The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
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... Bittern ... 168 HIGH LANDS OF THE EARTH .. .170 Length of Mountain - Chains . .172 Height of Peaks .. Glaciers ... 174 Volcanoes .. .162 165 SUBJECT VIII . .287 .288 ..294 173 ... 298 ..... 301 .... 176 Volcano of Hawaii .... ... 302 ...
... Bittern ... 168 HIGH LANDS OF THE EARTH .. .170 Length of Mountain - Chains . .172 Height of Peaks .. Glaciers ... 174 Volcanoes .. .162 165 SUBJECT VIII . .287 .288 ..294 173 ... 298 ..... 301 .... 176 Volcano of Hawaii .... ... 302 ...
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... Bittern ... Partridges .. The Owl .... White Spoonbills . The Scarlet Ibis .. The Sacred Ibis .. The Bearded Reed - Bird . The Chaja and its Young .. Wing of the Jacana .... Jacanas walking on Water - Plants . Grebes ...... Foot of the ...
... Bittern ... Partridges .. The Owl .... White Spoonbills . The Scarlet Ibis .. The Sacred Ibis .. The Bearded Reed - Bird . The Chaja and its Young .. Wing of the Jacana .... Jacanas walking on Water - Plants . Grebes ...... Foot of the ...
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... This point , if duly worked out , might help to explain the curious subject of fascination , which some animals appear to possess over their prey . THE BITTERN . This species is widely distributed , being. 179 BIRDS . The Crowned Pigeon ...
... This point , if duly worked out , might help to explain the curious subject of fascination , which some animals appear to possess over their prey . THE BITTERN . This species is widely distributed , being. 179 BIRDS . The Crowned Pigeon ...
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... Bittern . The particular characters of this species , besides the dimensions as already stated , are : the bill , from the tip to the hollow of the gape , about four inches , or nearly so , in length ( which , from its form and the ...
... Bittern . The particular characters of this species , besides the dimensions as already stated , are : the bill , from the tip to the hollow of the gape , about four inches , or nearly so , in length ( which , from its form and the ...
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... bittern's habitation , is over , the harmony of the bittern begins anew . It is hardly necessary to say , that the once popular notion , that this sound is produced by means of the bill thrust into the quagmire , and aided by the ...
... bittern's habitation , is over , the harmony of the bittern begins anew . It is hardly necessary to say , that the once popular notion , that this sound is produced by means of the bill thrust into the quagmire , and aided by the ...
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Стр. 183 - ... from half an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and two or three feet in length...
Стр. 85 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Стр. 91 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron: and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Стр. 180 - 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. 426 - He who has sought renown about the world, and has reaped a full harvest of worldly favour, will find, after all, that there is no love, no admiration, no applause, so sweet to the soul as that which springs up in his native place.
Стр. 63 - Tis certain they have very fine natural voices; these were very agreeable. When the dance was over, four fair slaves came into the room with silver censers in their hands, and perfumed the air with amber, aloes-wood, and other scents. After this they served me coffee upon their knees in the finest japan china, with soucoups of silver, gilt. The lovely Fatima entertained me all this while in the most polite agreeable manner, calling me often Guzel sultanum, or the beautiful sultana...
Стр. 101 - One day, whilst lying down, a mocking-thrush alighted on the edge of a pitcher, made of the shell of a tortoise, which I held in my hand, and began very quietly to sip the water; it allowed me to lift it from the ground whilst seated on the vessel: I often tried, and very nearly succeeded, in catching these birds by their legs.
Стр. 412 - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
Стр. 63 - ... four basins with a pleasing sound. The roof was painted with all sorts of flowers, falling out of gilded baskets, that seemed tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the...