Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - Всего страниц: 413 |
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... rest on the rock , without stick or straw , and unprotected by any border . There , at an elevation of from ten to fifteen thousand feet above the level of the sea , on such ledges and plateaux as ' The Condor's Look - out , ' ' The ...
... rest on the rock , without stick or straw , and unprotected by any border . There , at an elevation of from ten to fifteen thousand feet above the level of the sea , on such ledges and plateaux as ' The Condor's Look - out , ' ' The ...
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... did not know but his next move might bring him opposite to one of my people , and so that he might actually get the rest of the meat and make off , I shot him with the ball through the middle of his body , about 12 LEAVES FROM THE.
... did not know but his next move might bring him opposite to one of my people , and so that he might actually get the rest of the meat and make off , I shot him with the ball through the middle of his body , about 12 LEAVES FROM THE.
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... rest . Next spring , the bird , which was recognised by the women from the kink in its gait , as the sailors say , returned , and when they , attracted by its gesticulations , approached , dropped gratefully at their feet from its bill ...
... rest . Next spring , the bird , which was recognised by the women from the kink in its gait , as the sailors say , returned , and when they , attracted by its gesticulations , approached , dropped gratefully at their feet from its bill ...
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... rests on the fore - part of the neck , over which the feathers flow partly so as to conceal it , making a very singular appearance . ' In this attitude the bird may be seen in the Zoological Garden in the Regent's Park , where one has ...
... rests on the fore - part of the neck , over which the feathers flow partly so as to conceal it , making a very singular appearance . ' In this attitude the bird may be seen in the Zoological Garden in the Regent's Park , where one has ...
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... rest in its uncouth manner . This fracture might have injured the lungs at the moment , and the subsequent anchylosis pro- bably produced a pressure which accelerated the disease . Shortly before death the animal strained to vomit ...
... rest in its uncouth manner . This fracture might have injured the lungs at the moment , and the subsequent anchylosis pro- bably produced a pressure which accelerated the disease . Shortly before death the animal strained to vomit ...
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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...