Popular chemistry, mechanics, arts and manufacturesLilly & Wait, 1832 |
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John Timbs. and the means of obtaining food thus failing , the body sinks to rest . Man is the only animal that can counteract the fatal consequences of the loss of teeth . Why are the incisor or front teeth of gnawing ani- mals always ...
John Timbs. and the means of obtaining food thus failing , the body sinks to rest . Man is the only animal that can counteract the fatal consequences of the loss of teeth . Why are the incisor or front teeth of gnawing ani- mals always ...
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... bodies , they never fly against them ; yet it does not seem that the senses of hearing , seeing , or smelling , serve ... body , and between them is stretched a thin membrane or web , for flying . Hence they are as little capable of PART ...
... bodies , they never fly against them ; yet it does not seem that the senses of hearing , seeing , or smelling , serve ... body , and between them is stretched a thin membrane or web , for flying . Hence they are as little capable of PART ...
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... to feed upon ; but wherever there is an animal body putrefying , his nose scents it at a great distance , and the air is soon freed from the effluvium . THE FOX . Why does the fox seize his prey 24 KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE .
... to feed upon ; but wherever there is an animal body putrefying , his nose scents it at a great distance , and the air is soon freed from the effluvium . THE FOX . Why does the fox seize his prey 24 KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE .
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... body very remarkable as compared with his size ? Because of the extraordinary density of his mus- cles , and the compactness of his principal bones . Why has the lion but little sense of taste ? Because his lingual , or tongue , nerve ...
... body very remarkable as compared with his size ? Because of the extraordinary density of his mus- cles , and the compactness of his principal bones . Why has the lion but little sense of taste ? Because his lingual , or tongue , nerve ...
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... the gazelle , a species of antelope , is one of the most elegant animals in nature . Its skin is beautifully sleek , its body extremely graceful , its head 1 peculiarly light , its ears highly flexible , its ZOOLOGY . 33 - QUADRUPEDS .
... the gazelle , a species of antelope , is one of the most elegant animals in nature . Its skin is beautifully sleek , its body extremely graceful , its head 1 peculiarly light , its ears highly flexible , its ZOOLOGY . 33 - QUADRUPEDS .
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...