Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 páginas |
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... Arab Snake - charmers at the Zoological Gardens described - The gift of Snake - charming said to be hereditary - The Spughslang , or ' Spitting - Snake ' -The Asiatic form of this genus of Serpents described Taming Serpents , as related ...
... Arab Snake - charmers at the Zoological Gardens described - The gift of Snake - charming said to be hereditary - The Spughslang , or ' Spitting - Snake ' -The Asiatic form of this genus of Serpents described Taming Serpents , as related ...
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... Arabs have a saying that monkeys are enchanted men , and the most elegant of modern poets has been heard to declare that they reminded him of poor rela- tions : but what is the lot of humanity so transformed compared to the degradation ...
... Arabs have a saying that monkeys are enchanted men , and the most elegant of modern poets has been heard to declare that they reminded him of poor rela- tions : but what is the lot of humanity so transformed compared to the degradation ...
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... Arab made a friend of one of the guards of the batteries , who conveyed the golden fruit to the charming expectant . And here the story ends , and it is well that it does so . The natural hope of plodding Europeans is , that they were ...
... Arab made a friend of one of the guards of the batteries , who conveyed the golden fruit to the charming expectant . And here the story ends , and it is well that it does so . The natural hope of plodding Europeans is , that they were ...
Página 110
... Arabs entered Africa , the numbers of these ravenous beasts of prey were greatly diminished ; so much so , indeed , that hunting them was forbidden , except in the case of privileged persons , —a prohibition which originated in the ...
... Arabs entered Africa , the numbers of these ravenous beasts of prey were greatly diminished ; so much so , indeed , that hunting them was forbidden , except in the case of privileged persons , —a prohibition which originated in the ...
Página 115
... Arab as those of the rein - deer to the Laplander ; and as there is too frequently but one step between the pleasures of the table and the prescription of the phy- sician , let us see what the ancient pharmacopoeia owed to the camel ...
... Arab as those of the rein - deer to the Laplander ; and as there is too frequently but one step between the pleasures of the table and the prescription of the phy- sician , let us see what the ancient pharmacopoeia owed to the camel ...
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Página 191 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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Página 205 - And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Página 160 - Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Página 110 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies ; and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
Página 90 - 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...