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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... sight of beauty and splendour calculated to please and amuse the eye ; but when we know that this appearance from the deep is a species of * Akenside . distillation going on , -that a portion of the pure OF THE SYSTEM OF NATURE . 13.
... sight of beauty and splendour calculated to please and amuse the eye ; but when we know that this appearance from the deep is a species of * Akenside . distillation going on , -that a portion of the pure OF THE SYSTEM OF NATURE . 13.
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... atmos- phere , selecting through the day what part of it is fit to enter into the composition of the tree , and giving out at night a different species of air , -when we think of the sap passing up the small series 14 INTRODUCTORY VIEW.
... atmos- phere , selecting through the day what part of it is fit to enter into the composition of the tree , and giving out at night a different species of air , -when we think of the sap passing up the small series 14 INTRODUCTORY VIEW.
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... species is preserved with the most accurate minuteness . The dead carcasses of animals are almost entirely consumed and converted into new living matter in an incredibly short time by flies and other insects , as ants , wasps , & c ...
... species is preserved with the most accurate minuteness . The dead carcasses of animals are almost entirely consumed and converted into new living matter in an incredibly short time by flies and other insects , as ants , wasps , & c ...
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... species which can now no longer be found on the earth . The third layer of rocks is called the fletz - for- mation , and consists of sandstone , some kinds of limestone , gypsum , coal , & c . These abound with animal and vegetable ...
... species which can now no longer be found on the earth . The third layer of rocks is called the fletz - for- mation , and consists of sandstone , some kinds of limestone , gypsum , coal , & c . These abound with animal and vegetable ...
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... species , of which no traces can now be found . Of this description is that singular skeleton of an animal found in Germany , and described by Cellini , named the Ornithocephalus ; and likewise the entire skeleton of the Megatherium ...
... species , of which no traces can now be found . Of this description is that singular skeleton of an animal found in Germany , and described by Cellini , named the Ornithocephalus ; and likewise the entire skeleton of the Megatherium ...
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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
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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.