Annual Report, 20–22. köide1852 |
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... young can better learn the sentiments of devotion , or the old preserve them , than by cultivating those habits of thought and observation , which convert the senses of Nature into the temple of God : which makes us see the Deity in ...
... young can better learn the sentiments of devotion , or the old preserve them , than by cultivating those habits of thought and observation , which convert the senses of Nature into the temple of God : which makes us see the Deity in ...
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... young undergoes , like the insects , a series of metamorphoses , till it arrives at its perfect state . In their first stage , they have an elongated body , a laterally compressed tail , and external branchiæ ; their small mouth is ...
... young undergoes , like the insects , a series of metamorphoses , till it arrives at its perfect state . In their first stage , they have an elongated body , a laterally compressed tail , and external branchiæ ; their small mouth is ...
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... young ones . The Caterpillar of the Arcta caja crawling on the pathway , Penryn road . Brassica Oleracea ( brocoli ) . In Falmouth market . Musca domestica . On the wing in the house . Bombus terrestris . Abroad , Block - house field ...
... young ones . The Caterpillar of the Arcta caja crawling on the pathway , Penryn road . Brassica Oleracea ( brocoli ) . In Falmouth market . Musca domestica . On the wing in the house . Bombus terrestris . Abroad , Block - house field ...
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... young fish ultimately escapes by an opening at the square end , near which the head is situated . " - Yarrell . Blennius gunnellus . Spawn attached to under - surfaces of stones , Gwyllyn - vase . " The amazing reproductive powers of ...
... young fish ultimately escapes by an opening at the square end , near which the head is situated . " - Yarrell . Blennius gunnellus . Spawn attached to under - surfaces of stones , Gwyllyn - vase . " The amazing reproductive powers of ...
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... young man present either had a right or claimed one of saluting her , and of plucking off a berry at each kiss . " Bishop Nares mentions , " the customs longest preserved ( relic of paganism ) was the hanging up a bush of mistletoe in ...
... young man present either had a right or claimed one of saluting her , and of plucking off a berry at each kiss . " Bishop Nares mentions , " the customs longest preserved ( relic of paganism ) was the hanging up a bush of mistletoe in ...
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Page 14 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Page 15 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ~] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Page 15 - ... but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Page 15 - And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Page 34 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 29 - ... green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa : he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure. Even the beings selected for his prey are poetical, beautiful, and transient.
Page 25 - So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear,) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet.
Page 29 - He is the joyous prophet of the year — the harbinger of the best season: he lives a life of enjoyment amongst the loveliest forms of nature : winter is unknown to him; and he leaves the green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa: — he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure.
Page 58 - I have counted above 10,000,000), so subtile (they are scarcely visible to the naked eye, and often resemble thin smoke), so light (raised, perhaps, by evaporation into the atmosphere), and are dispersed in so many ways (by the attraction of the sun, by insects, wind, elasticity, adhesion, &c.), that it is difficult to conceive a place from which they can be excluded.
Page 56 - May at times, when the wild products of the field are nearly consumed, the ivy ripens its berries, and...