A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, 9. köideThomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... color of the feathers there . This dust was not in small quantities ; for , upon striking his breast , the yellow powder flew in greater quantity than from a hair dresser's powder puff . The feathers of the belly and breast , which were ...
... color of the feathers there . This dust was not in small quantities ; for , upon striking his breast , the yellow powder flew in greater quantity than from a hair dresser's powder puff . The feathers of the belly and breast , which were ...
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... color of its plumage . It is very destructive to deer , which it will seize between the horns ; and , by incessantly ... colors , variegated with white and black ; the upper part of the tail dusky crossed very faintly with paler bars ...
... color of its plumage . It is very destructive to deer , which it will seize between the horns ; and , by incessantly ... colors , variegated with white and black ; the upper part of the tail dusky crossed very faintly with paler bars ...
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... color ; the talons are black , and nearly of an equal size ; the feathers of the thighs , con- trary to others of the hawk kind , are short , and adhere close to them , for the more easily pene- trating the water . Notwithstanding this ...
... color ; the talons are black , and nearly of an equal size ; the feathers of the thighs , con- trary to others of the hawk kind , are short , and adhere close to them , for the more easily pene- trating the water . Notwithstanding this ...
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... color . Some have their breast and belly of a brown color , and are only marked across the craw with a large white crescent ; but usually the breast is of a yellowish white , spotted with oblong rust - colored spots , pointing downwards ...
... color . Some have their breast and belly of a brown color , and are only marked across the craw with a large white crescent ; but usually the breast is of a yellowish white , spotted with oblong rust - colored spots , pointing downwards ...
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... color ; the tail barred with four or five bars of black , and as many of ash- color ; the tips of all the tail feathers white . 20. F.gypætus albicilla , the cinereous bastard eagle , is inferior in size to the golden eagle ; the head ...
... color ; the tail barred with four or five bars of black , and as many of ash- color ; the tips of all the tail feathers white . 20. F.gypætus albicilla , the cinereous bastard eagle , is inferior in size to the golden eagle ; the head ...
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Page 263 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 120 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 369 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 51 - Created pure. But know, that in the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief ; among these, fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things, Which the five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, airy shapes, Which reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion ; then retires Into her private cell when nature rests.
Page 49 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe, and brighter seasons smile. There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay ; — So thou, with sails how swift! hast reached the shore " Where tempests never beat nor billows roar," And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Page 401 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Page 431 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 16 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Page 92 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 6 - How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.