Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, 1. kötet1829 |
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7. oldal
... taken away ; but that , when their number is complete , they invariably stop . Here is an operation , like many others which we shall have to observe , much beyond the reach of our faculties to comprehend . How the mere pri- vation of ...
... taken away ; but that , when their number is complete , they invariably stop . Here is an operation , like many others which we shall have to observe , much beyond the reach of our faculties to comprehend . How the mere pri- vation of ...
10. oldal
... taken , when just hatched , from the nest , and brought up in a cage , as well as with those that have all their lives been in a wild state . From the animal we will once again turn to the vegetable kingdom , for the purpose of ...
... taken , when just hatched , from the nest , and brought up in a cage , as well as with those that have all their lives been in a wild state . From the animal we will once again turn to the vegetable kingdom , for the purpose of ...
11. oldal
... taken with nets , and to afford food for man . This circumstance is related by Dr. An- derson , on the authority of a very respectable person of Bom- bay , and was not stated until the fullest enquiries had been made , and the most ...
... taken with nets , and to afford food for man . This circumstance is related by Dr. An- derson , on the authority of a very respectable person of Bom- bay , and was not stated until the fullest enquiries had been made , and the most ...
16. oldal
... taken up by little ves- sels called lacteals , and become converted into new blood and flesh . The alimentary canal again contracts on leaving the stomach , and , arranged in a great variety of folds , acquires the name of intestines ...
... taken up by little ves- sels called lacteals , and become converted into new blood and flesh . The alimentary canal again contracts on leaving the stomach , and , arranged in a great variety of folds , acquires the name of intestines ...
20. oldal
... taken in air . When the bird wants to turn to the right or left , he strikes strongly with the opposite wing , and this impels him to the proper side . The tail acts like the rudder of a ship ; except that it moves him upward or ...
... taken in air . When the bird wants to turn to the right or left , he strikes strongly with the opposite wing , and this impels him to the proper side . The tail acts like the rudder of a ship ; except that it moves him upward or ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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Népszerű szakaszok
190. oldal - By wintry famine roused, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands ; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave ! Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend ; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy snow. All is their prize.
12. oldal - The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done His marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remembrance.
12. oldal - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
275. oldal - Finding this to no purpose, she returned, and, smelling round them, began to lick their wounds. She went off a second time as before ; and, having crawled a few paces, looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But still her Cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again ; and, with signs "of inexpressible fondness, went round, pawing them and moaning. Finding at last that they were cold and lifeless, she raised her head towards the ship, and uttered a growl of despair,...
153. oldal - Then they would tumble one over the other into the sea. in the utmost confusion. And if we did not, at the first discharge, kill those we fired at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded.
275. oldal - As she -was carrying away the last piece, they levelled their muskets at the cubs, and shot them both dead : and in her retreat, they wounded the dam, but not mortally. "It would have drawn tears of pity from any but unfeeling minds, to have marked the affectionate concern manifested by this poor beast, in the last moments of her expiring young.
275. oldal - Though she was sorely wounded, and could but just crawl to the place where they lay, she carried the lump of flesh she had fetched away, as she had done...
66. oldal - ... were unavoidably urged to laugh. The father, surprised and confounded at this ill-timed levity, severely rebuked his audience for their inattention. The reproof failed in its effect ; the congregation still laughed, and the preacher, in the warmth of his zeal, redoubled his...
12. oldal - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
187. oldal - Dog, which had only received a few scraps, waited till the paupers were all gone, took the rope in his mouth, and rang the bell. His stratagem succeeded. He repeated it the next day with the same good fortune. At length the cook, finding that...