The Reason why: Natural History, Illustrating the Natural History of Man and the Lower Animals : by the Author of Enquire Within Upon Everything : One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations, Twelfth ThousandHoulston & Wright, 1869 - 372 стор. |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 33
Сторінка ix
... HEART , LUNGS , LIVER , STOMACH , BRAIN , & c . ....... 26 THE SENSES - SEEING , HEARING , SMELLING , TASTING , AND FEELING .... 40 II . MAMMALIA ( BEASTS ) . ALIITILL CLASSIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS ANIMALS ...... BIMANA AND QUADRUMANA ...
... HEART , LUNGS , LIVER , STOMACH , BRAIN , & c . ....... 26 THE SENSES - SEEING , HEARING , SMELLING , TASTING , AND FEELING .... 40 II . MAMMALIA ( BEASTS ) . ALIITILL CLASSIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS ANIMALS ...... BIMANA AND QUADRUMANA ...
Сторінка 11
... heart , the tongue of all , Crown the great hymn ! " - THOMSON . with it ; while the view of that which they attempted to seize would be obstructed by the nose and cheeks . 15. Why is a horizontal posture unfitted for the human body ...
... heart , the tongue of all , Crown the great hymn ! " - THOMSON . with it ; while the view of that which they attempted to seize would be obstructed by the nose and cheeks . 15. Why is a horizontal posture unfitted for the human body ...
Сторінка 20
... heart are within them . The ribs are fastened in front to a bone called the breast - bone , and are joined at the back to the backbone . In front , the rib - bones are joined to the breast - bone by gristle , and this gives them a ...
... heart are within them . The ribs are fastened in front to a bone called the breast - bone , and are joined at the back to the backbone . In front , the rib - bones are joined to the breast - bone by gristle , and this gives them a ...
Сторінка 23
... heart is newly separated from the body , it contracts if irritated . The bowels continue their peristaltic motion after death , until they be- come stiff and cold . This quality belongs absolutely to the muscle , and exists , in some ...
... heart is newly separated from the body , it contracts if irritated . The bowels continue their peristaltic motion after death , until they be- come stiff and cold . This quality belongs absolutely to the muscle , and exists , in some ...
Сторінка 25
... heart , the stomach , the bowels , or the gullet ; these do not require them , for the motions are wholly contractile , and need no lever power . But where tendons pass over bones and traverse joints , the force is concentrated into ...
... heart , the stomach , the bowels , or the gullet ; these do not require them , for the motions are wholly contractile , and need no lever power . But where tendons pass over bones and traverse joints , the force is concentrated into ...
Інші видання - Показати все
The Reason Why: Natural History, Illustrating the Natural History of Man and ... Robert Kemp Philp Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2016 |
Загальні терміни та фрази
action adapted animal appearance armadillo attack beak bee-eaters bill birds birds of prey blood body bones branches burrow called carnivorous cetacea claws colour creatures dromedary ears earth eggs elephant enabled extremities feathers feed feet female fish fluid foot fore frequently furnished giraffe ground habits hair hare head hind hippopotamus horns horse inhabit insects instinct jaws legs length less light lion live lungs male mandible manner mastication means membrane monkeys motion mouth muscles muscular musquitoes nature neck nest Newfoundland dog nostrils organs ostrich Pachydermata papillæ parrot Partington's Cyclopædia pass peculiar plumage pouch prey purpose quadrupeds reason remarkable renders reptiles retina rhinoceros rock pigeon ruminating scent side sight skin sloth sometimes species spermaceti stomach structure sub-order subsist substance surface swallow swimming tail teeth toes tongue trees tribe trunk vegetable vultures whale wings young
Популярні уривки
Сторінка 242 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Сторінка 124 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Сторінка 229 - 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.
Сторінка 84 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Сторінка 236 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Сторінка 152 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow ; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Сторінка 25 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where he vital breathes, there must be joy.
Сторінка 306 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Сторінка 352 - Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table: that's the end.
Сторінка 230 - ... and twenty others, succeed, with such imposing reality, that we look round for the originals, and discover, with astonishment, that the sole performer in this singular concert, is the admirable bird now before us. During this exhibition of his powers, he spreads his wings, expands his tail, and throws himself around the cage in all the ecstasy of enthusiasm, seeming not only to sing, but to dance, keeping time to the measure of his own music.