 It scarcely breathes with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone ; yet " it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the zebra, outwrestle the athlete, and crush...  The Study of Animal Life - Стр. 262авторы: John Arthur Thomson - 1892 - Страниц: 375Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1897 - Страниц: 678
...hot like a stone; yet 'it can outclimh the monkey, outswim the fish, outleapthe zebra, out wrestle the athlete, and crush the tiger. It is a divine hieroglyph...power of the air, so this is the clothed power of tin; dust ; as the bird is the symbol of the spirit of life, so this of the grasp and sting of death.''... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1869 - Страниц: 200
...vibration of the scales quite too rapid to be conceived. The motion of the crest and dorsal fin of 4 stone; yet "it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the...nature. As the bird is the clothed power of the air, BO this is the clothed power of the dust ; as the bird the symbol of the spirit of life, so this of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1886 - Страниц: 494
...with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone ; yet " it can outclimb the...power of the earth, — of the entire earthly nature.' * Such is the serpent lago. (P. 242.) Of the tragic story, what is the final issue ? The central point... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - Страниц: 202
...motion of the crest and dorsal fin of stone ; yet " it can outclimb the monkey, outswirn the fisli, outleap the zebra, outwrestle the athlete, and crush...nature. As the bird is the clothed power of the air, BO this is the clothed power of the dust ; as the bird the symbol of the spirit of life, so this of... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1874 - Страниц: 232
...with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone; yet " it can outclimb the...is a divine hieroglyph of the demoniac power of the earth,—of the entire earthly nature. As the bird is the clothed power of the air, so this is the... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1875 - Страниц: 448
...Francais (Septiome Phase; par Albert Lacroix. (Bruxellcs, 1856.) is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone ; yet ' it can outclimb the...power of the earth, — of the entire earthly nature." * Such is the serpent lago. In the last scene of the play Othello calls on Cassio (for he cannot himself... | |
 | 1913 - Страниц: 416
...It lies apparently dead for months together, but when roused it can, as the naturalist tells us, ' outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the...zebra, outwrestle the athlete, and crush the tiger.' How naturally in describing temptation do we borrow language from the aspect and movements of this... | |
 | Robert Brown - 1878 - Страниц: 422
...upon the seed-consuming it into new life, serpents sustain the chariot of the spirit of agriculture. It is a divine hieroglyph of the demoniac power of the earth, of the entire earthy nature. Yet, on the other hand, there is a power 1 Fergusson, Tree and Serpent s Of. Homerik... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1879 - Страниц: 232
...with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone; yet 'it can outclimb the...power of the earth — of the entire earthly nature."* Such is the serpent lago. In the Fast' scene of the play Othello calls on Cassio (for he cannot himself... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1879 - Страниц: 238
...with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone; yet 'it can outclimb the...crush the tiger/ It is a divine hieroglyph of the de^nvoniac power of the earth— of the entire earthly natul Such is the serpent lago. In the last... | |
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