Earth, Sea and Sky, Or, Marvels of the Universe: Being a Full and Graphic Description of All that is Wonderful in Every Continent of the Globe, in the World of Waters and the Starry Heavens ...National Publishing Company, 1887 - Всего страниц: 864 Includes chapters on the narwhal, arctic voyages of discovery and the aurora. |
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... seen , the book abounds in strange adventures , startling situations ; in teresting anecdotes , descriptions of curious animals and the most fascinat : ing revelations in natural history . In the second part of the volume the reader is ...
... seen , the book abounds in strange adventures , startling situations ; in teresting anecdotes , descriptions of curious animals and the most fascinat : ing revelations in natural history . In the second part of the volume the reader is ...
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... Seen in a Mirror - Fastidious Creature - Pride of Feathers - Pretty Hedge - Sparrow - Great Pains in Building a Nest - Fine Singers - Nightingale Learning the Hedge - Sparrow's Song - Dis- covery of the Lyre - Bird - Singular Form of ...
... Seen in a Mirror - Fastidious Creature - Pride of Feathers - Pretty Hedge - Sparrow - Great Pains in Building a Nest - Fine Singers - Nightingale Learning the Hedge - Sparrow's Song - Dis- covery of the Lyre - Bird - Singular Form of ...
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... seen moving slowly , and not without difficulty , towards the water , but when there , darting ab- ruptly along , pursuing and devouring the small fishes that swarmed about the shallows ; these fishes , sluggish in their nature , and ...
... seen moving slowly , and not without difficulty , towards the water , but when there , darting ab- ruptly along , pursuing and devouring the small fishes that swarmed about the shallows ; these fishes , sluggish in their nature , and ...
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... seen , overturned and lying at its length upon the ground , preserving its shape , although thoroughly rotten , and serving as the retreat of the scorpion , the centipede and many beetles . A few quadrupeds , not larger than rats , are ...
... seen , overturned and lying at its length upon the ground , preserving its shape , although thoroughly rotten , and serving as the retreat of the scorpion , the centipede and many beetles . A few quadrupeds , not larger than rats , are ...
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... period , although for some centuries it has not been seen in a living state . Like the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand , it was nearly al- lied to the cassowary , also an inhabitant of the 94 EARTH , SEA , AND SKY .
... period , although for some centuries it has not been seen in a living state . Like the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand , it was nearly al- lied to the cassowary , also an inhabitant of the 94 EARTH , SEA , AND SKY .
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Стр. 576 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Стр. 818 - Art thou pale for weariness Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth, Wandering companionless Among the stars that have a different birth, — And ever changing, like a joyless eye That finds no object worth its constancy?
Стр. 775 - At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar, to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained.
Стр. 35 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Стр. 855 - d not a lovelier star. The hour arrived — and it became A wandering mass of shapeless flame, A pathless comet, and a curse, The menace of the universe; Still rolling on with innate force, Without a sphere, without a course, A bright deformity on high, The monster of the upper sky!
Стр. 385 - ... in an instant. The snow-white bird is now in sight: her long neck is stretched forward, her eye is on the watch, vigilant as that of her enemy ; her large wings seem with difficulty to support the weight of her body, although they flap incessantly. So irksome do her exertions seem, that her very legs are spread beneath her tail, to aid her in her flight.
Стр. 339 - His eyes began to flash fiercer fire as we stood motionless on the defensive, and the crest of short hair which stands on his forehead began to twitch rapidly up and down, while his powerful fangs were shown as he again sent forth a thunderous roar. And now, truly...
Стр. 226 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening.
Стр. 610 - They live no longer in the faith of reason! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend...