The New Pictorial & Illustrated Family Magazine, Established for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge..., Volume 3R. Sears, 1846 |
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... Animal Humanity Animal Language . Appearances of Design in Creation . April ..... Articles of Dress .. Auscultation .. Autobiography . August .... .... PAGE 474 25 Courtesy .... 444 Cromwell , Oliver . ............ . 379 219 Cross Folks ...
... Animal Humanity Animal Language . Appearances of Design in Creation . April ..... Articles of Dress .. Auscultation .. Autobiography . August .... .... PAGE 474 25 Courtesy .... 444 Cromwell , Oliver . ............ . 379 219 Cross Folks ...
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... animals exist . These villages are very numerous , and variable in their extent , sometimes covering only a few acres , and at others spreading over the sur- face of the country for miles together . They are composed of slightly ...
... animals exist . These villages are very numerous , and variable in their extent , sometimes covering only a few acres , and at others spreading over the sur- face of the country for miles together . They are composed of slightly ...
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... animal has reached the surface . Having retained his breath as long as possible , as he ascends he begins to force out , through his nos- trils , the pent - up air , which throws aloft HE cetacea ( an order the water in a jet or column ...
... animal has reached the surface . Having retained his breath as long as possible , as he ascends he begins to force out , through his nos- trils , the pent - up air , which throws aloft HE cetacea ( an order the water in a jet or column ...
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... animals ex- posed to the rigors of the polar circle , and it would appear to be a means of preserv - mies , by this active and voracious animal , ing the vital heat of the body , which might perhaps be otherwise unable to withstand the ...
... animals ex- posed to the rigors of the polar circle , and it would appear to be a means of preserv - mies , by this active and voracious animal , ing the vital heat of the body , which might perhaps be otherwise unable to withstand the ...
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... animals , how much more are our feelings excited when we see the feathered inhabitants of the air sporting in the ... animal is about five inches and a half in length . The bill is very short , the head round , and covered with rough ...
... animals , how much more are our feelings excited when we see the feathered inhabitants of the air sporting in the ... animal is about five inches and a half in length . The bill is very short , the head round , and covered with rough ...
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Popular passages
Page 503 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Page 467 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 445 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Page 467 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Page 467 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 189 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 222 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 319 - ... of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is living at this day.
Page 380 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his...
Page 222 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.