Stories of the animal world; arranged so as to form a systematic introduction to zoology |
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... length , by the patronage of the great . When twenty - five years of age , he set off on the tour of Lapland , to improve his knowledge of its natural history . He was accompanied by two Lap- landers , both of whom were his servants ...
... length , by the patronage of the great . When twenty - five years of age , he set off on the tour of Lapland , to improve his knowledge of its natural history . He was accompanied by two Lap- landers , both of whom were his servants ...
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... am not sure that the man did not roll it down on purpose to get rid of me . At length , quite spent with toil , we reached the cavity in the middle of the mountain . " This was terrible , father . In some measure , LINNEUS .
... am not sure that the man did not roll it down on purpose to get rid of me . At length , quite spent with toil , we reached the cavity in the middle of the mountain . " This was terrible , father . In some measure , LINNEUS .
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... length , and very hairy ; it serves as a blanket to keep the animals warm when they repose . From one extremity to the other , it often measures eight or nine feet . How does it catch the ants ? Why , when it has found a nest , it ...
... length , and very hairy ; it serves as a blanket to keep the animals warm when they repose . From one extremity to the other , it often measures eight or nine feet . How does it catch the ants ? Why , when it has found a nest , it ...
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... length the forest crashed , and the enor- mous herd pushed forward with fury , instantaneously levelling every tree which opposed their passage . The following up of the people with the lights and fireworks , was truly grand . Every man ...
... length the forest crashed , and the enor- mous herd pushed forward with fury , instantaneously levelling every tree which opposed their passage . The following up of the people with the lights and fireworks , was truly grand . Every man ...
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... lengths ; some ten , others twelve , and others fifteen inches long . It raises or lays down these weapons as it pleases . Does it not throw them at anyone with whom it is angry ? * Hystrix cristata . The Por- This is a common , but a ...
... lengths ; some ten , others twelve , and others fifteen inches long . It raises or lays down these weapons as it pleases . Does it not throw them at anyone with whom it is angry ? * Hystrix cristata . The Por- This is a common , but a ...
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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.