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 páginas |
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... Leaf .. 400 Wallachian Ram 28 Walrus ........... 111 Waryangle 130 Water - crake .... 201 Water - hen . 251 Water - ouzel ..... 201 Water - rat Water - spaniel 67 Snake , Rattle ... 364 Thornback ...... 332 Wasp 86 246 Throstle ...
... Leaf .. 400 Wallachian Ram 28 Walrus ........... 111 Waryangle 130 Water - crake .... 201 Water - hen . 251 Water - ouzel ..... 201 Water - rat Water - spaniel 67 Snake , Rattle ... 364 Thornback ...... 332 Wasp 86 246 Throstle ...
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... leaves to sleep upon . His voice can hardly be described ; it is thought by some persons to have a distant resemblance to the sound of a post horn . It is more frequently exerted when the animal is alone than at other times . In former ...
... leaves to sleep upon . His voice can hardly be described ; it is thought by some persons to have a distant resemblance to the sound of a post horn . It is more frequently exerted when the animal is alone than at other times . In former ...
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... leaves of a cucumber vine , sleeping or chewing the cud , till evening ; in the leaves also of that vine he found a favourite repast . I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty , before he began to be im- patient for the ...
... leaves of a cucumber vine , sleeping or chewing the cud , till evening ; in the leaves also of that vine he found a favourite repast . I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty , before he began to be im- patient for the ...
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... leaping , they appear like leaves blown off by the wind . This animal is said to partake of the nature of the Squirrel , the rat , and the dormouse . Is a harmless inoffensive animal , and seems to bear 80 A DESCRIPTION OF.
... leaping , they appear like leaves blown off by the wind . This animal is said to partake of the nature of the Squirrel , the rat , and the dormouse . Is a harmless inoffensive animal , and seems to bear 80 A DESCRIPTION OF.
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... leaves for their accommodation , and divides into several holes in different directions to the length of fourteen or fifteen feet , for the security of the family . The following curious fact is related by Mr. Bruce . " In visiting the ...
... leaves for their accommodation , and divides into several holes in different directions to the length of fourteen or fifteen feet , for the security of the family . The following curious fact is related by Mr. Bruce . " In visiting the ...
Términos y frases comunes
anal fin animal appearance ash colour beak beautiful belly bill bird body breast breed brown called Cassowary caterpillars caught claws coasts Cockatrice common covered creature Cuckoo curious destroy devour distance dorsal fin dusky eggs elytra esteemed eyes Falcon feathers feed feet in length female lays fins fish five flesh four frequently genus gray green ground hair hatched head hole horns house sparrow hundred inhabitants insects kind known lapwing larvæ legs live male mouth nature nearly neck nest noise observed ostrich oviparous pectoral fins pigeon plumage Polype pounds prey quadrupeds resembles rivers season seems seen seize seldom serpent shape shell shore side skin sometimes soon spawn species spots spring supposed Surinam swallows tail teeth thick throat TITMOUSE trees tribe upper viviparous weighing Whale whole wild wings winter worm yellow young
Pasajes populares
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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?