The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts, Volum 2Edward Mammatt Simpkin and Marshall, 1835 |
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Pàgina 4
... known by the simple name of Lias . This stratum occupies nearly the whole of the Vale of Evesham , and extends from 200 to 300 feet up the sides of Bredon and Broadway Hills . Its total thickness is probably upwards of 500 feet . At ...
... known by the simple name of Lias . This stratum occupies nearly the whole of the Vale of Evesham , and extends from 200 to 300 feet up the sides of Bredon and Broadway Hills . Its total thickness is probably upwards of 500 feet . At ...
Pàgina 6
... known by the name of Cleeve Bank . The river still keeps close to the foot of the bank , the sides of which are composed of Red Marl , and the summit of Lias . This continues to near Littleton Ferry , whence the boundary of the two ...
... known by the name of Cleeve Bank . The river still keeps close to the foot of the bank , the sides of which are composed of Red Marl , and the summit of Lias . This continues to near Littleton Ferry , whence the boundary of the two ...
Pàgina 9
... known chalk fossils , have been met with . In the neighbour- hood of the Lias , the diluvial beds often contain rolled fragments of the fossils of that formation , such as Gryphæa incurva , Ammonites , & c . At the village of Bredon ...
... known chalk fossils , have been met with . In the neighbour- hood of the Lias , the diluvial beds often contain rolled fragments of the fossils of that formation , such as Gryphæa incurva , Ammonites , & c . At the village of Bredon ...
Pàgina 18
... known . When a boy , I have witnessed severe and long - protracted contests between individuals of the two species . The battle , however , invariably terminated in the destruction of the rat by its nimble and wily antagonist . 2 ...
... known . When a boy , I have witnessed severe and long - protracted contests between individuals of the two species . The battle , however , invariably terminated in the destruction of the rat by its nimble and wily antagonist . 2 ...
Pàgina 19
... known . Much more common than the preceding species . Remarks . - The stoat subsists principally upon eggs , poultry and other descriptions of bird , rats , and putrid animal substances . It has been known to track a young hare by the ...
... known . Much more common than the preceding species . Remarks . - The stoat subsists principally upon eggs , poultry and other descriptions of bird , rats , and putrid animal substances . It has been known to track a young hare by the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 257 - There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths ; or those that crossed the sea And drew their sounding bows at Azincour, Perhaps at earlier Crecy, or Poictiers.
Pàgina 173 - ... relief, he shall have his inheritance by the ancient relief; that is to say, the heir or heirs of an earl, for...
Pàgina 261 - Twelve years have elapsed since I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade.
Pàgina 396 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Pàgina 39 - Such was Zuleika, such around her shone The nameless charms unmark'd by her alone — The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh! that eye was in itself a Soul...
Pàgina 256 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours : nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and, ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.
Pàgina 193 - Jack-o'-lantern little Frenchman to deal with. Instead of keeping quietly up the right side of the valley, to get above the horses, the moment he saw them move toward the river, he broke out of the...
Pàgina 192 - A beautiful meadow about half a mile wide, enamelled with yellow autumnal flowers, stretched for two or three miles along the foot of the hills, bordered on the opposite side by the river, whose banks were fringed with cotton-wood trees, the bright foliage of which refreshed and delighted the eye, after being wearied by the contemplation of monotonous wastes of brown forest.
Pàgina 65 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.