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Page 17
The ostrich of South Africa is a prudent and wary animal , and displays little of
that stupidity ascribed to this bird by some ... In relieving each other in hatching ,
the birds are said to be careful not to be seen together at the nest , and are never
...
The ostrich of South Africa is a prudent and wary animal , and displays little of
that stupidity ascribed to this bird by some ... In relieving each other in hatching ,
the birds are said to be careful not to be seen together at the nest , and are never
...
Page 61
It is said that adopted even by some eminent naturalists , that it is often seen ,
curled round a tree , darting terrible several species of serpents possess the
power of glances at a squirrel , which after some time is so fascinating birds and
small ...
It is said that adopted even by some eminent naturalists , that it is often seen ,
curled round a tree , darting terrible several species of serpents possess the
power of glances at a squirrel , which after some time is so fascinating birds and
small ...
Page 134
It is of course more picturesque than profitable : about thirty pounds per annum
are paid for the birds , and ten pounds for the right of pasturage . The island pays
annually twelve Solan geese to the minister , and two to the schoolmaster of ...
It is of course more picturesque than profitable : about thirty pounds per annum
are paid for the birds , and ten pounds for the right of pasturage . The island pays
annually twelve Solan geese to the minister , and two to the schoolmaster of ...
Page 137
I. This singular bird , with the legs of a crane and the head of an eagle , of which a
characteristic representation is given in the ... belongs to the class of rapacious
birds , and he is now placed by naturalists between the vultures and eagles .
I. This singular bird , with the legs of a crane and the head of an eagle , of which a
characteristic representation is given in the ... belongs to the class of rapacious
birds , and he is now placed by naturalists between the vultures and eagles .
Page 200
The Great Ostriches of Arabia , whose wings are insufficient to raise their bulky
body from the ground , excite no less admiration than the little humming - birds of
India , hardly bigger than beetles , which feed on the honey of flowers , like bees
...
The Great Ostriches of Arabia , whose wings are insufficient to raise their bulky
body from the ground , excite no less admiration than the little humming - birds of
India , hardly bigger than beetles , which feed on the honey of flowers , like bees
...
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Page 84 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end: Were this frail world our only rest.
Page 183 - 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.
Page 116 - I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 51 - Even in its very motion there was rest ; While every breath of eve that chanced to blow Wafted the traveller to the beauteous west. Emblem, methought, of the departed soul, To whose white robe the gleam of bliss is given ; And by the breath of mercy made to roll Right onward to the golden gates of Heaven ; Where to the eye of Faith it peaceful lies, And tells to man his glorious destinies.
Page 180 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 188 - Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie-hawk that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not - ye have played Among the palms of Mexico and vines Of Texas, and have crisped the limpid brooks That from the fountains of Sonora glide Into the calm Pacific - have ye fanned A nobler or a lovelier scene than this?
Page 84 - Beyond the flight of time, Beyond the reign of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath. Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward and expire.
Page 30 - Outflying the blast and the driving rain, The petrel telleth her tale — in vain...
Page 101 - Till I have done with this new day, Which now is painful to these eyes, Which have not seen the sun so rise For years — I cannot count them o'er, I lost their long and heavy score, When my last brother droop'd and died, And I lay living by his side.
Page 15 - Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground?