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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,... "
Salmonia: Or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations. With Some ... - Page 79
by Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 273 pages
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator

1830 - 758 pages
...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,...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 4

1840 - 520 pages
...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,...
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The London Magazine

1828 - 746 pages
...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...
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The London Magazine

1828 - 724 pages
...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...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 3

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1830 - 598 pages
...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...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1831 - 478 pages
...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...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 11

1831 - 584 pages
...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...
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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart

John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...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...
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The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., LL.D.: Late President of the Royal ...

John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 pages
...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...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 16-17

1840 - 534 pages
...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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