie. But had I wist, before I kist...
Side 3 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Side 20 - Full fifteen stane o' Spanish iron, They hae laid a' right sair on me ; Wi' locks and keys I am fast bound Into this dungeon dark and dreirie.
Side 2 - Wi ae lock o his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. "Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sail ken where he is gane; Oer his white banes when they are bare, The wind sail blaw for evermair.
Side 31 - Lang maun she weep, lang maun she, maun she weep, Lang maun she weep with dule and sorrow, And lang maun I nae mair weil be seen Pu'ing the birks on the Braes of Yarrow.