Studies in Natural History: Exhibiting a Popular View of the Most Striking and Interesting Objects of the Material WorldOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 247 páginas |
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... gradually becoming acquainted with the different objects before and around us , and , more particularly , by the effect of long custom in blunting and deadening our curio- sity , that the mass of men look with so little in- terest on a ...
... gradually becoming acquainted with the different objects before and around us , and , more particularly , by the effect of long custom in blunting and deadening our curio- sity , that the mass of men look with so little in- terest on a ...
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... gradually takes place with the soft parts of the body , and even in the bones themselves , -the great frame - work or foundation of the human structure . The change in the vegetable world is no less constant , and even more apparent ...
... gradually takes place with the soft parts of the body , and even in the bones themselves , -the great frame - work or foundation of the human structure . The change in the vegetable world is no less constant , and even more apparent ...
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... gradually into the other with an almost un- perceived gradation ! and how pleasing the change of scenery which each successive season brings with it ! Trees and shrubs might have been formed to have endured for ages , ―perpetual ...
... gradually into the other with an almost un- perceived gradation ! and how pleasing the change of scenery which each successive season brings with it ! Trees and shrubs might have been formed to have endured for ages , ―perpetual ...
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... gradually acted upon by the sun , and air , and moisture , are washed into the depths of the ocean , to be again ... gradual and successive precipitations , to have been arranged in the stratified form which is found to prevail in the ...
... gradually acted upon by the sun , and air , and moisture , are washed into the depths of the ocean , to be again ... gradual and successive precipitations , to have been arranged in the stratified form which is found to prevail in the ...
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... gradually diminishes . Nothing can be more beautiful than the soft blue of an unclouded sky . Pure air itself is transparent and colourless , and the blue tinge of the atmos- phere has been by some attributed to reflection from thin 44 ...
... gradually diminishes . Nothing can be more beautiful than the soft blue of an unclouded sky . Pure air itself is transparent and colourless , and the blue tinge of the atmos- phere has been by some attributed to reflection from thin 44 ...
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Términos y frases comunes
agitation animals ant-hill antennæ anther ants appearance atmosphere beauty become beetle birds blue body called caterpillar cause cavities clouds colour common continually cotyledons covered deep delight deposited earth eggs existence feed feet females fish flowers fluid fungus genuity globe gradually Green Dick green linnet heat hive hive-bees honey Huber humble bees immense insects kind labour larva larvæ leaves light males mandibles mass matter meteor mind minute moisture mountains mouth nature nest night nourishment observed ocean pass peculiar pistils plants pollen proboscis produced proportion pupa quadrupeds quantity queen rain rays rivers rocks roots round royal cells salmon scene season seeds seen series of tubes singular soft soil solid species spring stamens strata substance summer surface tion torpidity trees tural ture vapour variety various vegetable vessels weather whole wind wings winter wonderful workers young
Pasajes populares
Página 84 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Página 29 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Página 30 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 34 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Página 229 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west, but kindly still Compensating his loss with added hours Of social converse...
Página 30 - I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 228 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Página 238 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 136 - One appeared dead, and was held up by the tail, or claw, without exhibiting any signs of life. A second stood on its head, with its claws in the air. A third imitated a Dutch milkmaid going to market, with pails on her shoulders.
Página 218 - Aphis, that derives its nutriment from the roots of grass and other plants {Aphis radicun1); these it transports from the neighbouring roots, probably by subterranean galleries, excavated for the purpose, leading from the nest in all directions' ; and thus, without going out it has always at hand a copious supply of food. These creatures share its care and solicitude equally with its own offspring.