The Reason why: Natural History, Illustrating the Natural History of Man and the Lower Animals : by the Author of Enquire Within Upon Everything : One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations, Twelfth Thousand |
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... adapted to the erect attitude ? Because in that posture the plane of the orbits is nearly horizontal ; the cavities of the nose are in the best direction for inhaling odours proceeding from before or from below them ; the jaws do not ...
... adapted to the erect attitude ? Because in that posture the plane of the orbits is nearly horizontal ; the cavities of the nose are in the best direction for inhaling odours proceeding from before or from below them ; the jaws do not ...
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... adapted to every exterior circumstance . In all animals the office of the cranial part of the skull is to protect the brain , that of the spine to contain the spinal marrow , and that of the ribs to perform the part of respiration . It ...
... adapted to every exterior circumstance . In all animals the office of the cranial part of the skull is to protect the brain , that of the spine to contain the spinal marrow , and that of the ribs to perform the part of respiration . It ...
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... adapted to convey sensation . An illustration of this truth is fur- nished by the imperfect sense of touch which contact with polished surfaces affords , as compared with the handling of rough bodies . 34. A provision for increasing ...
... adapted to convey sensation . An illustration of this truth is fur- nished by the imperfect sense of touch which contact with polished surfaces affords , as compared with the handling of rough bodies . 34. A provision for increasing ...
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... adapted to the strong light to which it had been previously exposed , admits so little light to the retina that no sensation is produced . The pupil , how- ever , after a while dilates , and , admitting more light , objects are ...
... adapted to the strong light to which it had been previously exposed , admits so little light to the retina that no sensation is produced . The pupil , how- ever , after a while dilates , and , admitting more light , objects are ...
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... adapted to its mode of life ? The animal burrows underground in pursuit of worms , upon which it feeds . Its feet are so many shovels ; they determine the action of rooting in the ground ; and everything about the animal's body agrees ...
... adapted to its mode of life ? The animal burrows underground in pursuit of worms , upon which it feeds . Its feet are so many shovels ; they determine the action of rooting in the ground ; and everything about the animal's body agrees ...
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Page 242 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 124 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 229 - In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master.
Page 84 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 236 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Page 152 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow ; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page 25 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where he vital breathes, there must be joy.
Page 306 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 352 - Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table: that's the end.
Page 230 - ... and twenty others, succeed, with such imposing reality, that we look round for the originals, and discover, with astonishment, that the sole performer in this singular concert, is the admirable bird now before us. During this exhibition of his powers, he spreads his wings, expands his tail, and throws himself around the cage in all the ecstasy of enthusiasm, seeming not only to sing, but to dance, keeping time to the measure of his own music.