Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1837 |
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Pàgina iii
... present Conductor , upon the occa- sion of bringing to a close the First Volume of the New Series . Prior , however , to the commencement of another year , it is hardly possible to form any decided estimate of the opinion which the ...
... present Conductor , upon the occa- sion of bringing to a close the First Volume of the New Series . Prior , however , to the commencement of another year , it is hardly possible to form any decided estimate of the opinion which the ...
Pàgina iv
... the contrary , small type has been introduced , so as considerably to increase the amount of matter in the present Volume . 28. Stamford Street , Nov. 26. 1837 . CONTENTS . LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS , With References to the iv PREFACE .
... the contrary , small type has been introduced , so as considerably to increase the amount of matter in the present Volume . 28. Stamford Street , Nov. 26. 1837 . CONTENTS . LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS , With References to the iv PREFACE .
Pàgina 10
... present I am acquainted with but a small number having , like this , the property of ex- isting in temperatures so different . Other species , more sensible , as it appears , to the influence of climate , are much more localised , and ...
... present I am acquainted with but a small number having , like this , the property of ex- isting in temperatures so different . Other species , more sensible , as it appears , to the influence of climate , are much more localised , and ...
Pàgina 16
... present one . I find there , in effect , on one side , a great number of animals whose races are annihilated ; and , on the other , the soil occu- pied by new races , and the nearest seas peopled by species of which ninety - nine ...
... present one . I find there , in effect , on one side , a great number of animals whose races are annihilated ; and , on the other , the soil occu- pied by new races , and the nearest seas peopled by species of which ninety - nine ...
Pàgina 32
... present state , is only applicable to very hard wood , though I hope to adapt it to all . † I have caused the situation and present dimensions of each of these trees to be inserted in the parish register , to form data whereby their ...
... present state , is only applicable to very hard wood , though I hope to adapt it to all . † I have caused the situation and present dimensions of each of these trees to be inserted in the parish register , to form data whereby their ...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volum 1 John Claudius Loudon,Edward Charlesworth,John Denson Visualització completa - 1829 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 174 - ... hunted over this ground with the Indians, and knowing every turn of the Cuyahoga as familiarly as the villager knows the streets of his own hamlet, Brady directed his course to the river, at a spot where the whole stream is compressed by the rocky cliffs into a narrow channel of only twenty-two feet across...
Pàgina 98 - ... it seems most natural and simple to believe that, being indisputably indigenous, and being, from its perennial verdure, its longevity, and the durability of its wood, at once an emblem and a specimen of immortality, its branches would be employed by our pagan ancestors, on their first arrival here, as the best substitute for the cypress, to deck the graves of the dead, and for other sacred purposes.
Pàgina 89 - No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Pàgina 292 - The first division proposes to familiarize the eye to those relations of all natural objects which form the basis of argument in Dr. Paley's Natural Theology : to induce a mental habit of associating the view of natural phenomena with the conviction that they are the media of divine manifestation: and, by such association, to give proper dignity to every branch of natural science.
Pàgina 290 - As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare in land, in seas, in air ; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut. These famous antiquarians — that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily queen — Transplanted now themselves, sleep here. And when Angels...
Pàgina 528 - ... with the saliva of the bird, giving firmness and consistency to the whole, as well as keeping out moisture. Within this are thick matted layers of the fine wings of certain flying seeds closely laid together : and, lastly, the downy substance from the great mullein and from the stalks of the common fern lines the whole. The base of the nest is continued round the stem of the branch, to which it closely adheres, and, when viewed from below, appears a mere mossy knot or accidental protuberance.
Pàgina 321 - ... abandoned — when we have seen, year after year, the objects of our fiercest hostility, and of our fondest affections, lie down together in the hallowed peace of the grave — when ordinary pleasures and amusements begin to be insipid, and the gay derision which seasoned them to appear flat and importunate — when we reflect how often we have mourned and been, comforted — what opposite opinions we have successively maintained and abandoned — to what inconsistent habits we have gradually...
Pàgina 529 - A lady in the house undertook to be its nurse, placed it in her bosom, and as it began to revive, dissolved a little sugar in her mouth, into which she thrust its bill, and it sucked with great avidity. In this manner it was brought up until fit for the cage.
Pàgina 290 - Art and Nature through, As by their choice collections may appear Of what is rare in Land, in Sea, in Air, Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut. These famous Antiquarians that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen...
Pàgina 527 - This is generally fixed on (5) the upper side of a horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself.