When ripe they are from three to four inches long, yellowish brown, resembling in every way those of the Mountain Pine.

Commerce may, in this respect, be resembled to water, for, if not obstructed, it will always circulate till it finds its level.

I said, after contemplating it for some minutes, "this is a strange scarabæus, I must confess; new to me; never saw anything like it beforeunless it was a skull, or a death's-head, which it more nearly resembles than anything else that has come under my observation.

The atmosphere, of course, prevented its presenting the clear, sharply-defined outlines of lunar landscapes; but sea and land, ice and snow, were so clearly defined and easily distinguishable that my companions exclaimed with eagerness, as they observed features unmistakably resembling on the grand scale those with which they were themselves familiar.

Lo, all the lovely things we find on earth, Resemble for the soul that rightly sees, That source of bliss divine which gave us birth: Nor have we first-fruits or remembrances Of heaven elsewhere.

In short, what does it so much resemble as the system by which, in barbarous days long since past, the Highland clans used to perpetuate their feuds.

On the right of this meadow, and among the tall forest trees are great boulders which, piled up and partly obscured by the undergrowth, resemble from the lake the massive ruins of some ancient fortification.

A thin batter is light enough when in appearance it resembles throughout a mass of sea foam.