The Philosophy of Natural History, Band 1heirs of Charles Elliot, 1790 |
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Seite 235 - But we find, on the contrary, that the stomach, which at one instant, that is, while possessed of the living principle, was capable of resisting the digestive powers which it contained, the next moment, viz., when deprived of the living principle, is itself capable of being digested, either by the digestive powers of other stomachs, or by the remains of that power which it had of digesting other things.
Seite 403 - He knows how to ensure safety, by providing himself with an asylum, to which he retires when danger appears. He is not a vagabond, but lives in a settled habitation, and in a domestic state. The choice of situation, the art of making and rendering a house commodious, and of concealing the avenues which lead to it, imply a superior degree of sentiment and reflection. The fox possesses these qualities, and employs them with dexterity and advantage.
Seite 446 - Since you have slain my husband, take my^ life also, as well as that of my children. The elephant instantly stopped, relented, and, as if stung with remorse, took the eldest boy in its trunk, placed him on its neck, adopted him for its cornack, and would never allow any other person to mount it.
Seite 451 - A man who goes through the ftreets ringing a beli and felling penny pies, happened one day to treat this dog with a pye. The next time he heard the pyeman's bell, he ran to him with impetuofity, feized him by the coat, and would not fuffer him to pafs. The pyeman, who underftood what the animal wanted, fhowed him a penny, and pointed to his mafter, who flood in the ftreet-door, and faw what was going on.
Seite 369 - Thus the pleasure of seeing them come out to fight or to work, alternately, may be obtained as often as curiosity excites, or time permits; and it will certainly be found, that the one order never attempts to fight, nor the other to work, let the emergency be ever so great.
Seite 511 - One of this species, which has now been nine years in the possession of Mr. Owen Holland, of Conway, lived thirty-two years with the gentleman who made him a present of it; but what its age was when the latter received it from Ireland, is unknown...
Seite 279 - In every other branch of animal economy concerning the continuance of the fpecies, the hand of Providence is equally confpicuous. The young of pairing birds are produced in the fpring, when the weather begins to be comfortable ; and their early production makes them firm and vigorous before winter, to endure the hardfhips of that rigorous feafon.
Seite 403 - He moves forward with caution, sometimes even trailing his body, and seldom makes a fruitless expedition. When he leaps the wall, or gets in underneath it, he ravages the court-yard, puts all the...
Seite 159 - In this manner they improve their faculties and organs, and acquire an intimate knowledge of the objects which furround them. Men who, from peculiar circumftances, have been prevented from mingling with companions, and engaging in the different amufements and. exercifes of youth, are always awkward in their movements, cannot ufe their organs with eafe or dexterity, and often continue, during life, ignorant of the moft common objects.