Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 Seiten |
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... in relation to this animal - Boat planned from its remains - The Pilgrim - caravan - Its glittering array -Construction and formation of the Camel . · p . 99 CHAPTER VII . Further remarks on the process of incubation CONTENTS . xi.
... in relation to this animal - Boat planned from its remains - The Pilgrim - caravan - Its glittering array -Construction and formation of the Camel . · p . 99 CHAPTER VII . Further remarks on the process of incubation CONTENTS . xi.
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... remains preserved in museums , they have , it must be confessed , been fatal to romance . The exaggerated proportions which tra- vellers have assigned to birds and beasts - ay , and men -partly from seeing the objects at a distance ...
... remains preserved in museums , they have , it must be confessed , been fatal to romance . The exaggerated proportions which tra- vellers have assigned to birds and beasts - ay , and men -partly from seeing the objects at a distance ...
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... remains in the elevated cage , and seems very much attached to her charge . When feeding , for which purpose she quits the nestling only twice a - day , hurrying back as if anxious to resume her duty — she is fussy and fidgetty ( if ...
... remains in the elevated cage , and seems very much attached to her charge . When feeding , for which purpose she quits the nestling only twice a - day , hurrying back as if anxious to resume her duty — she is fussy and fidgetty ( if ...
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... remains . And this , be it remembered , is only the first stage patent to all eyes . But who shall say that when the cycle is com- pleted , the dead body may not live again as a perfect animal or vegetable , -more perfect than when the ...
... remains . And this , be it remembered , is only the first stage patent to all eyes . But who shall say that when the cycle is com- pleted , the dead body may not live again as a perfect animal or vegetable , -more perfect than when the ...
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... remains of the food which they have last taken . That the white stork does not scrupulously confine itself to a fish , frog , and serpent diet , those know to their cost who have suffered it to stalk about near the breeding - places ...
... remains of the food which they have last taken . That the white stork does not scrupulously confine itself to a fish , frog , and serpent diet , those know to their cost who have suffered it to stalk about near the breeding - places ...
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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...