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... give a satisfactory definition of Life ; and physiological writers have therefore limited their efforts to com- municate some idea of the vital principle , by remarking its effects . Life , where its effects are most easily recognized ...
... give a satisfactory definition of Life ; and physiological writers have therefore limited their efforts to com- municate some idea of the vital principle , by remarking its effects . Life , where its effects are most easily recognized ...
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... gives sensation , and is the seat , generally , of four organs of sense . In the head is also placed the mouth , an instru- ment capable of prehension , and provided with organs for mechanical- ly dividing the aliment ; and often , also ...
... gives sensation , and is the seat , generally , of four organs of sense . In the head is also placed the mouth , an instru- ment capable of prehension , and provided with organs for mechanical- ly dividing the aliment ; and often , also ...
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... give the inferior details . Such is the " field of realities , " as M. Lamarck terms it , which the study of Nature offers to the intelligent mind . Life , in all its aspects , is exhibited in countless forms , and the regular ...
... give the inferior details . Such is the " field of realities , " as M. Lamarck terms it , which the study of Nature offers to the intelligent mind . Life , in all its aspects , is exhibited in countless forms , and the regular ...
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... give them the necessary inequalities for this operation . The hoofed animals are all necessarily herbivorous , and possess teeth of this description , since the structure of their feet precludes them from seizing living prey . Animals ...
... give them the necessary inequalities for this operation . The hoofed animals are all necessarily herbivorous , and possess teeth of this description , since the structure of their feet precludes them from seizing living prey . Animals ...
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... of conveying the sound . * Sound is in * The strokes of a bell give no sound , when it is placed under the receiver of an air- pump , which is exhausted of its air . effect always a vibration , or wave - like motion 44 MAMMALIA - MAN .
... of conveying the sound . * Sound is in * The strokes of a bell give no sound , when it is placed under the receiver of an air- pump , which is exhausted of its air . effect always a vibration , or wave - like motion 44 MAMMALIA - MAN .
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America animal appearance attack belly bill bill long bird body breast breed brown canines caracal cere chamois claws common covered distance domestic ears eggs elephant Europe extremely eyes fallow deer feathers feed feet female fish flesh flocks fore forests four frequently genus ground habits hair half head hind hippopotamus hole horns horse hunters hyæna inches in length inches long incisors inhabits insects killed kind Laplanders larvæ legs less lion live lower incisors lower molars male mammæ mandible manner membrane molars mouth naked native nature neck nest never nose nostrils olive color opossum plumage prey quadrupeds quill resembles rhinoceros rivers seen seldom short side skin slender sometimes South America species spots strong tail tarsus teeth thick throat toes trees upper mandible whole wild wings winter woods yellow young
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Page 410 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 448 - ... settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the...
Page 111 - 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.
Page 448 - Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below, — the snow-white Gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy...
Page 656 - The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings.
Page 498 - This excessive fondness for variety, however, in the opinion of some, injures his song. His elevated imitations of the brown thrush are frequently interrupted by the crowing of cocks : and the warblings of the...
Page 514 - The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail', is about three feet eight inches.
Page 448 - Tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of Ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful Cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous Crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
Page 190 - ... once. I begged to wait for my gun; but no — the fowling-piece, (loaded with ball, of course,) and the two hogspears, were quite enough. I got a hedge-stake, and awaited my fate, from very shame. At this moment, to my great delight, there arrived from the fort an English officer, two artillery-men, and a Malay captain; and a pretty figure we should have cut without them, as the event will show. I was now quite ready to attack, and my gun came a minute afterwards. The whole scene which follows...
Page 561 - The feathers on its wings and tail are black ; but those on its body, and under its wings, are of a greenish brown, with a fine red cast or gloss, which no silk or velvet can imitate. It has a small crest on its head, green at the bottom, and as it were gilded at the top ; and which sparkles in the sun like a little star in the middle of its forehead. The bill is black, straight, slender, and of the length of a small pin.