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... true nature would at once pronounce it to be a bird's egg . In some parts of Africa , indeed , it is a favourite article of diet . These eggs are depo- sited in heaps of about forty in one place , in the mud or sand of the shore or ...
... true nature would at once pronounce it to be a bird's egg . In some parts of Africa , indeed , it is a favourite article of diet . These eggs are depo- sited in heaps of about forty in one place , in the mud or sand of the shore or ...
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... true : the motion of the bat in the air is a fluttering one ; and hence the animal had for- merly the name of flitter or flutter - mouse , and to ordinary apprehension it may seem awkward , but that it is " bungling and imperfect , ” I ...
... true : the motion of the bat in the air is a fluttering one ; and hence the animal had for- merly the name of flitter or flutter - mouse , and to ordinary apprehension it may seem awkward , but that it is " bungling and imperfect , ” I ...
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... true to her own laws , and here , as in every thing else , we have evi- dence of design and of perfect government . When we next attentively inspect any of these flowers , can we help being astonished at the exquisite structure which ...
... true to her own laws , and here , as in every thing else , we have evi- dence of design and of perfect government . When we next attentively inspect any of these flowers , can we help being astonished at the exquisite structure which ...
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... general assertion of ichthyologists , though I am not aware on what * See Cuvier's Comparative Anatomy , translated by W. Ross , vol . i . p . 132 . certain authority the opinion rests ; whether true or not 32 STICKLEBACK .
... general assertion of ichthyologists , though I am not aware on what * See Cuvier's Comparative Anatomy , translated by W. Ross , vol . i . p . 132 . certain authority the opinion rests ; whether true or not 32 STICKLEBACK .
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James Lawson Drummond. certain authority the opinion rests ; whether true or not , this species has been called the ephemera of fishes . Its neighbour , the lesser , or ten - spined stickleback ( Gasterosteus pungitius ) , is considered ...
James Lawson Drummond. certain authority the opinion rests ; whether true or not , this species has been called the ephemera of fishes . Its neighbour , the lesser , or ten - spined stickleback ( Gasterosteus pungitius ) , is considered ...
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Page 212 - No, faith, not a jot ; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: As thus; Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust ; the dust is earth ; of earth we make loam : And why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel...
Page 221 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 115 - To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?
Page 7 - The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Page 128 - The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind, — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 58 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 249 - From soundings made in the situation where these animals were found, it is probable the sea is upwards of a mile in depth; but whether these substances occupy the -whole depth, is uncertain. Provided, however, the depth to which, 'they extend be but 250 fathoms, the above immense number of one species may occur in a space of two miles square.
Page 130 - ... each note lower and lower, till the last is scarcely heard, pausing a moment or two betwixt every note, and you will have some idea of the moaning of the largest goat-sucker in Demerara. Four other species of the goat-sucker articulate some words so distinctly that they have received their names from the sentences they utter, and absolutely bewilder the stranger on his arrival in these parts. The most common one sits down close by your door, and flies and alights three or four yards before you,...
Page 70 - June 14. — I was much pleased this day by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the inside of my cow-shed, in which it had placed its nest by the side of a rafter, and finished it with its usual neatness ; but lest the orifice of its cell should engage attention, it had negligently hung a ragged piece of moss on the straw-work, concealing the entrance, and apparently proceeding from the rafter ; and so perfect...
Page 58 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.