 | 1863 - 522 strani
...marble throne. And from the foot of the throne there swam away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures, of more shapes and colours...to know better — to find her snipping, piecing, titting, stitching, cobbling, basting, filing. planing, hammering, turning, polishing, moulding, measuring,... | |
 | 1863 - 522 strani
...marble throne. And from the foot of the throne there swam away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures, of more shapes and colours...whom she makes out of the sea-water all day long. At which the old whale laughed so violently that he coughed up all the creatures ; who swam away again,... | |
 | William Kitchen Parker - 1885 - 290 strani
...applied by our poet to Dame Nature). The little man approaches with awe and wonderment, expecting, of course (like some grown people who ought to know better), to find Dame Nature "snipping, piecing, fitting, cobbling, basting, filing, planing, hammering, turning, polishing,... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1886 - 396 strani
...marble throne. And from the foot of the throne there swum away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures, of more shapes and colours...out of the sea-water all day long. He expected, of course—like some grown people who clipping, and so forth, as men do when they go to work to make... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1893 - 722 strani
...there swam away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures, of more shapes and colors than man ever dreamed, and they were Mother Carey's children, whom she makes out of sea water all day long. She sat quite still with her chiп upon her hand, looking down into the sea... | |
 | Benjamin Taylor - 1900 - 234 strani
...marble throne. And from the foot of the throne there swam away, out and in, and into the sea, millions of new-born creatures, of more shapes and colours...than man ever dreamed. And they were Mother Carey's chickens, whom she makes out of the seawater all the day long.' Now, this beautiful fancy of Kingsley's... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1906 - 154 strani
...throne there swam away, out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures, of all shapes and colours. They were Mother Carey's children, whom she makes out of the sea-water all day long. Tom expected to see her very busy, but instead of that she sat quite still, with her chin upon her... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - 1911 - 396 strani
...there swam away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures of more shapes and colors than man ever dreamed. And they were Mother Carey's children whom she makes all day long. Tom expected, — I am still telling you what happened to the famous water baby, —... | |
 | Harold Bayley - 1912 - 406 strani
...marble throne. And from the foot of the throne there swum away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures of more shapes and colours than...whom she makes out of the sea-water all day long." l As well as the may, the mimosa, and the maple, one may judge that the myrtle-tree or meurte was a... | |
 | Sybil Smith - 1913 - 288 strani
...marble throne. And from the foot of the throne there swam away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures, of more shapes and colours.... And they were Mother Carey's children, whom she made out of the sea-water all day long. . . . " She sat quite still with her chin upon her hand, looking... | |
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And from the foot of the throne there swum away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures, of more shapes and colours than man ever dreamed. And they were Mother Carey's children, whom she makes out of the sea-water all day long. 
