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36872Ah, but you say, how about the time when there is not a single rose in sight?
36872Who does not know its beautiful buds in their setting of mossy stems?
23404And pray, that gratitude may still Our stubborn hearts with rapture fill?
23404And should not we, Frail children of mortality, With thankful hearts, each day, each night, Think of his goodness infinite?
23404Can he such colours blend?
23404Can he the tendril graceful twine, Or the soft branches bend?
23404Can_ man_ such splendid dyes produce?
18913Is that tall plant a Lobelia?
18913Of the usefulness of this flower in a cut state nothing whatever need be said-- who has not tried it?
23302Is n''t it cold out in the world now?
23302O, is it spring come again?
23302Or are you two sad friends who at parting want to give each other a token of true friendship?
23302Will you join our dance?
23302What pictures do you see for me, Lady Rusialka?"
23302[ Illustration: MICHAELMAS DAISY][ Illustration: SNOWDROP]"What is it you want of me, my children?"
23302are you within?"
23302are you within?"
23302are you within?"
42825pleno? 42825 18 heterophýlla.? 42825 CÝCAS 230, Sago- palm? 42825 _ lucídium_? 42825 chinènsis- álba, double- white? 42825 crassinervis? 42825 longiflòrum? 42825 oppositifòlia? 42825 speciòsum? 42825 utilis? 45389 But, mother, if you think poor Black- pate is not happy, why do n''t you let him fly away, and go into the green woods again?"
45389Mother, do you think Black- pate is awake yet?
45389Why, Lucy, look out of the window, ana see if there be any green woods where he_ can_ fly?
45389He listened very kindly to her and when she had finished, he said,"And so, my little girl, then your fine cage is quite empty and useless now?"
45389Is not that selfish?"
45389She put saffron into the water; buds of saffron about his cage; gave him lump?
45389Wait till spring comes; and then, mother, sha n''t you let him fly, if he chooses?"
45389[ Illustration: 012] At last she said,"Lucy; how many words can you spell?"
31591--Thou Fool, said Love, know''st thou not this?
31591AMONG the myrtles as I walk''d, Love and my Sight thus intertalk''d: Tell me, said I, in deep distress, Where I may find my Shepherdess?
31591Can tears Speak grief in you, Who were but born Just as the modest morn Teemed her refreshing dew?
31591Is it for want of sleep, Or childish lullaby?
31591Is it with thy kisses or thy tears?
31591Or brought a kiss From that sweetheart to this?
31591Or that ye have not seen as yet The violet?
31591WHY do ye weep, sweet babes?
31591What, were you born to be, An hour or half''s delight, And so to bid good- night?
31591Why then should I account of little pain, That endless pleasure shall unto me gaine?
31591_ TO BLOSSOMS._ Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast?
31591said I, explain This change of humour; pray thee tell: That falling tear.--What does it mean?
40534Does the brief period of restful enjoyment repay for the many weary days antecedent and subsequent?
40534Have you any request to make?
40534How shall I stock my garden?
40534What is the difference between them? 40534 Annuals of a new kind, high- priced novelties, have been tested; are they any better than our old favorites? 40534 Are Geraniums Pelargoniums? 40534 Are not those Teas lovely? 40534 As we change the numerous boxes of seedlings from one position to another, that they may catch the sunbeams,Will it pay?"
40534At length he pushed open the door, and approaching Mr. Q., said:"''Will you give me a few of those flowers?''
40534But why should these brown bulbs, so alike to outward view, bear flowers so widely differing in hues?
40534Did a cloudlet smile as you came through?
40534Did a little sunbeam bold Kiss on your lips that tint of gold?
40534Do I have any doubts respecting these descriptions-- that the distinguishing characteristics of each sort before me will fail to correspond?
40534For an out- door annual climber, what can be prettier than the dainty, graceful Canary Flower?
40534His curiosity led him to ask:"''What do you want them for?''
40534If we can not indulge in many sorts, what do we find the most satisfactory?
40534In reply to the question,"What are the names of six of your finest gladiolus not very expensive?"
40534LINES ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER?
40534Tell me the truth-- the end is approaching, is it not?"
40534The leaves, a deep green with white embroidery, are very ornamental, but when surmounted with a wealth of bloom, what can be more charming?
40534There, now, do n''t you feel nicely rested?
40534What could be more lovely among the garnered treasures of the greenhouse?
40534What flower can be whiter, sweeter, and more lovely than the Tuberose?
