Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 51 találatból.
5. oldal
... neck and rub his tiny head fondly against my face or ear , and , after a succession of fondlings and little gruntings , descend to my instep , as I sat cross- legged before the fire , when he would settle himself down thereon , wrap his ...
... neck and rub his tiny head fondly against my face or ear , and , after a succession of fondlings and little gruntings , descend to my instep , as I sat cross- legged before the fire , when he would settle himself down thereon , wrap his ...
7. oldal
... neck . When Binny died , I determined to have no more sorrowing for pets , and sent Macky to the Zoological Society's Garden in the Regent's Park , where they got him a wife , with whom he lived long and happily . The two beavers which ...
... neck . When Binny died , I determined to have no more sorrowing for pets , and sent Macky to the Zoological Society's Garden in the Regent's Park , where they got him a wife , with whom he lived long and happily . The two beavers which ...
10. oldal
... neck , chest , and abdomen : the bird kept its legs . A fourth ball broke its thigh . Then the condor fell , but it did not die of its wounds till half an hour had elapsed . This bird was preserved by M. Bonpland . Such direct and ...
... neck , chest , and abdomen : the bird kept its legs . A fourth ball broke its thigh . Then the condor fell , but it did not die of its wounds till half an hour had elapsed . This bird was preserved by M. Bonpland . Such direct and ...
15. oldal
... neck have become blacker , and the budding excrescence of the comb advances . The upper mandible of the bill is slightly moveable . The lower extremities are become darker and very stout , but as yet too weak to support the bird's ...
... neck have become blacker , and the budding excrescence of the comb advances . The upper mandible of the bill is slightly moveable . The lower extremities are become darker and very stout , but as yet too weak to support the bird's ...
18. oldal
... neck of this last project it upon the notice of the visitor who passes the place of its confinement ; and there is * Or , King Vulture - Sarcoramphus Papa - Vultur Papa , Linn . reason for believing that the stories told of the other 18 ...
... neck of this last project it upon the notice of the visitor who passes the place of its confinement ; and there is * Or , King Vulture - Sarcoramphus Papa - Vultur Papa , Linn . reason for believing that the stories told of the other 18 ...
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25. 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.
110. oldal - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
215. oldal - Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
265. oldal - What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain? And questioned every gust of rugged wings That blows from off each beaked promontory : They knew not of his story...
191. oldal - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
359. oldal - Sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora. DIFFUGIMUS visu exsangues : illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt; et primum parva duorum Corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque Implicat , et miseros morsu depascitur artus. Post ipsum , auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem Corripiunt , spirisque ligant ingentibus : et jam Bis medium amplexi , bis collo squamea circum Terga dati , superant capite et cervicibus altis.
205. oldal - And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
160. oldal - Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
110. oldal - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies ; and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
90. oldal - Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below, — the snow-white Gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy...