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Page 155
... serpents , serves also to support it among the leaves of the trees in which it lives . Why was it formerly believed to rain frogs ? Because the young of the common frog living in grass , among bushes , & c . come out in vast numbers ...
... serpents , serves also to support it among the leaves of the trees in which it lives . Why was it formerly believed to rain frogs ? Because the young of the common frog living in grass , among bushes , & c . come out in vast numbers ...
Page 163
... this and many other striking phenomena of nature : indeed , every page of that work is penned in a delightful strain ' of deep - souled philosophy . SERPENTS . Why may the ventral , or belly - ZOOLOGY - AMPHIBΙΑ . 163.
... this and many other striking phenomena of nature : indeed , every page of that work is penned in a delightful strain ' of deep - souled philosophy . SERPENTS . Why may the ventral , or belly - ZOOLOGY - AMPHIBΙΑ . 163.
Page 164
John Timbs. SERPENTS . Why may the ventral , or belly - plates , or scales of ser- pents , be considered as their feet ? Because these scales slide under each other by a kind of inclusion , so as to permit the ventral surface to shorten ...
John Timbs. SERPENTS . Why may the ventral , or belly - plates , or scales of ser- pents , be considered as their feet ? Because these scales slide under each other by a kind of inclusion , so as to permit the ventral surface to shorten ...
Page 165
... serpents possess by far the greatest number of ribs ; which amount , in some , to 250 pairs . Why have snakes a bag between the nose and the eye ? Because they have no glands to supply the skin with moisture from within , but receive it ...
... serpents possess by far the greatest number of ribs ; which amount , in some , to 250 pairs . Why have snakes a bag between the nose and the eye ? Because they have no glands to supply the skin with moisture from within , but receive it ...
Page 166
... serpents said to leap ? Because they fold their bodies into several undula- tions , which they unbend all at once , according as they wish to give more or less velocity to their motion . The body of some serpents is thrown by the mus ...
... serpents said to leap ? Because they fold their bodies into several undula- tions , which they unbend all at once , according as they wish to give more or less velocity to their motion . The body of some serpents is thrown by the mus ...
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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...