A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with Entertaining Anecdotes, and Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors, to which is Added an Appendix of Allegorical and Fabulous AnimalsBaldwin and Cradock, 1829 - 476 pages |
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Page 84
... weighed down just one copper halfpenny , about the third of an ounce avoir- dupois ! Their nest is a great curiosity . THE RAT Is about four times as large as a mouse , but of a dusky colour , with white under the belly ; his head is ...
... weighed down just one copper halfpenny , about the third of an ounce avoir- dupois ! Their nest is a great curiosity . THE RAT Is about four times as large as a mouse , but of a dusky colour , with white under the belly ; his head is ...
Page 292
... thirty years ago ; it weighed four hundred and sixty pounds . This fish is found in most of the rivers in Europe , and it is also common in those of North America . The flesh of the Sturgeon is delicious ; and it 292 A DESCRIPTION OF.
... thirty years ago ; it weighed four hundred and sixty pounds . This fish is found in most of the rivers in Europe , and it is also common in those of North America . The flesh of the Sturgeon is delicious ; and it 292 A DESCRIPTION OF.
Page 296
... weighed fifteen pounds , and measured two feet nine inches in length , and seven inches in breadth ; the roe weighed two pounds ten ounces , one grain of which contained three hundred and twenty eggs . The whole , therefore , might ...
... weighed fifteen pounds , and measured two feet nine inches in length , and seven inches in breadth ; the roe weighed two pounds ten ounces , one grain of which contained three hundred and twenty eggs . The whole , therefore , might ...
Page 297
... eight inches in length , and five feet in circumference , and weighed seventy - eight pounds . The usual weight of these fish is from fourteen to forty pounds . 03 THE HADDOCK Is much less in size than the cod FISHES . 297.
... eight inches in length , and five feet in circumference , and weighed seventy - eight pounds . The usual weight of these fish is from fourteen to forty pounds . 03 THE HADDOCK Is much less in size than the cod FISHES . 297.
Page 317
... weighed five pounds . Ancient writers strongly recommended these fish as food for sick persons ; they considered them to be peculiarly wholesome , and easy of digestion . THE SMELT , OR SPARLING , Is in length about eight or nine inches ...
... weighed five pounds . Ancient writers strongly recommended these fish as food for sick persons ; they considered them to be peculiarly wholesome , and easy of digestion . THE SMELT , OR SPARLING , Is in length about eight or nine inches ...
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Page 298 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Page 155 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Page 219 - Wisely regardful of the' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Page 456 - The guarded gold ; so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 179 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Page 65 - 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-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 229 - They summ'd their pens ; and, soaring the air sublime, With clang despised the ground, under a cloud In prospect ; there the eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar-tops their eyries build : Part loosely wing the region ; part, more wise, In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Page 214 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 357 - Address'd his way : not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since ; but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze ; his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
Page 462 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, Or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed And gather it into thy barn?