... of thought or common sense. She mistakes a piece of chalk for an egg, and sits upon it in the same manner. She is insensible of any increase or diminution in the number of those she lays. She does not distinguish between her own and those of... The Faculties of Birds - الصفحة 291بواسطة James Rennie - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 338عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 628
...forementioned particulars. of the species) considered in other respects, is without the least glimmerings of thought or common sense. She mistakes a piece of...upon it in the same manner : she is insensible of an increase or diminution in the number of those she lays : she does not distinguish between her own... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 622
...for the propagation of the species) considered in other respects, is without the least glimmerings of thought or common sense. She mistakes a piece , of chalk for an egg, and sita upon it in the same manner : she is insensible of an increase or diminution in the number of those... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 774
...for the propagation of the species,) considered in other respects, is without the least glimmerings of thought or common sense : she mistakes a piece...her own, and those of another species ; and when the birlh appears of never so different a bird, will cherish it for her own. A hen, followed by a brood... | |
| National reading books - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...one does not make its appearance at the proper time ! But with all this seeming ingenuity, the hen, considered in other respects, is without the least...sense. She mistakes a piece of chalk for an egg, and will sit upon it in the same manner ; she is insensible of any increase or diminution in the number... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...considered in other respects, is without the least glimmerings of thought or common sense. She mis, takes a piece of chalk for an egg, and sits upon it in the same manner : she is insensible of an increase or diminution in the number of those she lays : she does not distinguish between her own... | |
| Henry Noble Day - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 564
...for the propagation of the species) considered in other respects, is without the least glimmerings of thought or common sense. She mistakes a piece of...upon it in the same manner : she is insensible of an increase or diminution in the number of those she lays : she does not distinguish between her own... | |
| New reader - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...the young one does not make its appearance. A chemical operation * could not be followed with greater art or diligence than is seen in the hatching of a...mistakes a piece of chalk for an egg, and sits upon it with equal assiduity. She is insensible of any increase or diminution in the number of those she lays.... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - عدد الصفحات: 462
...for the propagation of the species), considered in other respects, is without the least glimmerings of thought or common sense. She mistakes a piece of...between her own and those of another species ; and wheu the birth appears of never so different a bird, will cherish it for her own. In all these circumstances... | |
| George Gregory Smith - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...for the Propagation of the Species) considered in other Respects, is without the least Glimmerings of Thought or Common Sense. She mistakes a Piece of...Increase or Diminution in the Number of those she lays i She does not distinguish between her own and those of another Species ; and when the Birth appears... | |
| George Gregory Smith - 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...(which is indeed absolutely necessary for the Propagation of the Species) considered in other Respects, Sense, She mistakes a Piece of Chalk for an Egg, and...Increase or Diminution in the Number of those she lays i She does not distinguish between her own and those of another Species; and when the Birth appears... | |
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