A Compendium of Zoology,: Being a Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals. Confirmed by Actual and Personal Observations, with Original Remarks, and Interesting Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors; to which is Subjoined an Appendix, on Allegorical and Fabulous Animals. The Whole Illustrated by Accurate Figures, Engraved on Wood..Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818 - Всего страниц: 366 |
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... seen in large flocks , to the number of two hundred ; and hunt , like hounds , in full cry , from evening till morning . In want of prey , they dig the dead out of their tombs , and feed greedily on the putrid corpses . They are common ...
... seen in large flocks , to the number of two hundred ; and hunt , like hounds , in full cry , from evening till morning . In want of prey , they dig the dead out of their tombs , and feed greedily on the putrid corpses . They are common ...
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... seen a man on horseback , thought , at first , that the Spaniards were a kind of centaurs , a mons- trous race , half - men and half - horses . The Horse is allowed by nature but a short life , as he seldom lives longer than twenty ...
... seen a man on horseback , thought , at first , that the Spaniards were a kind of centaurs , a mons- trous race , half - men and half - horses . The Horse is allowed by nature but a short life , as he seldom lives longer than twenty ...
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... tables . They are often seen in our streets , the un- welcome riders of the patient bear , and excite laugh- ter by their cunning , and their tricks . It has been a folly to suppose , that Apes and Monkeys were. 34 A DESCRIPTION OF.
... tables . They are often seen in our streets , the un- welcome riders of the patient bear , and excite laugh- ter by their cunning , and their tricks . It has been a folly to suppose , that Apes and Monkeys were. 34 A DESCRIPTION OF.
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... the quad- rupeds to the feathered tribe . The Squirrel is of a deep reddish brown colour ; his breast and belly white . He is lively , sagacious , docile , and nimble : he lives upon nuts , and has been seen so. QUADRUPEDS A 65.
... the quad- rupeds to the feathered tribe . The Squirrel is of a deep reddish brown colour ; his breast and belly white . He is lively , sagacious , docile , and nimble : he lives upon nuts , and has been seen so. QUADRUPEDS A 65.
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... seen so tame as to dive into the pocket of his mistress , and search after an almond or a lump of sugar . His tail is to him as a parasol to defend him from the rays of the sun , as a parachute to secure him from dangerous falls when ...
... seen so tame as to dive into the pocket of his mistress , and search after an almond or a lump of sugar . His tail is to him as a parasol to defend him from the rays of the sun , as a parachute to secure him from dangerous falls when ...
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admiration ancient animal appears ash colour beak beautiful belly white bigger bill bird blue body breast and belly breed brown called Cassowary caught claws common covered creature curious deep domesticated dorsal fin dusky easily eggs England esteemed eyes feathers feeds feet in length female lays fins fish five flesh four frog genus green grey ground habits hair hatched head horns inches in length inhabitants insects JOHN DOREE kind legs live male mouth native naturalists nature nearly neck nest orange colour ostrich ous birds oviparous PARADISE LOST parrot pectoral fins plumage Polypus prey quadrupeds resembles rivers rocks scales season seems seldom serpent shape sharp shell shores side skin slender snout sometimes species spots supposed tail taste teeth throat Thrush tint tion Titmouse trees tribe upper viviparous Whale whole wild wings worms yellow Yellowhammer young
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Стр. 233 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Стр. 14 - Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round; His chine is double; starting, with a bound He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground. Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow: He bears his rider headlong on the foe.
Стр. 293 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Стр. 357 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Стр. 129 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Стр. 207 - Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land ; and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea.
Стр. 125 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Стр. 80 - The full-grown condor measures, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, from...
Стр. 221 - All the magistrates round flocked hither to view this sight, whose arrival, and prolonged stay, was an additional expense, which the slender finances of this little community would ill afford ; besides, the quiet and retirement of the place was utterly destroyed. It was thought proper, therefore, to remove the occasion of this concourse, by privately killing the poor dolphin.
Стр. 246 - Suabia, with a brazen ring attached to it, on which were these words in Greek characters : — " I am the fish which was first of all put into this lake by the hands of the Governor of the Universe, Frederick the Second, the 5th of October 1230.