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... feet were not usually ex- tended like those of a man , but the toes were curved beneath , in such a manner that she rested chiefly on the exterior sides of the feet . One morning she escaped from her chain , and was seen to ascend with ...
... feet were not usually ex- tended like those of a man , but the toes were curved beneath , in such a manner that she rested chiefly on the exterior sides of the feet . One morning she escaped from her chain , and was seen to ascend with ...
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... , turned it about in all directions , endeavoring to open it . When this animal first arrived in Holland , she was only two feet and a half high , and was almost entirely free from hair on any part of her body , except her MAMMALIA . 15.
... , turned it about in all directions , endeavoring to open it . When this animal first arrived in Holland , she was only two feet and a half high , and was almost entirely free from hair on any part of her body , except her MAMMALIA . 15.
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... feet in height when suspended for the purpose of being skinned . The form and arrange- ment of his beard were beautiful ; there was a great deal of the human expression in his countenance , and his pit- eous actions when wounded , and ...
... feet in height when suspended for the purpose of being skinned . The form and arrange- ment of his beard were beautiful ; there was a great deal of the human expression in his countenance , and his pit- eous actions when wounded , and ...
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... feet , wrested the weapon from his antagonist , and shivered it in pieces . This was his last wound , and his last great exertion ; yet he lived some time afterwards , and drank , it is stated , great quantities of water . Captain ...
... feet , wrested the weapon from his antagonist , and shivered it in pieces . This was his last wound , and his last great exertion ; yet he lived some time afterwards , and drank , it is stated , great quantities of water . Captain ...
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... feet are formed for clinging to the limbs of trees , where it throws itself from branch to branch with surprising agility . The expression of the face is gentle , and rather melancholy . There are many species , all of which utter loud ...
... feet are formed for clinging to the limbs of trees , where it throws itself from branch to branch with surprising agility . The expression of the face is gentle , and rather melancholy . There are many species , all of which utter loud ...
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Page 13 - And now to that same spot, in the south of Spain, are thirty similar French artisans, from a French Dumdrudge, in like manner wending: till at length, after infinite effort, the two parties come into actual juxtaposition; and Thirty stands fronting Thirty, each with a gun in his hand. Straightway the word "Fire!
Page 12 - What, speaking in quite unofficial language, is the net-purport and upshot of war ? To my own knowledge, for example, there dwell and toil, in the British village of Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain
Page 289 - ... its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again.
Page 296 - Suddenly there burst forth a general cry of "Here they come!" The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the birds arrived and passed over me, I felt a current of air that surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole-men.
Page 13 - is given ; and they blow the souls out of one another; and in place of sixty brisk, useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses which it must bury and anew shed tears for.
Page 97 - And now I'm in the world alone, Upon the wide, wide sea: But why should I for others groan, When none will sigh for me? Perchance my dog will whine in vain, Till fed by stranger hands; But long ere I come back again He'd tear me where he stands.
Page 335 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock exceedingly hard and...
Page 177 - The long and large materials were always taken first, and two of the longest were generally laid crosswise, with one of the ends of each touching the wall, and the other ends projecting out into the room.
Page 13 - ... which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel? Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest! They lived far enough apart: were the entirest strangers: nay. in so wide a Universe, there was even, unconsciously, by Commerce, some mutual helpfulness between them. How then? Simpleton! Their governors had fallen out: and instead of shooting one another, had the cunning to make these poor blockheads shoot.
Page 106 - And marbles storied with his praise Poor Gelert's bones protect. Here never could the spearman pass, Or forester, unmoved ; Here oft the tear-besprinkled grass, Llewellyn's sorrow proved. And here he hung his horn and spear, And oft as evening fell, In fancy's piercing sounds would hear Poor Gelert's dying yell ! And till great Snowdon's rocks grow old, And cease the storm to brave, The consecrated spot shall hold The name of Gelert's grave.