Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 oldal |
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18. oldal
... probably does not exist ; for we know that the hedge- sparrow and other small birds will go on feeding the enormous young cuckoo till the poor benevolent dupes are almost exhausted , before and after the intruder has shouldered out ...
... probably does not exist ; for we know that the hedge- sparrow and other small birds will go on feeding the enormous young cuckoo till the poor benevolent dupes are almost exhausted , before and after the intruder has shouldered out ...
19. oldal
... probably due to the superior courage of the monarch . Of the condors , two males and one female are now alive in the garden of the society ; but no egg has been laid since that whose history we have attempted to give was deposited . In ...
... probably due to the superior courage of the monarch . Of the condors , two males and one female are now alive in the garden of the society ; but no egg has been laid since that whose history we have attempted to give was deposited . In ...
24. oldal
... probably gave rise to the notion entertained by the ancients that the storks had no tongue . Their ordinary mode of com- munication is by clattering the mandibles like a pair of castanets . This peculiarity was known to the ancients ...
... probably gave rise to the notion entertained by the ancients that the storks had no tongue . Their ordinary mode of com- munication is by clattering the mandibles like a pair of castanets . This peculiarity was known to the ancients ...
30. oldal
... probably the acrid exuda- tion which is discharged from the tubercles of that reptile's skin . He who in the summer glides near the banks of what was once the silver Thames , sees the tempting bait 30 LEAVES FROM THE.
... probably the acrid exuda- tion which is discharged from the tubercles of that reptile's skin . He who in the summer glides near the banks of what was once the silver Thames , sees the tempting bait 30 LEAVES FROM THE.
35. oldal
... probably , add to its usual repast . When searching in thick grass , or in the mud , for its prey , the bill was kept partly open . ' By this means , ' says the colonel , ' I have observed it take eels in a pond with great dexterity ...
... probably , add to its usual repast . When searching in thick grass , or in the mud , for its prey , the bill was kept partly open . ' By this means , ' says the colonel , ' I have observed it take eels in a pond with great dexterity ...
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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...