Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation, Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus, 2. kötetR. Phillips, 1803 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 100 találatból.
5. oldal
... whole night , and nourish them during the next day . But they seldom meet with such pas- tures , neither is this delicate food necessary for them . They seem to prefer wormwood , thistles , nettles , broom , cassia , and other prickly ...
... whole night , and nourish them during the next day . But they seldom meet with such pas- tures , neither is this delicate food necessary for them . They seem to prefer wormwood , thistles , nettles , broom , cassia , and other prickly ...
13. oldal
... whole body long , upright , and thick set . Each hair is undulated , the tip ferruginous , the middle black , and the bottom cinereous . The limbs are very slen- der , and of a full black colour ; and the tail is so short as to be ...
... whole body long , upright , and thick set . Each hair is undulated , the tip ferruginous , the middle black , and the bottom cinereous . The limbs are very slen- der , and of a full black colour ; and the tail is so short as to be ...
14. oldal
... whole kingdom of Thibet . It lives retired among the highest and rudest mountains . Except in autumn , it is a solitary animal ; but at this season large flocks collect in order to change their place , being driven southward by the ...
... whole kingdom of Thibet . It lives retired among the highest and rudest mountains . Except in autumn , it is a solitary animal ; but at this season large flocks collect in order to change their place , being driven southward by the ...
16. oldal
... whole tribe is wholesome , and that of some of the kinds , under the name of venison , is accounted particularly delicious . The horns are solid and branched . They are re- newed every year ; and while young are covered with a skin ...
... whole tribe is wholesome , and that of some of the kinds , under the name of venison , is accounted particularly delicious . The horns are solid and branched . They are re- newed every year ; and while young are covered with a skin ...
22. oldal
... whole strength to the draught , and went on a steady pace . Their mouths appeared very tender , and some care was necessary to prevent them from being injured by the bit . If , upon trial , it is found that the Elks can be rendered ...
... whole strength to the draught , and went on a steady pace . Their mouths appeared very tender , and some care was necessary to prevent them from being injured by the bit . If , upon trial , it is found that the Elks can be rendered ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
America American Bison animals appear ash-colour attack beak belly bill Birds Birds of prey body breast breed Brit brown Buff Buffon Camel cere claws colour common Consett covered Cuckoo distance Dotterel dusky Eagle eggs eyes feathers feed feet female fish flesh flight flocks four frequently GENUS Goose ground hair hatched Hen Harrier herd Hippopotamus hole horns Horses inches long inhabitants insects island killed Lapland Latham legs length Linnæus male mandible manner native nest never noise nostrils observed Ostrich Parrot Pelecan Penn Pigeon plumage prey Quad quadrupeds Rabbets rendered Sand Martin says seems seen seize seldom short side singular sitting skin slender sometimes soon Sparrow species spermaceti spot supposed Swallows tail taken throat TITMOUSE toes tongue Toucan trees TRIBE Turkey upper whole wild wings winter young Zool
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104. oldal - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength; He goeth on to meet the armed men.
265. oldal - ... the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the...
128. oldal - Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
164. oldal - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
389. oldal - ... bird not only clings with its claws, but partly supports itself by strongly inclining its tail against the wall, making that a fulcrum; and, thus steadied, it works and plasters the materials into the face of the brick or stone. But then, that this work may not, while it is soft and green, pull itself down by its own weight, the provident architect has prudence and forbearance enough not to advance her work too fast; but by building only in the morning, and by dedicating the rest of the day to...
104. oldal - He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
313. oldal - ... bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman, he fixes it as it were in a vice, in some cleft of a tree, or in some crevice, when, standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell.
103. oldal - I am going to yield thee up ? To Europeans, who will tie thee close, — who will beat thee, — who will render thee miserable. Return with me, my beauty, my jewel, and rejoice the hearts of my children.
295. oldal - I have never seen an instance where the hedge-sparrow has either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. ' When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care.
470. oldal - The stork-assembly meets; for many a day, Consulting deep, and various, ere they take Their arduous voyage through the liquid sky. And now their route...