Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - Всего страниц: 413 |
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... once upon a time a huge serpent contrived year after year to insinuate itself into the nest of a stork , and destroy its young . At last the bereaved parents brought back with them another bird which had never been pre- viously seen ...
... once upon a time a huge serpent contrived year after year to insinuate itself into the nest of a stork , and destroy its young . At last the bereaved parents brought back with them another bird which had never been pre- viously seen ...
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... probably the acrid exuda- tion which is discharged from the tubercles of that reptile's skin . He who in the summer glides near the banks of what was once the silver Thames , sees the tempting bait 30 LEAVES FROM THE.
... probably the acrid exuda- tion which is discharged from the tubercles of that reptile's skin . He who in the summer glides near the banks of what was once the silver Thames , sees the tempting bait 30 LEAVES FROM THE.
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William John Broderip. was once the silver Thames , sees the tempting bait of ' LIVE FISH , ' hung out from many a sign , which too often lies like a bulletin . Now the stork's repast is very frequently a truly animated one , and he not ...
William John Broderip. was once the silver Thames , sees the tempting bait of ' LIVE FISH , ' hung out from many a sign , which too often lies like a bulletin . Now the stork's repast is very frequently a truly animated one , and he not ...
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... once roused from its lurking - place . But the stork does not gorge its prey instantly like the cormorant ; on the contrary , it retires to the margin of the pool , and there disables its prey by shaking and beating it with its bill ...
... once roused from its lurking - place . But the stork does not gorge its prey instantly like the cormorant ; on the contrary , it retires to the margin of the pool , and there disables its prey by shaking and beating it with its bill ...
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... once in five hundred years ? He came , on the death of his sire , in shape and size like an eagle , with his glorious parti - coloured wings of golden hue set off with red , dutifully bearing from Arabia the body of his father to his ...
... once in five hundred years ? He came , on the death of his sire , in shape and size like an eagle , with his glorious parti - coloured wings of golden hue set off with red , dutifully bearing from Arabia the body of his father to his ...
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Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...