40534What recreation for the mind and body more pure, refining, healthful, than that of the cultivation of flowers?
40534What sort of music do they make?
40534Where did you get that purple hue?
40534Who shall decide when florists disagree?
40534Why should_ Nestor_ be yellow striped with red, and_ Addison_ dark amaranth, with white stripes?
40534Will it be of the Brass Band order, or that of the hand- organ style?"
40534what are they?
15088Half- hidden from the eye?
15088178), with''Herb Trinity,''from its three colours, blue, purple, and gold, variously blended in different countries?
15088Abundant in east of_ Finmark_( Finland?
15088And again in the defile of Gondo, I find"Viola( saxatilis?)
15088And in our own hedges and woods, are the wild rose and honeysuckle signs of unwholesome air?
15088And is the pith in the trunk no thicker than in each branch?
15088At last, I take my Figuier,( but what should I do if I only knew English?)
15088But according to M. Figuier,--let me see, do its middle petals bend up, or down?
15088But what does it matter whether the marrow is made of a reunion of cells, or cellars, or walls, or floors, or ceilings?
15088Can it be that the Red Rattle is the one member of the family that has''proper pride, and is self supporting''?
15088Do their walls lengthen laterally when they are empty, or does the''matière''inside stuff them more out,( itself increased from what sources?)
15088German''Bach- bunge''( Brook- purse?)
15088I want to know what''s the use of it?
15088I would not allow this name to suffice for the red poppy, and I said''This red flower_ must_ be called_ something_--tell me what you call it?''
15088If the stem divides into three branches, which is the axis?
15088In Nuttall''s Standard(?)
15088In either case, during this change from circle to hexagon, is the marrow getting thicker without getting longer?
15088Is it because they have to do with sleep that they are called Blind Eyes-- or because they are dazzling?"
15088Is there nothing known yet about plants, then, which can be taught to a boy or girl, without referring them to an''authority''?
15088Is this a violet-- or a pansy-- or a bad imitation of both?
15088So far, so good; but what does he mean by the complete development of the young_ woody_ axis?
15088Therefore she says, in the great first scene,"Was not_ this_ love indeed?"
15088What is the real difference?
15088When does the axis become''wooden,''and how far up the tree does he call it an axis?
15088Whereupon, we may perhaps consider with ourselves a little, what the difference_ is_ between a violet and a pansy?
15088[ 9] Did the wretch never hear bees in a lime tree then, or ever see one on a star gentian?
15088and find this much of clue to the matter:--"Qu''est ce que c''est que la Pensée?
15088and how can there be always marrow in it when the weary frame of its age remains a mere scarred tower of war with the elements, full of dust and bats?
15088or of the spirits appointed to punish our own want of Providence?
15088two- lipped?
15088when is it finally consolidated?
15088when they are full?
15088when_ does_ the tree''consolidate itself''?
15088why does n''t it grow bigger with the rest of the tree?
34380Have you seen the bee orchis?
34380How so? 34380 What have I done?"
34380A Snowdon, or a Snowdon- cum- Kew?
34380A piece of nature, or a nursery- garden?
34380Accordingly, during the tourist season, the anxious question:"Is that Helvellyn?"
34380As for the country- folk who live within easy reach of such dainties, yet would rather starve than eat a"toadstool,"what can one say of them?
34380But how if there be flowers that can in very truth make whole a broken spirit?
34380Can we have come too early, even for so early a plant, in a backward season?
34380Did he think that his polite readers expected to hear of sweet peas and carnations beautifying the desolate mud- banks?
34380How can the owners of such a fairyland have the heart to sell it for such a purpose?
34380Is it grey, or blue, or lavender, or lilac, or what?
34380Is it legitimate thus to come to the rescue of wild nature?
34380Is it not possible that some trespassers may have other objects than to steal pheasants''eggs or snare rabbits?
34380Is it only part of a modern"return to nature,"or a sign of some latent sympathy between plant and man?
34380Is some dark secret here Preserved?
34380Is the pursuit of the fox a surer proof of honest intentions than the pursuit of natural history?
34380May not a flower- lover occasionally sow his"wild oats"?
34380Then its hue-- was there ever tint more elusive, more indefinable, than that of its many petals?
34380To everyone his recreation ground; but are not the golf clubs getting rather more than their portion?
34380V BOTANESQUE What is it?
34380WHERE should a flower- lover begin his story if not from the sea shore?
34380Was ever such blindness of eye, such hardness of heart?
