Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science, Volumes 4-6Delaware County Institute of Science, 1909 - Science |
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Page 112 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Page 112 - Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected : The omen is broken, the danger is over ; The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.
Page 112 - The Open Polar Sea," repeatedly remarks that his dogs, instead of continuing to draw the sledges in a compact body, diverged and separated when they came to thin ice, so that their weight might be more evenly distributed. This was often the first warning which the travellers received that the ice was becoming thin and dangerous.
Page 113 - Tracks, i. p. 257. ferried across the Yurapugawa. In the inn-garden at Mori I saw a dog eating a piece of carrion in the presence of several of these covetous birds. They evidently said a great deal to each other on the subject, and now and then one or two of them tried to pull the meat away from him, which he resented.
Page 51 - I when, long years since, I left my father's house, a bride in May. You know the house, beside St. Andrea's church, Gloomy and rich, which stands and seems to frown On the Mercato, humming at its base. That was my play-place ever as a child ; <, And with me used to play a kinsman's son, Antonio Rondinelli. Ah, dear days ! Two happy things we were, with none to chide Or hint that life was anything but play. Sudden the play-time ended. All at once " You must be wed,
Page 53 - I heard him say, and then I heard no more. It was high noontide when I woke again, To hear fierce voices wrangling by my bed — My .father's and my husband's ; for, with dawn, Gathering up valor, they had sought the tomb, Had found me gone, and tracked my bleeding feet Over the pavement to Antonio's door. Dead, they cared nothing ; living, I was theirs. Hot raged the quarrel ; then came Justice in, And to the court we swept — I in my shroud — To try the cause.
Page 51 - I, who have died once and been laid in tomb? They need not. Little one, look not so pale. I am not raving. Ah ! you never heard The story. Climb up there upon the bed : Sit close and listen. After this one day I shall not tell you stories any more. How old are you, my rose? What! almost twelve? Almost a woman! scarcely more than that Was your fair mother when she bore her bud ; And scarcely more was I when, when long years since, I left my father's house, a bride in May.
Page 153 - We conclude that cold is produced whenever a solid is strained by opposing, and heat when it is strained by yielding to, any elastic force of its own, the strength of which would diminish if the temperature were raised — but that, on the contrary, heat is produced when a solid is strained against, and cold when it is strained by yielding to, any elastic force of its own, the strength of which would increase if the temperature were raised.
Page 121 - She did " rather than " Katy did ; " that is, they rasp their fore wings twice, more frequently than thrice ; these two notes are of equal (and extraordinary) emphasis, the latter about one-quarter longer than the former ; or, if three notes are given, the first and second are alike and a little shorter than the last...
Page 7 - It is a great mistake to think that the Indian is born an inevitable savage. He is born a blank, like all the rest of us. Left in the surroundings of savagery, he grows to possess a savage language, superstition, and life.