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... tail curved upwards . When- ever there is white on any part of its tail , the tip is invariably white . Why is the dog so attached to man , while almost every other quadruped fears man as its most formidable enemy ? Because this ...
... tail curved upwards . When- ever there is white on any part of its tail , the tip is invariably white . Why is the dog so attached to man , while almost every other quadruped fears man as its most formidable enemy ? Because this ...
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... tails Sampson tied fire - brands , were jackals ? Because jackals assemble in large troops , so as to be taken in great numbers ; whereas the fox is a soli- tary animal . THE HYENA . Why had the hyaena formerly the epithet of ' laughing ...
... tails Sampson tied fire - brands , were jackals ? Because jackals assemble in large troops , so as to be taken in great numbers ; whereas the fox is a soli- tary animal . THE HYENA . Why had the hyaena formerly the epithet of ' laughing ...
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... tail ? Because he may excite himself by a prickle or spur at the extremity of the tail , and concealed in the tuft of long black hairs there . This circumstance is noticed by Homer , and Blumenbach some years since verified the ...
... tail ? Because he may excite himself by a prickle or spur at the extremity of the tail , and concealed in the tuft of long black hairs there . This circumstance is noticed by Homer , and Blumenbach some years since verified the ...
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... tail foremost , un- til it arrives at some collateral gallery , when its flight is head foremost , as with other creatures . If this fur had been strong , as in the rat or mouse , it would dou- bly have retarded the progress of the ...
... tail foremost , un- til it arrives at some collateral gallery , when its flight is head foremost , as with other creatures . If this fur had been strong , as in the rat or mouse , it would dou- bly have retarded the progress of the ...
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... as if done by a gardener's pruning - knife . Why has the beaver a long , broad , flat tail ? Because it may serve in the water , as a paddle and a rudder , to urge them onwards and to direct 56 KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE . Beaver -
... as if done by a gardener's pruning - knife . Why has the beaver a long , broad , flat tail ? Because it may serve in the water , as a paddle and a rudder , to urge them onwards and to direct 56 KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE . Beaver -
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Page 119 - In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken ; and the hen hurries about, with hanging wings and bristled feathers, clucking to protect her injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity.
Page 240 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 240 - They shall run like mighty men ; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks, neither shall one thrust another.
Page 211 - The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 100 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear: If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, • Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now.
Page 189 - A day with not too bright a beam, A warm, but not a scorching sun, A southern gale to curl the stream, And (Master) half our work is done.
Page 200 - Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!
Page 85 - 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.
Page 83 - Tis silence all, And pleasing expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and, mute-imploring, eye The falling verdure. Hushed in short suspense, The plumy people streak their wings with oil, To throw the lucid moisture trickling off, And wait the approaching sign, to strike at once Into the general choir.
Page 118 - While thus exerting himself, a bystander, destitute of sight, would suppose that the whole feathered tribes had assembled together on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect, — so perfect are his imitations. He many times deceives the sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...