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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... light gravel , and so very dry , that our usual paths are passable even in the depth of winter , and we are thereby afforded facilities for the enjoyment of sylvan scenery which but few neighbourhoods possess . Just below the village ...
... light gravel , and so very dry , that our usual paths are passable even in the depth of winter , and we are thereby afforded facilities for the enjoyment of sylvan scenery which but few neighbourhoods possess . Just below the village ...
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... light in this locality ; but , in actual consistency with Mr. Smith's theory , I will proceed to adduce a few of the many instances which have occurred in this kingdom of the successful penetration , even from the surface of the oolite ...
... light in this locality ; but , in actual consistency with Mr. Smith's theory , I will proceed to adduce a few of the many instances which have occurred in this kingdom of the successful penetration , even from the surface of the oolite ...
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... light , and there was light ; " whose creative fiat willed all things into being ) , the whole of the terrestrial formations , with the peculiarities ascribed to each ; all the astounding phenomena which the philosopher labours in vain ...
... light , and there was light ; " whose creative fiat willed all things into being ) , the whole of the terrestrial formations , with the peculiarities ascribed to each ; all the astounding phenomena which the philosopher labours in vain ...
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... light , stretching across the northern hemisphere of the heavens . The span of the arch was from 70 ° to 80 ° , its upper edge reaching as far as the star Eta in Ursa Major , about 18 ° above the horizon ; and the breadth of the belt ...
... light , stretching across the northern hemisphere of the heavens . The span of the arch was from 70 ° to 80 ° , its upper edge reaching as far as the star Eta in Ursa Major , about 18 ° above the horizon ; and the breadth of the belt ...
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... light ; which exactly agrees with the inferences derived from the currents in the polar seas , whose influence diminishes inversely with the angle of direction , ceasing at 55 ° N. and 40 ° S. Hum- boldt remarked the force of ...
... light ; which exactly agrees with the inferences derived from the currents in the polar seas , whose influence diminishes inversely with the angle of direction , ceasing at 55 ° N. and 40 ° S. Hum- boldt remarked the force of ...
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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...