The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind ...R. Sears, 1856 |
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9. oldal
... Wing of the Jacana .... Jacanas walking on Water - Plants . Grebes ...... Foot of the Male - Eared Grebe . Snowbirds . The Apteryx .. The Oriole defending her Nest . Fuchsia ...... Dicotyledonous Plants . Hyssop .... The Reed .. The ...
... Wing of the Jacana .... Jacanas walking on Water - Plants . Grebes ...... Foot of the Male - Eared Grebe . Snowbirds . The Apteryx .. The Oriole defending her Nest . Fuchsia ...... Dicotyledonous Plants . Hyssop .... The Reed .. The ...
85. oldal
... wings was as the sound of chariots , of many horses run- ning to battle ; ' or rather , I should say , like a strong breeze passing through the rigging of a ship . The sky , seen through the advanced guard , appeared like a mezzotint ...
... wings was as the sound of chariots , of many horses run- ning to battle ; ' or rather , I should say , like a strong breeze passing through the rigging of a ship . The sky , seen through the advanced guard , appeared like a mezzotint ...
88. oldal
... wings , and bringing them within reach . The chatodon rostratus performs this feat with surprising accuracy , striking a fly winging its flight over the surface of the sea , or resting upon an aquatic plant at the distance of from three ...
... wings , and bringing them within reach . The chatodon rostratus performs this feat with surprising accuracy , striking a fly winging its flight over the surface of the sea , or resting upon an aquatic plant at the distance of from three ...
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... wing - like membrane is naked . Some species possess only the rudiments of a tail , while in others the tail is of considerable length The ears are almost always large in proportion to the size of the animal . The bat tribe comprehends ...
... wing - like membrane is naked . Some species possess only the rudiments of a tail , while in others the tail is of considerable length The ears are almost always large in proportion to the size of the animal . The bat tribe comprehends ...
124. oldal
... wing by sipping the surface like swallows as they play over pools and streams . They are fond of frequenting waters ... wings serve as a sort of cloak or mantle ; and in this they also sometimes cover up their young , although they will ...
... wing by sipping the surface like swallows as they play over pools and streams . They are fond of frequenting waters ... wings serve as a sort of cloak or mantle ; and in this they also sometimes cover up their young , although they will ...
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Africa Albanian America ancient animals appearance Asia Atlantic ocean beautiful birds Bishop bittern Black sea body branches Bremen Bruges building called cathedral cave cavern century Circassians climate coast color common Common Crane considerable Constantinople contains covered distance districts earth east elevation Europe extending extremely feathers flowers four frequently fruit giraffe grebe ground head height Hottentots Humboldt hundred hyæna inches Indian inhabitants interior island king lake land legs length miles mountains native natural nearly negro nest Norway nutmeg ocean orange Orinoco peculiar plants produce quadrupeds race regions remarkable resembling rise river rock seeds seen side Smyrna South America species spot stalactites stone stream surface temple thirty thousand tion town transept tree tribes tropical twenty Val de Bagnes valley vegetable volcano walls whole wild wings young
Népszerű szakaszok
183. oldal - ... from half an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and two or three feet in length...
85. oldal - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
91. oldal - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron: and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
180. oldal - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
426. oldal - He who has sought renown about the world, and has reaped a full harvest of worldly favour, will find, after all, that there is no love, no admiration, no applause, so sweet to the soul as that which springs up in his native place.
63. oldal - Tis certain they have very fine natural voices; these were very agreeable. When the dance was over, four fair slaves came into the room with silver censers in their hands, and perfumed the air with amber, aloes-wood, and other scents. After this they served me coffee upon their knees in the finest japan china, with soucoups of silver, gilt. The lovely Fatima entertained me all this while in the most polite agreeable manner, calling me often Guzel sultanum, or the beautiful sultana...
101. oldal - One day, whilst lying down, a mocking-thrush alighted on the edge of a pitcher, made of the shell of a tortoise, which I held in my hand, and began very quietly to sip the water; it allowed me to lift it from the ground whilst seated on the vessel: I often tried, and very nearly succeeded, in catching these birds by their legs.
412. oldal - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
63. oldal - ... four basins with a pleasing sound. The roof was painted with all sorts of flowers, falling out of gilded baskets, that seemed tumbling down. On a. sofa, raised three steps, and covered with fine Persian carpets, sat the...