A Compendium of Zoology,: Being a Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals. Confirmed by Actual and Personal Observations, with Original Remarks, and Interesting Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors; to which is Subjoined an Appendix, on Allegorical and Fabulous Animals. The Whole Illustrated by Accurate Figures, Engraved on Wood..Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818 - 366 Seiten |
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... appearance , approaches the most to the human form . The tongue of the Parrot is not unlike a black soft bean , and fills so completely the capacity of his beak , that the bird can easily modu- late sounds , and articulate words ; the ...
... appearance , approaches the most to the human form . The tongue of the Parrot is not unlike a black soft bean , and fills so completely the capacity of his beak , that the bird can easily modu- late sounds , and articulate words ; the ...
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... appearance of another female , in the time of coupling , sets at defiance all natural pro- pensity to constancy , and puts an end to the much famed widowhood . The general colour of this bird is a bluish grey ; the breast and neck of.
... appearance of another female , in the time of coupling , sets at defiance all natural pro- pensity to constancy , and puts an end to the much famed widowhood . The general colour of this bird is a bluish grey ; the breast and neck of.
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... appearance in summer ; whether and where he retires in winter is a question which can- not be easily answered . This bird , when taken old , cannot be tamed ; but if caught young , and kept warm in the winter , he will enliven the night ...
... appearance in summer ; whether and where he retires in winter is a question which can- not be easily answered . This bird , when taken old , cannot be tamed ; but if caught young , and kept warm in the winter , he will enliven the night ...
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... appearance of sorrowful sighs ; the other modulations resemble the laughter of the happy . Solitary on the twig of a small tree , and cautiously at a certain distance from the nest , where the pledges of his love are treasured under the ...
... appearance of sorrowful sighs ; the other modulations resemble the laughter of the happy . Solitary on the twig of a small tree , and cautiously at a certain distance from the nest , where the pledges of his love are treasured under the ...
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... appearance announces the spring ; a circumstance alluded to in the following passage : - " Thrice welcome to my bow'r , where woodbine sweet , With jessamine entwin'd , checkers the shade ; Welcome , young Zephyr's friend , whose early ...
... appearance announces the spring ; a circumstance alluded to in the following passage : - " Thrice welcome to my bow'r , where woodbine sweet , With jessamine entwin'd , checkers the shade ; Welcome , young Zephyr's friend , whose early ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiration ancient animal appears ash colour beak beautiful belly white bigger bill bird blue body breast and belly breed brown called Cassowary caught claws common covered creature curious deep domesticated dorsal fin dusky easily eggs England esteemed eyes feathers feeds feet in length female lays fins fish five flesh four frog genus green grey ground habits hair hatched head horns inches in length inhabitants insects JOHN DOREE kind legs live male mouth native naturalists nature nearly neck nest orange colour ostrich ous birds oviparous PARADISE LOST parrot pectoral fins plumage Polypus prey quadrupeds resembles rivers rocks scales season seems seldom serpent shape sharp shell shores side skin slender snout sometimes species spots supposed tail taste teeth throat Thrush tint tion Titmouse trees tribe upper viviparous Whale whole wild wings worms yellow Yellowhammer young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 233 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Seite 14 - Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. His horny hoofs are jetty black and round; His chine is double; starting, with a bound He turns the turf, and shakes the solid ground. Fire from his eyes, clouds from his nostrils flow: He bears his rider headlong on the foe.
Seite 293 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Seite 357 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Seite 129 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Seite 207 - Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land ; and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea.
Seite 125 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Seite 80 - The full-grown condor measures, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, from...
Seite 221 - All the magistrates round flocked hither to view this sight, whose arrival, and prolonged stay, was an additional expense, which the slender finances of this little community would ill afford ; besides, the quiet and retirement of the place was utterly destroyed. It was thought proper, therefore, to remove the occasion of this concourse, by privately killing the poor dolphin.
Seite 246 - Suabia, with a brazen ring attached to it, on which were these words in Greek characters : — " I am the fish which was first of all put into this lake by the hands of the Governor of the Universe, Frederick the Second, the 5th of October 1230.