 | 1830 - 758 Seiten
...transient. The ephemerte are saved by his means from a slow and lingering death in the evening, and arc killed in a moment, when they have known nothing of...awful and intelligible language of a. present Deity. We have conceded to this party, oombining as it does the different tastes and resources of the philosopher,... | |
 | 1840 - 520 Seiten
...of insects: the friend of man ; and, with the stork and ibis, may be regarded as a sacred bird. The instinct which gives him his appointed seasons, and...awful and intelligible language of a present Deity." Flora every day unfolds new beauties: lady-smocks "all silver white," lilies of the valley, jonquils,... | |
 | 1828 - 746 Seiten
...moment, when they have known nothing of life but pleasure. He is the constant.destroyer of insects,—the friend of man; and with the stork and the ibis, may...awful and intelligible language of a present Deity.” The practical directions for taking trout in the Colne, and salmon in Loch Maree, and grayling in the... | |
 | 1828 - 724 Seiten
...make them their prey." Again, how eloquent, and yet how simple, is the burst about the swallow : — " I delight in this living landscape ! The swallow is...awful and intelligible language of a present Deity." The practical directions for taking trout in the Colne, and salmon in Loch Maree, and grayling in the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1830 - 598 Seiten
...nothing of life but pleasure. He is the constant destroyer of insects, the friend of man ; and, tnith the stork and the ibis, may be regarded as a sacred...awful and intelligible language of a present Deity." " After this glowing and inimitable passage, any further remarks from me would be worse than superfluous... | |
 | 1831 - 478 Seiten
...of pursuit, and his success is secure. Even the beings selected for his prey are poetical, beaatiful and transient. The ephemerae are saved by his means...awful and intelligible language of a present Deity." The following, as connected with this month, is interesting : — Dr Gerard, an eminent French naturalist... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 Seiten
...the ibis, may be regarded as a sacred bird. His instinct, which gives him his appointed seasons, and teaches him always when and where to move, may be...awful and intelligible language of a present Deity." Poietes considers a full and clear river as the most poetical object in Nature. — " I will not fail... | |
 | 1831 - 584 Seiten
...objects of pursuit, and his success is secure. His instinct, which gives him his appointed seasons, and teaches him always when and where to move, may be...awful and intelligible language of a present Deity. — Sir Humphrey Davy. The Eagle. 499 THE EAGLE. (Part of a Conversation between P , and H , two Gentlemen... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 Seiten
...the ibis, may be regarded as a sacred bird. His instinct, which gives him his appointed seasons, and teaches him always when and where to move, may be...awful and intelligible language of a present Deity." Poietes considers a full and clear river as the most poetical object in Nature. — "I will not fail... | |
 | 1840 - 534 Seiten
...insects, — the friend of man ; and with the stork and the ibis, may be regarded as a sacred bu-d. The instinct which gives him his appointed seasons, and which teaches him always when and whore to move, may be regarded as (lowing from a Divine Source ; and he belongs to the Oracles of Nature,... | |
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The ephemerae are saved by his means from a slow and lingering death in the evening, and killed in a moment, when they have known nothing of life but pleasure. He is the constant destroyer of insects, the friend of man ; and, with the stork and the ibis,... 
