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... He prayeth well , who loveth well Both man and bird and beast . THE ANCIENT MARINER . LONDON : JOHN W. PARKER AND SON , WEST STRAND . MDCCC LII . 189. l . 3 . THE favourable reception accorded to Zoological Recreations , and to.
... He prayeth well , who loveth well Both man and bird and beast . THE ANCIENT MARINER . LONDON : JOHN W. PARKER AND SON , WEST STRAND . MDCCC LII . 189. l . 3 . THE favourable reception accorded to Zoological Recreations , and to.
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... to the bird by the ancients - Its migration - The White Stork- Metamorphosis of Antigone - Gratitude of Storks prover- bial - Heracleis of Tarentum rewarded by a Stork - Supposed gratitude , chastity , and hatred of infidelity , of.
... to the bird by the ancients - Its migration - The White Stork- Metamorphosis of Antigone - Gratitude of Storks prover- bial - Heracleis of Tarentum rewarded by a Stork - Supposed gratitude , chastity , and hatred of infidelity , of.
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... Ancient traditions - Singular medicinal properties ascribed to the Swallow - The Wood Swallow , or Be - wowen of the Abori- gines of Western Australia - Pleasing habits of the Wood- Swallow , described by Mr. Gould - Its food and X ...
... Ancient traditions - Singular medicinal properties ascribed to the Swallow - The Wood Swallow , or Be - wowen of the Abori- gines of Western Australia - Pleasing habits of the Wood- Swallow , described by Mr. Gould - Its food and X ...
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... ancient war - Holland's account , translated from Pliny - Antipathy of the Horse to the Camel - Madness of the Camel - Reason assigned - Camel fight - Late appearance of the Camel on the Roman arena - Its medicinal properties- Its ...
... ancient war - Holland's account , translated from Pliny - Antipathy of the Horse to the Camel - Madness of the Camel - Reason assigned - Camel fight - Late appearance of the Camel on the Roman arena - Its medicinal properties- Its ...
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... ancient Romans - Use of Tortoiseshell in Rome - Large skull of a Turtle - Remarks on the natural history and capture of Turtles - Sloane's account of a Turtle diet - Labat's opinion thereon - Mode of quieting Turtles , to avoid their ...
... ancient Romans - Use of Tortoiseshell in Rome - Large skull of a Turtle - Remarks on the natural history and capture of Turtles - Sloane's account of a Turtle diet - Labat's opinion thereon - Mode of quieting Turtles , to avoid their ...
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Page 25 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 110 - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Page 215 - Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Page 265 - What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain? And questioned every gust of rugged wings That blows from off each beaked promontory : They knew not of his story...
Page 191 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Page 359 - Sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora. DIFFUGIMUS visu exsangues : illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt; et primum parva duorum Corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque Implicat , et miseros morsu depascitur artus. Post ipsum , auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem Corripiunt , spirisque ligant ingentibus : et jam Bis medium amplexi , bis collo squamea circum Terga dati , superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 205 - And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Page 160 - Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 110 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies ; and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
Page 90 - Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below, — the snow-white Gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy...