Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - Всего страниц: 413 |
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... tail , which propped him up admirably ; and he would often , after laying on one of his building materials , sit up over against it , appearing to consider his work , or , as the country - people say , ' judge it . ' This pause was ...
... tail , which propped him up admirably ; and he would often , after laying on one of his building materials , sit up over against it , appearing to consider his work , or , as the country - people say , ' judge it . ' This pause was ...
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... tail , which he liked to dip in water , but he was not fond of plunging in the whole of his body . If his tail was kept moist he never cared to drink ; but if it was kept dry it became hot , and the animal appeared distressed , and ...
... tail , which he liked to dip in water , but he was not fond of plunging in the whole of his body . If his tail was kept moist he never cared to drink ; but if it was kept dry it became hot , and the animal appeared distressed , and ...
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... tail seemed to act as a kind of balancing pole , and the elastic cushions at the end of his fingers enabled him to ... tail round him like a lady's fur boa , and go to sleep . When in his cage , he generally slept on his perch , rolled ...
... tail seemed to act as a kind of balancing pole , and the elastic cushions at the end of his fingers enabled him to ... tail round him like a lady's fur boa , and go to sleep . When in his cage , he generally slept on his perch , rolled ...
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... tail in a second . Then Binny would shake his head , wheel round like a ponderous waggon , and by the time he had brought his head where his tail was , Macky had bounded from the tables and chairs on and off him twenty times . Binny at ...
... tail in a second . Then Binny would shake his head , wheel round like a ponderous waggon , and by the time he had brought his head where his tail was , Macky had bounded from the tables and chairs on and off him twenty times . Binny at ...
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... full - grown one is four feet from beak to tail , and nine or ten in alar extent . But the lämmergeyer contents itself with a dead * Gypäetus barbatus , Storr . prey when no better may be had , and Bruce NOTE - BOOK OF A NATURALIST . 11.
... full - grown one is four feet from beak to tail , and nine or ten in alar extent . But the lämmergeyer contents itself with a dead * Gypäetus barbatus , Storr . prey when no better may be had , and Bruce NOTE - BOOK OF A NATURALIST . 11.
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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...