34380Was there ever such a lying legend?
34380We were in the middle of a field of vast extent, when I heard my companion asking anxiously:"Is_ that_ one?"
34380What did the mountain do?"
34380What did the mountain say?
34380What have I done?
34380What sort of mountains do we desire to have?
34380Who could wish for a diviner couch?
34380Who has not felt the pathos of a faded blossom kept as a memorial of the past?
34380Why must so quaintly charming a flower be so barbarously named that one''s jaw is well- nigh cracked in articulating it?
34380Why so?
34380Would it have detracted from its value, if, as indeed may have happened, it had been purposely sown on the beach?
34380Yet still the Poet''s heart was nerved With Phantoms to dispute:"Then tell me, why is Game preserved?"
34380asks the small cousin of the woodruff, in Edward Carpenter''s poem, when it justly protests against its hideous christening by man: What have I done?
34380some tale of shame?"
163Ah,cried the shivering Elf,"where can I find shelter?
163And are you really, then, a little Elf, such as I read of in my fairy books? 163 And shall I see her, Violet, as she journeys over the earth?"
163Are they not worthy of your love, dear Queen? 163 Can this be naughty Thistle?"
163Dear Spring, will you listen, and help a poor little Spirit, who seeks far and wide for the Fire- Spirits''home?
163Dear Thistle, what mean these fair things, and why are we in this lovely place?
163Do you not know that Spring is coming? 163 Do you suffer much, dear Gauzy- Wing?"
163Harebell, if a silkworm spin one yard of Fairy cloth in an hour, how many will it spin in a day?
163Have you a tale for us too, dear Violet- Eye?
163Heed,said the mother rose,"daughter mine, Why shouldst thou seek for beauty not thine?
163How beautiful they are,whispered Eva,"but, dear Rose- Leaf, why do you keep them here, and why call you this your fairest sight?"
163How shall I find the Spirits in this great sea, with none to help or guide me? 163 I am here, what would you with me, little Spirit?"
163Now, Star- Twinkle, what have you to teach?
163Now, little Sunbeam, what have you to tell us?
163Primrose, where lies Violet Island?
163Rosebud, if a Cowslip opens three leaves in one day and four the next, how many rosy leaves will there be when the whole flower has bloomed?
163Thistle, dear Thistle, where are you?
163Twinkle, if there lay nine seeds within a flower- cup and the wind bore five away, how many would the blossom have?
163What do they here?
163What do you seek with me, fair little Spirit, that you come so bravely here amid my ice and snow? 163 What shall we do to you, naughty Elf?"
163Where have you brought me, and what mean these lovely sounds?
163Who are you, lovely little thing?
163Why are you all so gay, dear birds?
163Why are you so slow in blooming, little one? 163 And can I, heedless of their beauty, doom them to pain and grief, that I might save my own dear blossoms from the cruel foes to which I leave them? 163 But shall I never see YOU more? 163 But while I eat, tell me, dear Violet, why are you all so sad? 163 But, dear sisters, see you not how high the sun is getting? 163 Do you ride on butterflies, sleep in flower- cups, and live among the clouds?
163Do you see yonder lovely spirit singing with my sister Moonlight?
163Have they not won their lovely home?
163Here he lay weeping bitterly, till a voice beside him said,"Poor little Elf, what has befallen you?
163How could you harm the little helpless one, that never did aught to injure you?"
163How then may we keep our frail blossoms from his cruel spirits?
163I have scarce seen a happy face since my return from Rose Land; dear friend, what means it?"
163May I not go in?"
163My four are here, and this also; what think you of it?"
163Now will you stay with us, and learn what even mortals seek to know, that labor brings true happiness?"
163Now, Eglantine, what have you to tell us of your rosy namesakes on the earth?"
163Order, patience, industry, who can teach so well as they who are the emblems of these virtues?
163Ought we then to leave them to die uncared for and alone?
163The earth is broad, and we can find them in any land, then why should you care what happens to their kindred if your own are safe?
163Then shouldst thou not be grateful for all this kindly care, And strive to keep thyself most innocent and fair?
163Then why dost thou take with such discontent The loving gift which he to thee hath sent?
163Then, when he sees them fading on his breast, will he not sigh that there is no warmth there to keep them fresh and lovely?
163They give to us their all; ought we not to toil unceasingly, that they may bloom in peace within their quiet homes?
163Where can this fine egg have come from?
163Who will be our messenger for the last time?
163Who will give us counsel?
163Will you be King of Flower- Land, and own my gentle kindred for your loving friends?
163Will you do this?"
163Will you give it me for what I offer, little Spirit?"
163Will you possess unfading peace and joy, and the grateful love of all the green earth''s fragrant children?
163answered Violet sadly,"do you not know that beneath the flowers''bright leaves there beats a little heart that loves and sorrows like our own?
163good little Fairy, will you teach me how?"
163is it another and a lovelier dream, or is the earth in truth so beautiful as this?"
163she asked, as their cheerful voices sounded far and near;"is there a festival over the earth, that all is so beautiful and bright?"
163sighed the weary little Spirit,"shall I never see the light again, or feel the warm winds on my cheek?
12286And what if I were to give you a fine tie- wig to wear on May- day?
12286Did you ever see a fairy''s funeral, Madam?
12286Do you hear him?
12286Do you know the proper name of this flower?
12286Pray, what is it you mean by the contrasts?
12286Pray,said some one to Pope,"what is this_ Asphodel_ of Homer?"
12286''My dear Charlotte, where did you get?''
12286''Twas but a moment-- o''er the rose A veil of moss the Angel throws, And robed in Nature''s simple weed, Could there a flower that rose exceed?
12286--"''Tis the colouring then?"
12286--"Should not variety be one of the rules?"
12286And what more noble than the vernal furze With golden caskets hung?
12286And who is there here that does not sometimes recal some of those feelings which were his solace perhaps thirty years ago?
12286Are we to seek for happiness in ignorance?
12286Bid the tree Unfix his earth- bound root?
12286But is it not also the child of Nature?--of Nature and Art together?
12286But might we not with equal justice say that every thing excellent and beautiful and precious has named itself_ a flower_?
12286But who would not loathe or laugh at such manifest affectation or such thoroughly bad taste?
12286Familiar as it must be to all lovers of poetry, who will object to read it again and again?
12286For this lily Where can it hang but it Cyane''s breast?
12286For valour is not love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the Hesperides?
12286If these names are unpronounceable even by Europeans, what would the poor Hindu malee make of them?
12286Is intellect or reason then so fatal, though sublime a gift that we can not possess it without the poisonous alloy of care?
12286Its price?''
12286Must grief and ingratitude inevitably find entrance into the heart, in proportion to the loftiness and number of our mental endowments?
12286Of this hedge, he was particularly proud, and he exultantly asks,"Is there under heaven a more glorious and refreshing object of the kind?"
12286Or court the forest- glades?
12286Say, shall we wind Along the streams?
12286See on that floweret''s velvet breast, How close the busy vagrant lies?
12286Shakespeare could not have anticipated this triumph of art when he made Macbeth ask Who can impress the forest?
12286THE SUN- FLOWER Who can unpitying see the flowery race Shed by the morn then newflushed bloom resign, Before the parching beam?
12286Than when we with attention look Upon the third day''s volume of the book?
12286The spirit paused in silent thought What grace was there the flower had not?
12286There is a blessing on the spot The poor man decks-- the sun delighteth To smile upon each homely plot, And why?
12286What a melancholy privilege, and yet is there one amongst us who would lose it?
12286What can''st thou boast Of things long since, or any thing ensuing?
12286What charms has the village now for the gentleman just arrived from India?
12286What climate is without its peculiar evils?
12286What face remains alive that''s worth the viewing?
12286What is the cottage of his birth to him?
12286What more would the dedicator have wished Thomson to say?
12286What shall I say of Cincinnatus, Cato, Tully, and many such?
12286Where does the wisdom and the power divine In a more bright and sweet reflection shine?
12286Where hath her smile So stirred man''s inmost nature?
12286Where''s the spot She loveth more than thy small isle, Queen of the sea?
12286Who that has once read, can ever forget his harmonious and pathetic address to a mountain daisy on turning it up with the plough?
12286Whose tongue is music now?
12286Why should not an opulent Rajah or Nawaub send for a cargo of beautiful red gravel from the gravel pits at Kensington?
12286Why should we, in the compass of a pale, Keep law, and form, and due proportion, Showing, as in a model, our firm estate?
12286Why then should he revisit his native place?
12286Yet why deplore This change of doom?
12286[ 002] What a quick succession of lovely landscapes greeted the eye on either side?
12286[ 049] What is the reason that an easterly wind is every where unwholesome and disagreeable?
