A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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Page 3
... give harmony to me- ditation . No part of nature appears destitute of inhab- itants . The woods , the waters , the depths of the earth , have their respective tenants ; while the yielding air , and those tracts of seeming space where ...
... give harmony to me- ditation . No part of nature appears destitute of inhab- itants . The woods , the waters , the depths of the earth , have their respective tenants ; while the yielding air , and those tracts of seeming space where ...
Page 15
... give a very tolerable idea of all the species contained under it . It is true , the reader will not thus have his knowledge ranged under such precise distinctions ; nor can he be able to say with such fluency , that the rail is of the ...
... give a very tolerable idea of all the species contained under it . It is true , the reader will not thus have his knowledge ranged under such precise distinctions ; nor can he be able to say with such fluency , that the rail is of the ...
Page 23
... give passage to such a mass . We used them , in preference to any other stone , to sharpen our knives . When these ... gives chase to the stranger , and which she does not quit until driven without their limits . The female does the same ...
... give passage to such a mass . We used them , in preference to any other stone , to sharpen our knives . When these ... gives chase to the stranger , and which she does not quit until driven without their limits . The female does the same ...
Page 42
... give him his food . It is quite ne- cessary that the bird should not only be made acquainted with this , but fond of it , and delicate in his food when shown it . When the falcon has flown upon this , and tasted the first morsel , some ...
... give him his food . It is quite ne- cessary that the bird should not only be made acquainted with this , but fond of it , and delicate in his food when shown it . When the falcon has flown upon this , and tasted the first morsel , some ...
Page 57
... give signs of a desire to burst their confinement . When , by the repeated efforts of their bill , which serves like a pioneer on this occasion , they have broken themselves a passage through the shell , the hen still continues to sit ...
... give signs of a desire to burst their confinement . When , by the repeated efforts of their bill , which serves like a pioneer on this occasion , they have broken themselves a passage through the shell , the hen still continues to sit ...
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