Stories of the animal world; arranged so as to form a systematic introduction to zoology |
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... light ! the Lord , fire and hail , snow and vapour , stormy wind , fulfilling his word ! Mountains and all hills , fruitful trees and all cedars ; beasts and all cattle , creeping things and flying fowl , kings of the earth and all ...
... light ! the Lord , fire and hail , snow and vapour , stormy wind , fulfilling his word ! Mountains and all hills , fruitful trees and all cedars ; beasts and all cattle , creeping things and flying fowl , kings of the earth and all ...
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... lights and fireworks , was truly grand . Every man waved in his hand a blazing torch , formed of a bundle of reeds , the feeble , but effectual means of defence against a tre- mendous foe . The trees were nobly illuminated , and ...
... lights and fireworks , was truly grand . Every man waved in his hand a blazing torch , formed of a bundle of reeds , the feeble , but effectual means of defence against a tre- mendous foe . The trees were nobly illuminated , and ...
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... light ; and we found a hyæna standing near the head of the bed , with a number of large candles in his mouth . As his mouth was full , and he had no claws to tear with , I was not afraid of him , and with a pike stuck him as near the ...
... light ; and we found a hyæna standing near the head of the bed , with a number of large candles in his mouth . As his mouth was full , and he had no claws to tear with , I was not afraid of him , and with a pike stuck him as near the ...
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... light she cannot catch or injure them . The Brown Owl * is a very rapacious creature . It is said , that it skins a mouse with very great dexterity . They sometimes enter pigeon - houses , and make great havoc . It is a kind arrangement ...
... light she cannot catch or injure them . The Brown Owl * is a very rapacious creature . It is said , that it skins a mouse with very great dexterity . They sometimes enter pigeon - houses , and make great havoc . It is a kind arrangement ...
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... light yellow , and it is nearly a foot long . The bird is about the size of a turkey . It is black , but has a white tail . They are not nice in their food , as they will devour any vermin or carrion . But name the next tribe , Edward ...
... light yellow , and it is nearly a foot long . The bird is about the size of a turkey . It is black , but has a white tail . They are not nice in their food , as they will devour any vermin or carrion . But name the next tribe , Edward ...
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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.