A History of the earth and animated nature v.2, Том 2A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... covered with a green down , like that on young birds ; and , soon afterwards , men , like mushrooms , rose from the ground . Lu- cretius ( A. C. 60 ) relates , that even in his time , when the earth was supposed to be too old for gen ...
... covered with a green down , like that on young birds ; and , soon afterwards , men , like mushrooms , rose from the ground . Lu- cretius ( A. C. 60 ) relates , that even in his time , when the earth was supposed to be too old for gen ...
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... covered with a dense integument in many of their parts , which are thus wholly unfitted for this sense . The thick hides of the elephant and rhinoceros , the feathers of birds , the scales , horny coverings , and shells of the lower ...
... covered with a dense integument in many of their parts , which are thus wholly unfitted for this sense . The thick hides of the elephant and rhinoceros , the feathers of birds , the scales , horny coverings , and shells of the lower ...
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... covered all over with a yellowish white silk , like the down of a young duck , which entirely dis- appears in six or ... covering of muscle . The fingers , when first formed , are surrounded by a skin , which entirely covers them , like ...
... covered all over with a yellowish white silk , like the down of a young duck , which entirely dis- appears in six or ... covering of muscle . The fingers , when first formed , are surrounded by a skin , which entirely covers them , like ...
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... covered with living beings . Animals and plants are to be found in every corner of the globe , with the exception of ... covering the earth in every direction to the depth of many leagues , continually exchanges its particles with those ...
... covered with living beings . Animals and plants are to be found in every corner of the globe , with the exception of ... covering the earth in every direction to the depth of many leagues , continually exchanges its particles with those ...
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... covered with soft and moveable bodies , and sometimes without them . Instead of considering the soft body as the artificer of the solid mass , they believed that the latter produced the former ; and as the solid masses were observed to ...
... covered with soft and moveable bodies , and sometimes without them . Instead of considering the soft body as the artificer of the solid mass , they believed that the latter produced the former ; and as the solid masses were observed to ...
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Стр. 4 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Стр. 5 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school.
Стр. 4 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Стр. 5 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew— 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too, Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge.
Стр. 27 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him.
Стр. 14 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain, A new creation rescued from his reign.
Стр. 10 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Стр. 48 - I know of no comedy for many years that has so much exhilarated an audience, that has answered so much the great end of comedy — making an audience merry.
Стр. 39 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Стр. 5 - The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.