Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volume 7John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1834 |
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... become more long than interesting as we descend to the low grounds . All these species descend to the low grounds about the lakes , except the following , the inferior limit of which appears to be at or about the heights added to their ...
... become more long than interesting as we descend to the low grounds . All these species descend to the low grounds about the lakes , except the following , the inferior limit of which appears to be at or about the heights added to their ...
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... become dry and hard , and might be said to have arrived at the state of hay . Fig . 13. is a vertical section of a branch , to show the lig- neous centre , or woody stem , in a fresh state . The Fig . 14. The same after decay had ...
... become dry and hard , and might be said to have arrived at the state of hay . Fig . 13. is a vertical section of a branch , to show the lig- neous centre , or woody stem , in a fresh state . The Fig . 14. The same after decay had ...
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... become of equal value , be the number of species in each what it may , since they are founded on characters of equal importance , and they are therefore no longer liable to Mr. Jenyns's objection . Whether the characters of these groups ...
... become of equal value , be the number of species in each what it may , since they are founded on characters of equal importance , and they are therefore no longer liable to Mr. Jenyns's objection . Whether the characters of these groups ...
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... become families ; therefore the two ( Teesdàlia and Platyspermum ) , which have only one section , must have new names invented , to mark the difference between the family and the genus . I cannot see what additional advantage would ...
... become families ; therefore the two ( Teesdàlia and Platyspermum ) , which have only one section , must have new names invented , to mark the difference between the family and the genus . I cannot see what additional advantage would ...
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... commenced devouring the dead animal while it was yet fresh , Mr. Audubon's theory , just quoted , is worth nothing . If , on the contrary , the horse in question had become sufficiently F 3 Retrospective Criticism . 69.
... commenced devouring the dead animal while it was yet fresh , Mr. Audubon's theory , just quoted , is worth nothing . If , on the contrary , the horse in question had become sufficiently F 3 Retrospective Criticism . 69.
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Página 313 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process; And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Página 269 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Página 403 - Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Página 323 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded " ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lap'd like Thessalian bulls; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Página 282 - And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason!
Página 319 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Página 394 - Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow, twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Página 425 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Página 193 - Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield; The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar...
Página 407 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...