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Seite 97 - Thou seem'st to me like Saul, the son of Kish, who went out to seek his father's asses, and found a kingdom.
Seite 97 - Illustrated stories and poems for the little ones. Edited by William T. Adams (Oliver Optic). This beautiful volume consists of original stories and poems by the very best writers of juvenile literature, carefully selected and edited.
Seite 206 - ... typical form is a crystalline granular aggregate of the mineral dolomite, and is usually whitish or yellowish in color. It can in its typical form be distinguished from limestone by its increased hardness (3.5-4.5) and specific gravity (2.8-2.95). It is also less soluble, being scarcely at all acted on by dilute hydrochloric acid. Dolomite shows all the peculiarities pertaining to limestones, both in color and texture, and a chemical analysis is often required to distinguish between them. The...
Seite 245 - Marble Worker's Manual: Containing Practical Information respecting Marbles in general, their Cutting, Working, and Polishing ; Veneering of Marble ; Mosaics ; Composition and Use of Artificial Marble, Stuccos, Cements, Receipts, Secrets, etc., etc. Translated from the French by ML BOOTH. With an Appendix concerning American Marbles.
Seite 163 - ... could not follow him, but she saw lying upon the ground near by some eagle feathers and knew well who it was that had deprived her of her husband, and she said to herself, " Well, I know Kwi-na is the brother of I'-o-wi, he is a great warrior and a terrible man ; I will go to To-go-a (the rattlesnake), my grandfather, who will protect me and kill my enemies.
Seite 163 - Hide, hide!" But she knew not where to hide, and he opened his mouth and the tso-a-vwits crawled into his stomach. This made To-go'-a very sick and he entreated her to crawl out, but she refused, for she was in great fear. Then he tried to throw her up, but could not, and he was sick nigh unto death. At last, in his terrible retchings, he crawled out of his own skin, and left the tso-a-vmts in it, and she, imprisoned there, rolled about and hid in the rocks. When Kwi'-na came near he shouted, "Where...
Seite 70 - And careless of my puny lips' command. Cold orbs ! mine eyes a weary world have scanned. Slow ear ! in mine rings ever a vexed hum Of sobs and strife. Of joy, mine earthly sum Is buried as thy form in burning sand. The wisdom of the nations thou hast heard ; The circling courses of the stars hast known. Awake ! Thrill ! By my feverish presence stirred, Open thy lips to still my human moan. Breathe forth one glorious and mysterious word, Though I should stand, in turn, transfixed, — a stone 1 M....
Seite 216 - Sawn surfaces of the same stone, on the contrary, do not usually show the slightest tendency to scale. Results such as these are what one is naturally led to expect, but further experiments are necessary before it will answer to speak too positively regarding the merits or demerits of various kinds of finish. With compact crystalline rocks like the granites and diabases it would seem probable that rock-faced work, untouched by chisel or hammer, would prove most durable, since the crystalline facets...
Seite 163 - So he killed a rabbit and put it on the top of a tall pine, from which he trimmed the branches and peeled the bark, so that it would be very difficult to climb; and he said, "When these hungry people come out they will try to climb that tree for food, and it will take much time, and while the tso-a-vwtts is thus engaged we will carry U'-ja away.
Seite 223 - Clearing a spot from grass and brush they would roll a bowlder on it> streak it with paint, deck it with feathers and flowers, and then pray to it for needed help or deliverance. Usually when such a stone had served its purpose its sacredness was gone. But the peculiarity of the stone now described is that from generation to generation it was a shrine to which pilgrimages and offerings were made. Its Indian name,