The Twentieth Century, Volum 97Nineteenth Century and After, 1925 |
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Pàgina 304
... nest of spheres fitting one into another , if we may borrow a prosaic simile , like the skins of an onion . Such , then , was the Greek conception of the universe as a system of revolving spheres with the earth at the centre . It ...
... nest of spheres fitting one into another , if we may borrow a prosaic simile , like the skins of an onion . Such , then , was the Greek conception of the universe as a system of revolving spheres with the earth at the centre . It ...
Pàgina 403
... nesting sites , has probably suffered least of any . There are island groups in Spitsbergen named Anser Islands ( one imagines because of the geese colonies which formerly frequented them ) 1 Since this article was written the ...
... nesting sites , has probably suffered least of any . There are island groups in Spitsbergen named Anser Islands ( one imagines because of the geese colonies which formerly frequented them ) 1 Since this article was written the ...
Pàgina 404
... nest gregariously , for the valleys of the mainland , where it nests in single pairs scattered over a wide But while it is comparatively safe there from its human enemies , it is liable to attacks by the Arctic fox , for , unlike its ...
... nest gregariously , for the valleys of the mainland , where it nests in single pairs scattered over a wide But while it is comparatively safe there from its human enemies , it is liable to attacks by the Arctic fox , for , unlike its ...
Pàgina 405
... nesting habits . One egg is laid deep down in a cranny amongst the stones , often upon ground that is still frozen , and the parent bird at times sits so closely that it can be approached and even touched in its nesting hollow . Unlike ...
... nesting habits . One egg is laid deep down in a cranny amongst the stones , often upon ground that is still frozen , and the parent bird at times sits so closely that it can be approached and even touched in its nesting hollow . Unlike ...
Pàgina 406
... nest in large colonies ; half a dozen pairs were the most we ever saw breeding together . The graceful fulmar petrel , on the other hand , nests in Spits- bergen in very large numbers . It does not , as in Scotland , fre- quent the most ...
... nest in large colonies ; half a dozen pairs were the most we ever saw breeding together . The graceful fulmar petrel , on the other hand , nests in Spits- bergen in very large numbers . It does not , as in Scotland , fre- quent the most ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 667 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord...
Pàgina 35 - O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone, And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
Pàgina 188 - I be lessen'd in his love? I wrong the grave with fears untrue. Shall love be blamed for want of faith? There must be wisdom with great Death; The dead shall look me thro
Pàgina 307 - To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible, upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service.
Pàgina 745 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Pàgina 760 - Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Pàgina 520 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Pàgina 746 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Pàgina 672 - And He called to Him a little child and set him in the midst of them and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Pàgina 527 - And there also came together the multitude from the cities round about Jerusalem, bringing sick folk, and them that were vexed with unclean spirits : and they were healed every one.