12286_ Could I touch A Rose with my white hand, but it became Redder at once?_ Another poet.
12286_ Em._--That was a fair boy certain, but a fool To love himself, were there not maids, Or are they all hard hearted?
12286_ Emilia_--This garden hath a world of pleasure in it, What flower is this?
12286and pray what was this phoenix like?''
12286bless your honor, my master wo nt let me go out on May- day,""Why not?"
12286how many hearts By lust of gold to thy dim temples brought In happier hours have scorned the prize they sought?
12286or ascend, While radiant Summer opens all its pride, Thy hill, delightful Shene[026]?
12286or walk the smiling mead?
12286or wander wild Among the waving harvests?
12286was he a better painter of nature than Shakespeare?
12286where shall poverty reside, To scape the pressure of contiguous pride?
12286who could gaze on thee Untouched by tender thoughts, and glimmering dreams Of long- departed years?
12286writes Jeremy Bentham to a lady- friend,"and the signification of its name?
20421Always fibrous and divided?
20421The name of vine tree,''uvas camaronas''( Shrimp grapes?) 20421 shall it not be said of England?"
20421( Was the French critic really not aware that Homer_ had_ written the lines his own way?)
2042122)?
20421A Leghorn bonnet,( if now such things are,) carefully put away,--even properly taken care of when it is worn,--how long will it last, young ladies?
20421Above all,--when it breaks,--why does it break round the tree instead of down?
20421And once woven, how much of it is forever worn by the Earth?
20421And secondly, this investiture, why is it transverse to the trunk,--swathing it, as it were, in bands?
20421And, secondly,--If this immortality belongs to the Hypnum only?
20421But how is it made into wood?
20421But how is it that they are subdued into that{ 23} spherical obedience, like a crystal of wavellite?
20421But how is the moss trimmed?
20421But then, what makes it a poppy still?
20421But what is the leaf tissue itself knit out of?
20421But what is this strange state of undecaying wood?
20421But where and when shall I stop calling things poppies?
20421By what scissors?
20421Could this be said of Assyria, and shall it not be said of England?
20421Do you remember how those trees were said to be watered?
20421Do you think that flowers were born to nourish the blind?
20421Does the membrane thin itself into whiteness merely by stretching, or produce an outer film of new substance?
20421Have each of the innumerable blossoms a separate stalk?
20421How old is the oldest straw known?
20421I return to our present special question, then, What is a poppy?
20421I wonder how long straw lasts, if one takes care of it?
20421I wonder how many people, nowadays, whose bread and butter was cut too thin for them, would think of comparing the slices to poppy leaves?
20421Insoluble-- yes, assuredly, poor little beaten phantasms of palpitating clay that we are-- and who asked us to solve it?
20421Is it a black species?--or a black- parched state of other species, perishing for the sake of Velasquez effects, instead of accumulation of earth?
20421Is it large or small in proportion to their bulk, and why is it so?
20421May we call these a glorious apparel, as we may the glowing of an alpine rose?
20421Nay, what is the law by which its natural life is measured?
20421Now the question is, where and how do they take it in, and digest it into wood?
20421On an apple tree, or on a ceiling?
20421Or the stings, and minute, colourless blossoming of the nettle?
20421Stop, though;_ is_ that so?
20421That it is of a stupifying nature, and itself so stupid that it does not know how many petals it should have, is surely not enough distinction?
20421The mandrill''s blue nose, for instance, already referred to,--can we rightly speak of this as''[ Greek: euprepeia]''?
20421The next point is, what shape are the petals of?
20421The noble stability between death and life, of a piece of perfect wood?
20421The secret and subtle descent-- the violent and exulting resilience of the tree''s blood,--what guides it?--what compels?
20421Then practically, as you examine plants in detail, ask first respecting them: What kind of root have they?
20421What difference is there between the making of the corky excrescence of other{ 173} trees, and of this almost transparent fine white linen?
20421What is all that made of?
20421What is the substance?--and how is it woven into leaves.--twisted into wood?
20421What makes a tree''old''?
20421What shall we call it?
20421What soil does it like, and what properties does it acquire from it?
20421What sort of latent life has it, which it only finally parts with when it rots?
20421What weight of that transparent tissue, half crystal and half comb of honey, lies strewn every year dead under the snow?
20421When Ezekiel is describing to Pharaoh the greatness of the Assyrians, do you remember what image he gives of them?
20421When is ivy in the right place?--when wallflower?
20421When is mistletoe, for instance, in the right place, young ladies, think you?
20421When you go out, delighted, into the dew of the morning, have you ever considered why it is so rich upon the grass;--why it is_ not_ upon the trees?
20421Where has it all come from?
20421Whereupon rises before me, ghostly and untenable, the general question,''What is a weed?''
20421Who ever saw a wood anemone or a heath blossom in the wrong place?
20421Who ever saw nettle or hemlock in a right one?
20421Who said it was?
20421Why ca n''t the tree go on, and on,--hollowing itself into a Fairy-- no-- a Dryad, Ring,--till it becomes a perfect Stonehenge of a tree?
20421Yes, but how of the pine trees on yonder rock?--Is there any sap in the rock, or water either?
20421You think it, perhaps, a matter of course that a plant is not to be a crawling thing?
20421and how is it related to the rich green bosses that grow in deep velvet?
20421and what stem?"
20421and, how does it stand in sand, where it is wanted to stand, mostly?
20421and, if so, does it die of drought, accidentally, or, in a sere old age, naturally?
20421and, if so, how is it that one never thinks of the stalk, as one does with currants?
20421and, impatient for answer, the particular question, What is a poppy?
20421the oldest hemp?
20421the oldest{ 165} linen?
20421what flower?
20421what leaf?
40214And I suppose you have never seen any nests or eggs?
40214And how did you sleep last night? 40214 And what are pupæ?"
40214And what is the fearfully ugly thing climbing up that reed- stem just out of the water?
40214And what shall we do then?
40214And when do they leave?
40214And you know what shoals of perch there are about the broad, and how difficult it is to drop upon them, because the water is so shallow and clear?
40214Are snake- bites fatal?
40214Are you hurt, old man?
40214Are you ready?
40214Are you sure it was a purple emperor? 40214 But Frank, how can you-- how can anybody eat beef without salt?"
40214But how are we to catch the water- hen?
40214But may I ask what you are doing?
40214Ca n''t we break a passage through?
40214Can it see?
40214Can you give us a drink of water, ma''am?
40214Dick, why do n''t you shoot?
40214Did n''t I?
40214Did you ever meet with any accident while eel- fishing?
40214Did you ever notice how much insect- life there is in an oak- tree?
40214Did you ever see the like of that before?
40214Did you ever see the little eels coming up the river in the spring?
40214Did you ever see two uglier fellows than our boatmen?
40214Do gold crests migrate?
40214Do n''t the wherries ever do any damage to the nets?
40214Do n''t you know?
40214Do n''t you think there may be a ruff''s nest somewhere about?
40214Do what?
40214Do you know that the water we are sailing on is higher than the marshes around us?
40214Do you mind my losing them, Frank?
40214Do you often have such a good night as this?
40214Do you really think she will have any chance, Frank?
40214Hallo, that is not a corn- crake, is it?
40214Have you ever found its nest?
40214Have you ever seen any bustards about?
40214Have you ever seen any bustards''eggs?
40214Have you ever seen those huge stag- beetles with long horny mandibles like stag''s horns?
40214Have you got a mat to kneel upon, so as not to catch cold?
40214How could you, Frank?
40214How did you know about the olive- oil being a cure, Frank?
40214How do you feel, old man?
40214How many are there?
40214How many eggs do you get?
40214How many times a minute do you think he flaps them?
40214How shall we get at them?
40214How? 40214 I did not know that before; but if the caterpillars feed on leaves, how is it that you dig those from the ground?"
40214I say,said Frank,"is not that steamer standing too close in shore?
40214I say,said Frank,"you remember when the minnows ran at the caddis- worms in their transparent cases, but could not eat them?"
40214I suppose you have n''t got any of their eggs now?
40214I suppose you were setting your snares last night?
40214If the eels breed in the sea, Frank,said Dick,"what do the eels do which can not get to the sea,--those which live in ponds?"
40214Is it a crow''s, or an old wood- pigeon''s, or a hawk''s? 40214 Is it not dreadfully windy?"
40214Is that a crow''s nest in yonder tree?
40214Is that a pintail duck?
40214Is that true?
40214Is there any one on board, did you see?
40214It is a good idea and no mistake-- but can we do that?
40214Its nest must be in that hole; but what is it picking from the ground?
40214No, is it?
40214No-- but what are they staring at that steamer so hard for?
40214No; have you?
40214Now what is the meaning of this?
40214Now, Frank,said Jimmy plaintively,"what_ are_ you going to do with that young larch- tree?
