Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - Всего страниц: 413 |
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... short huge legs , looking like a gigantic wine - skin fit for the revels of Polyphemus ! ' The Hippopotamus ' are there not more than one species ? That there are several fossil species * there is no doubt ; but whether more than one ...
... short huge legs , looking like a gigantic wine - skin fit for the revels of Polyphemus ! ' The Hippopotamus ' are there not more than one species ? That there are several fossil species * there is no doubt ; but whether more than one ...
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... short distance , when the cries of the mother , who had set down the little innocent to amuse itself while she ... short . It will also attack old and sickly sheep , aiming furi- ously at their eyes . In short , he is a most determined ...
... short distance , when the cries of the mother , who had set down the little innocent to amuse itself while she ... short . It will also attack old and sickly sheep , aiming furi- ously at their eyes . In short , he is a most determined ...
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... short distance from his head . Thus , with his legs and left arm at liberty , the slave is , as it were , taken in tow by the camel , behind which he marches all day long , and is cast off at night only to be put in irons . The hadj ...
... short distance from his head . Thus , with his legs and left arm at liberty , the slave is , as it were , taken in tow by the camel , behind which he marches all day long , and is cast off at night only to be put in irons . The hadj ...
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... short of life for the protection of their young , and not unfrequently will lay that down in defence of their offspring . In cases of extreme urgency , gregarious quadrupeds dispose of their young with the most parental care , placing ...
... short of life for the protection of their young , and not unfrequently will lay that down in defence of their offspring . In cases of extreme urgency , gregarious quadrupeds dispose of their young with the most parental care , placing ...
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... short time , the whole party again took water and rowed over to their island . In the afternoon , between five and six , I saw the old birds close to the bank , but without their young ones . They had hatched three ; but the ' gander ...
... short time , the whole party again took water and rowed over to their island . In the afternoon , between five and six , I saw the old birds close to the bank , but without their young ones . They had hatched three ; but the ' gander ...
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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...