Magazine of Natural History, Том 6

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John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1833
 

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Сторінка 147 - At length did cross an Albatross: Thorough the fog it came : As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name. It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners
Сторінка 396 - Grongar Hill Silent nymph! with curious eye Who the purple evening lie On the mountain's lonely van Beyond the noise of busy man, Painting fair the form of things, While the yellow linnet sings Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the forest with her tale...
Сторінка 356 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY. Intended to convey Practical Knowledge of the Science, and comprising the most important recent discoveries ; with explanations of the facts and phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories. By ROBERT BAKEWELL.
Сторінка 235 - The patriot's virtue and the poet's song, Still, as the tide of ages rolls away, Shall charm the world, unconscious of decay. Yes ! there are hearts, prophetic HOPE may trust, That slumber yet in uncreated dust, Ordain'd to fire th...
Сторінка 65 - General System of Gardening and Botany; containing a complete Enumeration and Description of all Plants hitherto known; with their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture, and their Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy.
Сторінка 142 - ... times the whole of their subsistence. Here, then, if my data be correct, there is the enormous quantity of 468,000 Ibs., or 209 tons, of worms, insects, and their larvae, destroyed by the rooks of a single rookery in one year.
Сторінка 160 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Сторінка 200 - O'er all his heart shall Taste and Beauty sway ! Free on the sunny slope, or winding shore, With...
Сторінка 163 - tis out of all plumb, my lord, — quite an irregular thing ! not one of the angles at the four corners was a right angle. I had my rule and compasses, my lord, in my pocket.

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