Stories of the animal world; arranged so as to form a systematic introduction to zoology |
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... who may honour his work with a perusal , to love , adore , and serve 66 HIM who is God over all , blessed for ever ! " " Who made the heavens and the earth , the sea , and the dry land . " He wishes to awaken and call into viii PREFACE .
... who may honour his work with a perusal , to love , adore , and serve 66 HIM who is God over all , blessed for ever ! " " Who made the heavens and the earth , the sea , and the dry land . " He wishes to awaken and call into viii PREFACE .
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Bourne Hall Draper. land . " He wishes to awaken and call into exercise the sublime spirit of the sacred poet , who said , " Praise the Lord from the heavens ! Praise him in the heights ! Praise Praise him , all his angels ! Praise him ...
Bourne Hall Draper. land . " He wishes to awaken and call into exercise the sublime spirit of the sacred poet , who said , " Praise the Lord from the heavens ! Praise him in the heights ! Praise Praise him , all his angels ! Praise him ...
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... Land - rail ; Flamingo ; Ducks ; Geese ; Swans ; Gulls ; Peli- cans ; Penguins ; Petrels ; Puffin Auks ; Albatrosses ; North- ern Diver PAGE 209 WALK VII . Reptiles ; Frogs ; Edible Frogs ; Bull - Frogs ; Toads ; Tor- toises ; Turtles ...
... Land - rail ; Flamingo ; Ducks ; Geese ; Swans ; Gulls ; Peli- cans ; Penguins ; Petrels ; Puffin Auks ; Albatrosses ; North- ern Diver PAGE 209 WALK VII . Reptiles ; Frogs ; Edible Frogs ; Bull - Frogs ; Toads ; Tor- toises ; Turtles ...
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... land and in the water . IV . PISCES , or fishes . V. INSECTA , or insects . VI . VERMES , or worms . You are correct , Edward . Now there are seven orders belonging to the first class , Mammalia . The 9 LINNEAN ARRANGEMENT .
... land and in the water . IV . PISCES , or fishes . V. INSECTA , or insects . VI . VERMES , or worms . You are correct , Edward . Now there are seven orders belonging to the first class , Mammalia . The 9 LINNEAN ARRANGEMENT .
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... land or in the water ; and seem to form one of the great links between the land and sea animals . There are several varieties of them . Can you mention them ? There is the Arctic Walrus , the whale - tailed Ma- nati , and the round ...
... land or in the water ; and seem to form one of the great links between the land and sea animals . There are several varieties of them . Can you mention them ? There is the Arctic Walrus , the whale - tailed Ma- nati , and the round ...
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Stories of the Animal World: Arranged So as to Form a Systematic ... B. H. Draper Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
Stories of the Animal World, Arranged So as to Form a Systematic ... B. H. Draper Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
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Seite 419 - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...
Seite 400 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high progressive life may go! Around, how wide! how deep extend below! Vast chain of being! which from God began. Natures...
Seite 300 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Seite 125 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Seite 267 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Seite 247 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings ; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue.
Seite 149 - In the centre of this grove there stood an oak, which, though shapely and tall on the whole, bulged out into a large excrescence about the middle of the stem. On this a pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years, that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree.
Seite 449 - Ye insects flutt'ring on the gale, In mutual concourse rise ; Crop the gay rose's vermeil bloom, And waft its spoils, a sweet perfume, In incense to the skies.