The Natural History of Selborne: With A Naturalist's Calendar & Additional ObservationsScott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... plant the crown imperial where it could be easily observed , in order to see the incident repeated . The humming - bird - like fancy for sweet- ness is not confined to this white - throat ; even the sparrows are believed to sometimes ...
... plant the crown imperial where it could be easily observed , in order to see the incident repeated . The humming - bird - like fancy for sweet- ness is not confined to this white - throat ; even the sparrows are believed to sometimes ...
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... plants . ( For which consult Letter XLI . to Mr. Barrington . ) By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in 1635 , and the eleventh year of Charles I. ( which now lies before me ) , it appears that the limits of the ...
... plants . ( For which consult Letter XLI . to Mr. Barrington . ) By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in 1635 , and the eleventh year of Charles I. ( which now lies before me ) , it appears that the limits of the ...
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... plants : and the case is the same with regard to some of the fishes ; as the eel , etc. The method in which toads procreate and bring forth seems to be very much in the dark . Some authors say that they are viviparous and yet Ray ...
... plants : and the case is the same with regard to some of the fishes ; as the eel , etc. The method in which toads procreate and bring forth seems to be very much in the dark . Some authors say that they are viviparous and yet Ray ...
Сторінка 74
... upper mandible , which is much longer than their lower , they bore under the plant , and so eat the root off upwards , leaving the tuft of leaves untouched . In this respect they are serviceable , as 74 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... upper mandible , which is much longer than their lower , they bore under the plant , and so eat the root off upwards , leaving the tuft of leaves untouched . In this respect they are serviceable , as 74 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
Сторінка 77
... plants ; towards which way of livelihood the length of legs and great lip must con- tribute much . I have read somewhere that it delights in eating the nymphaea , or water - lily . From the fore - feet to the belly behind the shoulder ...
... plants ; towards which way of livelihood the length of legs and great lip must con- tribute much . I have read somewhere that it delights in eating the nymphaea , or water - lily . From the fore - feet to the belly behind the shoulder ...
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Сторінка 54 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Сторінка 129 - 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...
Сторінка 189 - ... over the part affected. For it is supposed that a shrewmouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A...
Сторінка 103 - As, when the dove her rocky hold forsakes, Roused in a fright, her sounding wings she shakes ; The cavern rings with clattering ; out she flies, And leaves her callow care, and cleaves the skies : At first she flutters ; but at length she springs To smoother flight, and shoots upon her wings : So Mnestheus in the Dolphin cuts the sea ; And, flying with a force, that force assists his way.
Сторінка 200 - ... slopes where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms ; the former because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth without worms would soon become cold, hardbound, and void of fermentation ; and consequently sterile...
Сторінка 278 - ... alteration in the air. The sun, at noon, looked as blank as a clouded moon, and shed a rustcoloured ferruginous light on the ground, and floors of . rooms ; but was particularly lurid and blood-coloured at rising and setting. All the time the heat was so intense that butchers...
Сторінка 279 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Сторінка 180 - THERK is a wonderful spirit of sociality in the brute creation, independent of sexual attachment : the congregating of gregarious birds in the winter is a remarkable instance. Many horses, though quiet with company, will not stay one minute in a field by themselves : the strongest fences cannot restrain them. My neighbour's horse will not only not stay by himself abroad, but he will not bear to be left...
Сторінка 137 - ... much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass ; for as sure as it walks elate, and as it were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain before night.
Сторінка 146 - ... by its own weight, the provident architect has prudence and forbearance enough not to advance her work too fast ; but by building only in the morning, and by dedicating the rest of the day to food and amusement, gives it sufficient time to dry and harden. About half an inch seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. Thus careful workmen when they build...