Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 Seiten |
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... relates to the gentler sex , and he prefaces it with an observation as to the extreme par- tiality of the common buzzard for the seasonal task of incubation and rearing young birds . The bird mentioned by Mr. Yarrell was kept in the ...
... relates to the gentler sex , and he prefaces it with an observation as to the extreme par- tiality of the common buzzard for the seasonal task of incubation and rearing young birds . The bird mentioned by Mr. Yarrell was kept in the ...
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... relates the story of the egg of myrrh , and of the son's carrying the father's body into Egypt . Again , he heard of winged serpents , but sayṣ he saw the bones of serpents , which he doubtless did ; and after describing the black ibis ...
... relates the story of the egg of myrrh , and of the son's carrying the father's body into Egypt . Again , he heard of winged serpents , but sayṣ he saw the bones of serpents , which he doubtless did ; and after describing the black ibis ...
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... relates , that during the excursion to Munga and the Gambarou the party encamped on the borders of a lake frequented by hippopotami , and intended to shoot some of the huge inmates . A violent thunder- storm prevented their sport ; but ...
... relates , that during the excursion to Munga and the Gambarou the party encamped on the borders of a lake frequented by hippopotami , and intended to shoot some of the huge inmates . A violent thunder- storm prevented their sport ; but ...
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... relates that the face of Cybele was formed of the teeth of these animals . The tough skin in ancient times was fashioned into helmets and bucklers . The skin or hide of his backe is unpenetrable ( whereof are made targuets and head ...
... relates that the face of Cybele was formed of the teeth of these animals . The tough skin in ancient times was fashioned into helmets and bucklers . The skin or hide of his backe is unpenetrable ( whereof are made targuets and head ...
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... relates , that in the spring of the year , as he came into soundings in our channel , a great flock of swallows came and settled on all his rigging : every rope , he says , was crowded . They hung on one another like a swarm of bees ...
... relates , that in the spring of the year , as he came into soundings in our channel , a great flock of swallows came and settled on all his rigging : every rope , he says , was crowded . They hung on one another like a swarm of bees ...
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Seite 25 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Seite 110 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Seite 215 - Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Seite 265 - What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain? And questioned every gust of rugged wings That blows from off each beaked promontory : They knew not of his story...
Seite 191 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Seite 359 - Sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora. DIFFUGIMUS visu exsangues : illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt; et primum parva duorum Corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque Implicat , et miseros morsu depascitur artus. Post ipsum , auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem Corripiunt , spirisque ligant ingentibus : et jam Bis medium amplexi , bis collo squamea circum Terga dati , superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Seite 205 - And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Seite 160 - Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Seite 110 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies ; and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
Seite 90 - Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below, — the snow-white Gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy...