A History of the earth and animated nature v.2, Volume 2A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... whole science of Natural History teems with instances , showing the successful application of the general principle called the conditions of ex- istence . Thus , when we see an animal possessed of a capacious stomach , long intestines ...
... whole science of Natural History teems with instances , showing the successful application of the general principle called the conditions of ex- istence . Thus , when we see an animal possessed of a capacious stomach , long intestines ...
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... whole number of species will be found to be very much greater . Improved microscopes have disclosed myriads of animal- cules previously unknown , and almost every fluid contains an enormous variety of distinct forms , many of them ...
... whole number of species will be found to be very much greater . Improved microscopes have disclosed myriads of animal- cules previously unknown , and almost every fluid contains an enormous variety of distinct forms , many of them ...
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... whole , and the whole with the universe . If , then , we wish to distinguish a living body from another organized body , but without life , we have only to ascertain whether it continue to interchange particles with the soil , or ...
... whole , and the whole with the universe . If , then , we wish to distinguish a living body from another organized body , but without life , we have only to ascertain whether it continue to interchange particles with the soil , or ...
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... whole vegetable is nourished . Something similar to this may be observed in Animals . We see an animal of a very complicated structure . A bony skeleton , nerves , organs of sensation , a brain , muscles for motion , a heart for ...
... whole vegetable is nourished . Something similar to this may be observed in Animals . We see an animal of a very complicated structure . A bony skeleton , nerves , organs of sensation , a brain , muscles for motion , a heart for ...
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... whole theory and practice of slips and layers . The same thing is found with cer- tain animals . A naked polypus , when cut into several pieces , forms so many new and perfect polypi , which continue to live in exactly the same manner ...
... whole theory and practice of slips and layers . The same thing is found with cer- tain animals . A naked polypus , when cut into several pieces , forms so many new and perfect polypi , which continue to live in exactly the same manner ...
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Page 4 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 5 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school.
Page 4 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Page 5 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew— 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too, Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge.
Page 27 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him.
Page 14 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain, A new creation rescued from his reign.
Page 10 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 48 - I know of no comedy for many years that has so much exhilarated an audience, that has answered so much the great end of comedy — making an audience merry.
Page 39 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 5 - The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.