The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography, Literature, Natural History, and Biography ...Wm. S. Orr and Company, 1838 |
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... remarkable . The upper lip and jaws , instead of being horny , as in the majority of beetles , are reduced to thin membranous plates , incapable of gnawing ; the maxillæ are also terminated by a very hairy lobe , in the shape of a ...
... remarkable . The upper lip and jaws , instead of being horny , as in the majority of beetles , are reduced to thin membranous plates , incapable of gnawing ; the maxillæ are also terminated by a very hairy lobe , in the shape of a ...
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... remarkable that the larva and pupa of the com- mon rose - chaffer are often found under ground in ants ' nests , where , it would seem , they support themselves by feeding upon the bits of wood of which the nests are composed , and ...
... remarkable that the larva and pupa of the com- mon rose - chaffer are often found under ground in ants ' nests , where , it would seem , they support themselves by feeding upon the bits of wood of which the nests are composed , and ...
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... remarkable for their singular forms , their brilliant colours , and their great activity . They are so remarkable in these respects , that they have sometimes been described as occupying a similar place in the tropical seas to that ...
... remarkable for their singular forms , their brilliant colours , and their great activity . They are so remarkable in these respects , that they have sometimes been described as occupying a similar place in the tropical seas to that ...
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... remarkable that America , both South and North , seems to be destitute of chalk , Mr. Maclure asserting positively that it does not exist on that continent . Chalk is well known to have an earthy dull fracture , but it occasionally ...
... remarkable that America , both South and North , seems to be destitute of chalk , Mr. Maclure asserting positively that it does not exist on that continent . Chalk is well known to have an earthy dull fracture , but it occasionally ...
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... remarkable on account of many of the species emitting a very disagreeable fetid odour , which does not seem to be dependent on the water in which they grow . They are generally of a dull greenish colour , and have roots , which are ...
... remarkable on account of many of the species emitting a very disagreeable fetid odour , which does not seem to be dependent on the water in which they grow . They are generally of a dull greenish colour , and have roots , which are ...
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Page 302 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 109 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls : who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Page 361 - His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surge foam around.
Page 361 - ... coursing along the sands; trains of ducks streaming over the surface — silent and watchful cranes intent and wading ; clamorous crows, and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
Page 361 - ... rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish. The Eagle, poising himself for a moment as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Page 109 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 37 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings ; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue.
Page 312 - ... before them. The hospitable monks, though their revenue is scanty, open their doors to every stranger that presents himself. To be cold, to be weary, to be benighted, constitute the title to their comfortable shelter, their cheering meal, and their agreeable discourse.
Page 312 - In these regions the traveller is often overtaken by the most severe weather, even after days of cloudless beauty, when the glaciers glitter in the sunshine, and the pink flowers of the rhododendron appear as if they were never to be sullied by the tempest. But a storm suddenly comes on; the roads are rendered impassable by drifts of snow; the avalanches...