Fauna Orcadensis: Or, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes of Orkney and ShetlandGeorge Ramsay, 1813 - Всего страниц: 230 |
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... holes ; but a season recruits them , and they swarm as much as ever . L When confined to their holes by storm , live on the roots of grass , which they dig through the sand in search of ; are sometimes forced to the farmers ' yards in ...
... holes ; but a season recruits them , and they swarm as much as ever . L When confined to their holes by storm , live on the roots of grass , which they dig through the sand in search of ; are sometimes forced to the farmers ' yards in ...
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... hole in the cask , and every one of them picked to the bone , with the skin left to * This calls to my mind a passage in Keysler's Travels , where he tells us , " that " the bones of dead bodies are a real preservative against several ...
... hole in the cask , and every one of them picked to the bone , with the skin left to * This calls to my mind a passage in Keysler's Travels , where he tells us , " that " the bones of dead bodies are a real preservative against several ...
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... holes , turn in the entry , and with a threatening look dare their adversary , scarce disappearing till he comes close up to them . A few of the islands of Orkney are not infected , I may say , with these animals ; but I think they seem ...
... holes , turn in the entry , and with a threatening look dare their adversary , scarce disappearing till he comes close up to them . A few of the islands of Orkney are not infected , I may say , with these animals ; but I think they seem ...
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... holes of the earth . It lays up a small heap of grain for winter pro- vision ; is sometimes dispossessed of its apartment by the larger earthing field - bee , which , it seems , is not so capable to form for itself a convenient ...
... holes of the earth . It lays up a small heap of grain for winter pro- vision ; is sometimes dispossessed of its apartment by the larger earthing field - bee , which , it seems , is not so capable to form for itself a convenient ...
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... holes of the rocks . " It It is , " says Mr Pennant , " a docile , loquacious bird , to " which we may add , impertinently curious , thievish , fond of " every thing glittering , which , if it can snatch , it carries to " its retreats ...
... holes of the rocks . " It It is , " says Mr Pennant , " a docile , loquacious bird , to " which we may add , impertinently curious , thievish , fond of " every thing glittering , which , if it can snatch , it carries to " its retreats ...
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Стр. 68 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Стр. 6 - Ere the soft fearful people to the flood Commit their woolly sides. And oft the swain, On some impatient seizing, hurls them in : Embolden'd then, nor hesitating more, Fast, fast, they plunge amid the flashing wave, And panting labour to the farthest shore.
Стр. 33 - Kilda's* shore ; whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong-pounc'd, and ardent with paternal fire ^ Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own, He drives them from his fort, the towering seat, For ages, of his empire ; which, in peace, Unstain'd he holds, while many a league to sea He wings his course, and preys in distant isles.
Стр. 64 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Стр. 73 - Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring : the cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few, Their food its insects, and its moss their nests. Others apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
Стр. 65 - Though the whole loosen'd Spring around her blows, Her sympathizing lover takes his stand High on the' opponent bank, and ceaseless sings The tedious time away; or else supplies Her place a moment, while she sudden flits To pick the scanty meal. The...
Стр. 6 - Head above head: and rang'd in lusty rows The shepherds sit, and whet the sounding shears. The housewife waits to roll her fleecy stores, With all her gay-drest maids attending round.
Стр. 7 - Behold where bound, and of its robe bereft, By needy man, that all-depending lord, How meek, how patient, the mild creature lies ! What softness in its melancholy face...
Стр. 64 - That even to birds, and beasts, the tender arts Of pleasing teaches. Hence the glossy kind Try every winning way inventive love Can dictate, and in courtship to their mates Pour forth their little souls.
Стр. 6 - The trout is banish'd by the sordid stream; Heavy, and dripping, to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race: where, as they spread Their swelling treasures to the sunny ray, Inly disturb'd, and wondering what this wild Outrageous tumult means, their loud complaints The country fill; and, toss'd from rock to rock, Incessant bleatings run around the hills.