Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation, Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus, المجلد 1R. Phillips, 1803 |
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... we see all the smaller creatures that serve us for food particularly fruitful , and increasing in a much greater proportion than others ; and in the bird- 1 kind it is extremely remarkable , that , lest ON THE STUDY OF NATURE . 9.
... we see all the smaller creatures that serve us for food particularly fruitful , and increasing in a much greater proportion than others ; and in the bird- 1 kind it is extremely remarkable , that , lest ON THE STUDY OF NATURE . 9.
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... creatures . The insect tribes increase most rapidly . Some bring so many as two thousand young each : these would soon fill the air were they not destroyed by innumerable enemies . The number of young produced by every animal invariably ...
... creatures . The insect tribes increase most rapidly . Some bring so many as two thousand young each : these would soon fill the air were they not destroyed by innumerable enemies . The number of young produced by every animal invariably ...
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... creature enjoy its allotted portion ; and all this was contrived for the wisest of purposes . Had the Author of Nature formed all the plants equally grateful to all kinds of animals , it must necessarily have happened that some species ...
... creature enjoy its allotted portion ; and all this was contrived for the wisest of purposes . Had the Author of Nature formed all the plants equally grateful to all kinds of animals , it must necessarily have happened that some species ...
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... creatures know how to use their weapons of defence from mere instinct . The Calf and Lamb push with their head long before the horns begin to shoot . A young Boar , in the same manner , knows 1 the use of his tusks ; a Cat of its ON THE ...
... creatures know how to use their weapons of defence from mere instinct . The Calf and Lamb push with their head long before the horns begin to shoot . A young Boar , in the same manner , knows 1 the use of his tusks ; a Cat of its ON THE ...
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... creatures have their full designation and importance .- " Thus saith the Lord , thy Re- deemer , and he that formed thee from the womb , I am the Lord , who maketh all things , who stretch- eth forth the Heavens along , and spreadeth ...
... creatures have their full designation and importance .- " Thus saith the Lord , thy Re- deemer , and he that formed thee from the womb , I am the Lord , who maketh all things , who stretch- eth forth the Heavens along , and spreadeth ...
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الصفحة 11 - 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.
الصفحة xxii - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
الصفحة 4 - The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done His marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remembrance.
الصفحة 204 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
الصفحة 8 - I sat for some time, looking around me with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to fail me.
الصفحة 452 - Nature rais'd to take th' horizon in ; And head couch'd close betwixt her hairy feet, In act to spring away. The scented dew Betrays her early labyrinth ; and deep, In scatter'd sullen openings, far behind, With every breeze she hears the coming storm; But nearer, and more frequent, as it loads The sighing...
الصفحة 196 - Inquisitive, nor leaves one turf untried, Till, conscious of the recent stains, his heart Beats quick; his snuffling nose, his active tail, Attest his joy; then, with deep opening mouth That makes the welkin tremble, he proclaims Th' audacious felon; foot by foot he marks His winding way, while all the listening crowd Applaud his reasonings.
الصفحة 339 - 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 one and round the other, pawing them and moaning.
الصفحة 193 - ... fawningly against the breast of a man, who had attracted his notice among the crowd, and delivered the book to him. The dog immediately returned to the place where he had landed, and watched with great attention for all the things that came from the wrecked vessel, seizing • them, and endeavouring to bring them to land.
الصفحة 9 - Not a tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains A folio volume. We may read, and read, And read again, and still find something new, Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the noisome weed.