Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 páginas |
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... Italian masters , which are not satisfactory at first , especially to those who have admired the extravagances , however poetical , of a Fuseli - looks poorly ; and it is only after consideration that the mind becomes reconciled to the ...
... Italian masters , which are not satisfactory at first , especially to those who have admired the extravagances , however poetical , of a Fuseli - looks poorly ; and it is only after consideration that the mind becomes reconciled to the ...
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... Italy in the 322nd year after the building of Rome , and we have had dust more than enough to ransom a heptarchy of kings . So pressed for food were the blackbirds , in con- sequence of the drought , that they ate off the grass of the ...
... Italy in the 322nd year after the building of Rome , and we have had dust more than enough to ransom a heptarchy of kings . So pressed for food were the blackbirds , in con- sequence of the drought , that they ate off the grass of the ...
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... Italy , will come to a dead stop ; and Mr. Macfarlane adds , that , like the mules also , the camels always go best in a long line , one after the other . He tried the experiment of the bell at Pergamos . Two stately camels , the ...
... Italy , will come to a dead stop ; and Mr. Macfarlane adds , that , like the mules also , the camels always go best in a long line , one after the other . He tried the experiment of the bell at Pergamos . Two stately camels , the ...
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... Italian Marsi , carried , if we are to believe one half of the accounts re- corded of their feats , this magic art to the highest point of infallibility . The magi played upon pipes made of the legs and bones of cats to call the ...
... Italian Marsi , carried , if we are to believe one half of the accounts re- corded of their feats , this magic art to the highest point of infallibility . The magi played upon pipes made of the legs and bones of cats to call the ...
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... vessel swarming with venomous snakes , which miraculously harmed him not . The Marsians in Italy at this present continue with the like * Holland's Pliny . naturall vertue against serpents : whom being reputed to be 192 LEAVES FROM THE.
... vessel swarming with venomous snakes , which miraculously harmed him not . The Marsians in Italy at this present continue with the like * Holland's Pliny . naturall vertue against serpents : whom being reputed to be 192 LEAVES FROM THE.
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Página 25 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Página 110 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Página 215 - Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Página 265 - What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain? And questioned every gust of rugged wings That blows from off each beaked promontory : They knew not of his story...
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.
Página 359 - Sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora. DIFFUGIMUS visu exsangues : illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt; et primum parva duorum Corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque Implicat , et miseros morsu depascitur artus. Post ipsum , auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem Corripiunt , spirisque ligant ingentibus : et jam Bis medium amplexi , bis collo squamea circum Terga dati , superant capite et cervicibus altis.
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...