Stories of the animal world; arranged so as to form a systematic introduction to zoology |
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... wings . Are there not several varieties of them ? There are twenty - eight ; four only of which are found in Great ... wing , to that of the other , it measured nine inches . Will you tell me about them ? It sleeps all day , like the ...
... wings . Are there not several varieties of them ? There are twenty - eight ; four only of which are found in Great ... wing , to that of the other , it measured nine inches . Will you tell me about them ? It sleeps all day , like the ...
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... wings are often so long , that a man can- not reach from the end of one , to that of the other . # • Vespertilio auritus . + Vespertilio vampyrus . Many hundreds are seen in the day hanging to the 25 ORDER I. ᏴᎪᎢ . PRIMATES .
... wings are often so long , that a man can- not reach from the end of one , to that of the other . # • Vespertilio auritus . + Vespertilio vampyrus . Many hundreds are seen in the day hanging to the 25 ORDER I. ᏴᎪᎢ . PRIMATES .
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... wings , adapt it for flying through the air . Is not the flight of the bird through the air like the rowing of the fish through the water ? It is ; and his tail is as a rudder , -for when the bird rises , he raises his tail , and lowers ...
... wings , adapt it for flying through the air . Is not the flight of the bird through the air like the rowing of the fish through the water ? It is ; and his tail is as a rudder , -for when the bird rises , he raises his tail , and lowers ...
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... wing to that of the other , sixteen or eighteen feet . Its strength is very great , and its bill and talons are of a formid- able description . It has been known to kill a sheep , * Vultur gryphus . and devour it ; and it seizes , and ...
... wing to that of the other , sixteen or eighteen feet . Its strength is very great , and its bill and talons are of a formid- able description . It has been known to kill a sheep , * Vultur gryphus . and devour it ; and it seizes , and ...
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... wing of a condor ! It is ; the quill of it is an inch and a half round , and the feather is nearly three feet in length . The Cape Vulture * resembles the rest of the species in voracity , and in its general habits . Their heads are of ...
... wing of a condor ! It is ; the quill of it is an inch and a half round , and the feather is nearly three feet in length . The Cape Vulture * resembles the rest of the species in voracity , and in its general habits . Their heads are of ...
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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.