Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... learned author states that to be certain that a nestling will not have even the call of its species , it should be taken from the nest when only a day or two old ; because , though nestlings cannot see till the seventh day , yet they ...
... learned author states that to be certain that a nestling will not have even the call of its species , it should be taken from the nest when only a day or two old ; because , though nestlings cannot see till the seventh day , yet they ...
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... learned Thrush of the " Cæsares juvenes " was no more than a starling ; and , indeed , " sturnum ' is the word in the Leyden edition ( 1548 ) . The Larks , those brilliant vocalists , next claim our notice , and with the Sky - Lark or ...
... learned Thrush of the " Cæsares juvenes " was no more than a starling ; and , indeed , " sturnum ' is the word in the Leyden edition ( 1548 ) . The Larks , those brilliant vocalists , next claim our notice , and with the Sky - Lark or ...
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... learned to drink milk out of a spoon . In three or four days it took a fly from his hand , and would wing its way round the room after the person who carried the spoonful of milk , of which beverage it was so fond , that it would perch ...
... learned to drink milk out of a spoon . In three or four days it took a fly from his hand , and would wing its way round the room after the person who carried the spoonful of milk , of which beverage it was so fond , that it would perch ...
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... learned men , " irreverently termed by Biron , " the pedant " and " the hedge - priest . " At the risk , however , of being classed with those worthies , we must begin at the begin- ning . It has been doubted whether the cuckoo is the ...
... learned men , " irreverently termed by Biron , " the pedant " and " the hedge - priest . " At the risk , however , of being classed with those worthies , we must begin at the begin- ning . It has been doubted whether the cuckoo is the ...
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... learned than the rest will clear away the froth to show the admiring minors the inmate , gravely assuring them that it will be a cuckoo ! But , no very long time ago , this " cuckoo - spittle " had a very bad name , and constituted ...
... learned than the rest will clear away the froth to show the admiring minors the inmate , gravely assuring them that it will be a cuckoo ! But , no very long time ago , this " cuckoo - spittle " had a very bad name , and constituted ...
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Стр. 303 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Стр. 303 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Стр. 69 - The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Стр. 89 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls ! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon ; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley : Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Стр. 305 - 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.
Стр. 138 - Through swords, through seas, whither she would ride. Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth ! Do but look on her hair, it is bright As Love's...
Стр. 83 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow : there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Стр. 143 - The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings.
Стр. 84 - Alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram, Quae quondam in bustis aut culminibus desertis Nocte sedens, serum canit importuna per umbras ; Hanc versa in faciem, Turni se pestis ob ora 865 Fertque refertque sonans, clipeumque everberat alis.
Стр. 88 - Dame. Yes, I have brought, to help our vows, Horned poppy, cypress boughs, The fig-tree wild that grows on tombs, And juice that from the larch-tree comes, The basilisk's blood, and the viper's skin : And now our orgies let us begin.