40214Now, Miss Merivale, will you come to the greenhouses and show me how to get some butterfly chrysalides? 40214 Now, can you tell me the plain English of that?"
40214Oh, so that is the secret of their wandering, is it? 40214 Poor thing, how did it get into that fix?"
40214Shall we explore Ranworth Broad?
40214Shall we tell her Jimmy?
40214Shall we venture or not?
40214Talking about salt- mines, have you ever been down one?
40214That is my idea,said Jimmy;"but what is the good of using such stilted language, when the same thing might have been said in simple English?"
40214That''s all right; and where are you going?
40214The salt?
40214Their own bodies must supply the glue which fastens the pieces of gravel or glass together?
40214Then what would you say to putting a quantity of minnows in glass bottles, and sinking them in the broad, in a good place, for two or three days? 40214 There is no such thing as_ ignis fatuus_ nowadays,"said Jimmy,"so what can it be?"
40214They are very pretty things to be caused by a dirty little grub,said Jimmy;"and pray what causes this cuckoo- spit?"
40214Those are not lapwings flying above us, are they?
40214Very well,said Jimmy;"but can we get the worsted?"
40214Very,said Frank, as soon as he could speak for laughing;"but had n''t you better dive after the eels?"
40214Well, but do you think his grandmother can afford it? 40214 Well, merry Mary Merivale,"said Frank,"is the pater in?"
40214What are all these plans and drawings for?
40214What are they going to fly the hawks at?
40214What are they in that peculiar position for?
40214What are they?
40214What are you going to do with them?
40214What are you going to do with those axes and that rope, Frank?
40214What are you laughing at, Dick?
40214What bird is that, Jimmy?
40214What bird is that? 40214 What butterfly is that?"
40214What can it be?
40214What can they be?
40214What do you do with the eels?
40214What do you feel inclined to do yourself?
40214What do you mean, sir? 40214 What do you want worsted for?"
40214What for? 40214 What have you been doing Jimmy?"
40214What is it, Frank?
40214What is it?
40214What is it?
40214What is that one?
40214What is that partridge calling for?
40214What is that?
40214What is the matter, Dick?
40214What is the matter, Frank?
40214What is the matter? 40214 What is the matter?"
40214What is the meaning of this?
40214What on earth is that buzzing noise? 40214 What on earth is that for, Jimmy?"
40214What on earth is the matter? 40214 What shall we do if they do touch it?"
40214What shall we do now?
40214What shall we try them at first?
40214What sort of a bird is a great bustard?
40214What will you take for them?
40214What''s that?
40214What''s the matter, Jimmy?
40214What''s to be done now?
40214When do the gulls arrive?
40214When you get more conceited, eh, Dick?
40214Where did you learn all this?
40214Where did you set the line?
40214Where have you put the salt, Frank?
40214Who''s won?
40214Why do the black- headed gulls breed at Hingham, which is an inland place? 40214 Why does n''t Marston quicken?"
40214Why should we not bob for eels to- night? 40214 Will no one make me a bid?
40214Will you sell them?
40214Wo n''t it bite?
40214Would n''t it be safer if we were not to be on board during the race? 40214 Yes, why not?
40214Yes; does it pay?
40214Yes; what of them?
40214You spoke of collecting the eggs,said Dick to the keeper;"what do you do with them?"
40214Am I a coward?"
40214And Frank, what are you going to be?"
40214Are n''t you astonished?"
40214Are there many ruffs about here?"
40214Are you all right?"
40214Are you game?"
40214As the blow vibrated through the tree, the sitting bird flew off, and what do you think it proved to be?
40214At last Mary caught sight of him, and rising, she said--"I hope we are not trespassing?"
40214Besides, how are we to get a yacht?"
40214But a few words must be devoted to the preliminary question: What is a fern?
40214But how can the needful contact between the germs and the fertilizing bodies be brought about?
40214But if I do something which will show that I am of some use in the world, and not a mere drone, will you marry me?"
40214But what is that?"
40214But where is Florrie?"
40214But would n''t you like a cup of milk better than water?"
40214Can you give us some?"
40214Can you name them, Jimmy?--and how many different kinds of grasses are there?"
40214Dick awoke from a dream of Arctic exploration, and cried out,--"Is that a grizzly bear?"
40214Dick had been trembling for some time in his nervousness, and he thought somewhat bitterly,"What is the matter with me?
40214Dick said,--"Is it not wonderful that the butterfly knows on which plant she is to lay her eggs?
40214Do n''t we, Florrie?"
40214Do n''t you know the difference between a snake and a viper?
40214Do n''t you think it a grand dodge?"
40214Do n''t you wish you could send a long floating thread from your stomach, Jimmy, and sail away over the marshes?
40214Do n''t you?"
40214Do you know him?"
40214Frank marched up to the house and knocked, and when the door was opened by a woman, said,"Please can you let us have a hank of worsted?
40214Frank played and then asked,"Is not that bird a nightingale?"
40214Frank said,"What shall we do with the bird?
40214Had we better fix the nest or leave it alone?"
40214Have not you a nose, Jimmy?"
40214Have the sparrows taken possession of it?"
40214Have you both gone crazy?"
40214Have you only now discovered the joke?"
40214He looked up as his son entered, and said,--"Well, Frank, what is it?"
40214How do you do, my dears?
40214How does it know that if it seems dead you will not touch it, and therefore it may get an opportunity to escape?"
40214How had we better go to work?
40214How is it that they select these plants, seeing that it is all strange and new to them?
40214I say, if my mater saw that tumble, she would not let me go out alone any more, would she?
40214I suppose, therefore, I must follow the fashion, and say,"How d''ye do?"
40214I wonder how the old birds get the young ones down to the water?
40214Is it a big bee, or wasp, or what?"
40214Is it a hair- worm?"
40214Is it possible that they are glow- worms?"
40214Is that a forget- me- not?"
40214Is that true?"
40214It is pretty, is it not?
40214It was evident now that the noise came from it, but how was it produced, and why?
40214It will be an interesting thing to add to our museum, wo n''t it, Jimmy?"
40214Jimmy and Dick rushed out of the cabin, where they had been preparing supper, and said to Frank, who was at the helm,--"What is the matter?"
40214Jimmy began to look rather blue, and said,"Had n''t we better go off after them in a boat, or we shall lose all our lines?
40214Jimmy looked up from his paper just as Frank pulled in a good sized roach, and said,--"Do either of you know how the chameleon changes its colour?"
40214Jimmy said,--"I say, Frank, do you remember all those eel- nets we saw by Horning?
40214Mary said to Jimmy one day,"Will you make me a fern- case?
40214Meredith?"
40214Now, are you ready?"
40214Now, you are a good rower; will you row for us?"
40214On their way they passed a skittle- alley, and Dick said to the man in charge--"Can you show us any birds''nests?"
40214Presently he cried out,--"Do you know that there are animals which never die?"
40214The boys hailed her long and loud, and in answer came the hoarse cry,"Where away?"
40214The keeper said, pointing to some red, hairy masses on a bramble bush,"We call these robins''pincushions; can you tell me what causes them?"
40214The man started and looked round, answering surlily,"What''s that to you?"
40214The sound of oars was now audible across the water, and presently Dick''s voice shouted,--"What''s the matter?
40214They look like bladders, but who would paint bladders red, blue, green, and yellow?
40214Thus you, Frank, may take up Ornithology; you, Dick, should go in for Entomology; and Jimmy, why should you not take up Botany?"
40214Was n''t it very lonely?"
40214Well, I want to preserve the broad for wild- fowl, so I do n''t like it to be disturbed; but where did you get this strange boat built?"
40214What can it be?"
40214What can they be?
40214What do you say to catching a water- hen and baiting our hook with it?"
40214What do you say to paying it a visit?"
40214What do you say?
40214What do you say?"
40214What do you think of that, my boy?"
40214What is it?"
40214What is the reason of that?"
40214What will Sir Richard say, Dick?"
40214What will you sell that ruff for?"
40214When they left the church he went up to her, and taking off his cap, said,"I beg your pardon, but are you not Miss Rose?"
40214Who will go up and see?"
40214Why did n''t you put it up?"
40214Why does she not take long stretches which would take her more swiftly on her course?
40214Will they turn into white butterflies?"
40214Will you come on board our yacht and have some supper?"
40214Will you have some champagne?"
40214Wo n''t you try it again?"
40214Would you like to see them?"
40214You remember how he took the water- hen under?
40214do you see that?"
40214said Frank,"when he can see such things as that?"
40214said Frank;"is that a shrew- mouse or a grasshopper which is making that chirruping noise?"
40214what is that?"
40214you do n''t mean to say that you have used our joint- stock lines?"
40214you there, what are you doing that for?"