Sights in spring (summer, autumn, winter).1844 |
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الصفحة 121
... nest . Evening is the time in which this cautious animal steals forth to delight in its activity , and it con- tinues alert during the night . If in the habits of other creatures you take more pleasure , mark that little bird on the ...
... nest . Evening is the time in which this cautious animal steals forth to delight in its activity , and it con- tinues alert during the night . If in the habits of other creatures you take more pleasure , mark that little bird on the ...
الصفحة 122
... nest is near ; but , unless we watch the pair to their home we shall never find it . They are in quest of food for their nestlings , that they so often plunge beneath the water . This consists of the caterpillars of aquatic insects ...
... nest is near ; but , unless we watch the pair to their home we shall never find it . They are in quest of food for their nestlings , that they so often plunge beneath the water . This consists of the caterpillars of aquatic insects ...
الصفحة 125
... nest ! Tents are also formed , composed of silk , which the inmate spins , almost as soon as it issues from the egg , and enlarges by splitting it in two , and inserting a strip of new materials . It is kept erect by fastening silken ...
... nest ! Tents are also formed , composed of silk , which the inmate spins , almost as soon as it issues from the egg , and enlarges by splitting it in two , and inserting a strip of new materials . It is kept erect by fastening silken ...
الصفحة 149
... nest , which is a neatly- smoothed and rounded chamber , protected by laby- rinths , ditches and ramparts ; and whenever the beetle attempts to seize its prey , she catches it and bites it asunder . For moving the prodigious arms of ...
... nest , which is a neatly- smoothed and rounded chamber , protected by laby- rinths , ditches and ramparts ; and whenever the beetle attempts to seize its prey , she catches it and bites it asunder . For moving the prodigious arms of ...
الصفحة 179
... this cir- cumstance , the mason woodpecker . The nest is com- posed of dried leaves , artlessly put together ; the eggs are five in number , of a greyish white , spotted with reddish brown . The female sits very close , and 179.
... this cir- cumstance , the mason woodpecker . The nest is com- posed of dried leaves , artlessly put together ; the eggs are five in number , of a greyish white , spotted with reddish brown . The female sits very close , and 179.
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abound anthers appear aquatic beauty birds blossoms botanist BOTANY bright bush called caterpillar catkin chalk chesnut Cicada circles of branches colour common corn creature currant decay double flowers drooping earth eggs favourable fields florists fruit garden gooseberry graceful grafted grain grass ground grow growth harvest heat hive Imbrowned insects instance lake leaf leafy less lily limestone mountain mountain ash nature nearly nest nuthatch observed odour osier pass peaches peat petals pistil plants plums poet polarizes the rays poplar produced QUEEN BEE remarkable rich ripening rise roots rose ROSE-LEAF-CUTTER BEE scion Scotland season seed send off runners shade shoots shore snowy white soil South Downs species spot stamens stem STRAWBERRY stream suckers summer surface swarm sweet thee thistle toil trees trunk varieties various vegetable weeping birch wheat WHITE POPLAR wild wild cherry wood yellow young
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الصفحة 155 - In letting fall the curtain of repose On bird and beast, the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day...
الصفحة 171 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours : nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and, ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright...
الصفحة 186 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
الصفحة 138 - Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface.
الصفحة 128 - While the glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Meantime their joyous task goes on apace...
الصفحة 187 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
الصفحة 99 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
الصفحة 187 - For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
الصفحة 129 - Holds by the twisted horns the indignant ram. Behold where bound, and of its robe bereft, By needy man, that all-depending lord, How meek, how patient, the mild creature lies ! What softness in its melancholy face, What dumb complaining innocence appears!
الصفحة 97 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.