The every-day book of natural history, by J.C.1866 |
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... body , the incurved man- dible , palmate feet , and oily plumage . Occasionally the sea journeys of the gulls are most extensive ; they have been met with more than a hundred leagues from land ; they are also accustomed to make ...
... body , the incurved man- dible , palmate feet , and oily plumage . Occasionally the sea journeys of the gulls are most extensive ; they have been met with more than a hundred leagues from land ; they are also accustomed to make ...
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... body being short and squat , and the bill excessively large ; it is , however , admirably adapted to its mode of life . In brilliancy of plumage none of our birds can compete with it , robed as it is in the brightest tints of azure ...
... body being short and squat , and the bill excessively large ; it is , however , admirably adapted to its mode of life . In brilliancy of plumage none of our birds can compete with it , robed as it is in the brightest tints of azure ...
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... body of the bird used formerly to be placed with woollen clothing , as a protection from moth . A curious super- stition long prevailed , and possibly may still prevail in secluded hamlets , that a Kingfisher , suspended by a thread ...
... body of the bird used formerly to be placed with woollen clothing , as a protection from moth . A curious super- stition long prevailed , and possibly may still prevail in secluded hamlets , that a Kingfisher , suspended by a thread ...
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... body in my bow , and not to draw with the strength of my arms , as divers other nations do , but with strength of the body . I had my bows bought me accord- ing to my age and strength ; as I increased in them so my bows were made bigger ...
... body in my bow , and not to draw with the strength of my arms , as divers other nations do , but with strength of the body . I had my bows bought me accord- ing to my age and strength ; as I increased in them so my bows were made bigger ...
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... body , the graceful , leaf - like form of the wings , and their primrose colour , each wing marked in the centre with a small round , orange spot . Some of the autumn brood of this fly usually survive the winter , and appear on the wing ...
... body , the graceful , leaf - like form of the wings , and their primrose colour , each wing marked in the centre with a small round , orange spot . Some of the autumn brood of this fly usually survive the winter , and appear on the wing ...
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amid ancient animal Aphides appears APRIL autumn bark beauty bees Beetle berries bird bloom blossom blue branches bright brown buds Butterfly caterpillar catkins Chaffinch clear colour coloured blossom common Crowfoot Cuckoo Cuckoo Flower curious deep delicate drooping early earth eggs especially esteemed eyes favourable favourite fish foliage formerly fragrant frequently fresh fruit garden Garden Warbler golden graceful grass Gray Wagtail grub head hedge hedgebank hedgerows herb herbalists insect juice known larvæ leaf light meadows month morning Moth Nature nest numerous observed occasionally odour ornament peculiar petals plant pleasant Pliny plumage pupa purple rarely resemblance rich root Rose round says scurvy season seed seen shade soft song soon Spider spots spring stamens summer sunbeams sunny sweet tail tint TITMOUSE tree unfrequently usually vegetable Water-cress weather wild winds wings winter wood woodland yellow young
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Էջ 278 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Էջ 237 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Էջ 344 - IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea: Listen! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly.
Էջ 170 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Էջ 476 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Էջ 247 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale or piny mountain, Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms, and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Էջ 500 - The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Էջ 387 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Էջ 126 - Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England — now...
Էջ 288 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it love-in-idleness.