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Σελίδα 4
... perform them . The actions performed by instinct are not the effects of imitation , for the individuals that execute them , have often never seen them done by others ; they bear no pro- portion to the common intelligence of the species ...
... perform them . The actions performed by instinct are not the effects of imitation , for the individuals that execute them , have often never seen them done by others ; they bear no pro- portion to the common intelligence of the species ...
Σελίδα 9
... perform either by lungs , or , like fishes , by means of gills ; and white - blooded , by analogous organs . Why is respiration the principal cause of animal heat ? Because the air in breathing loses its oxygen , and is replaced by an ...
... perform either by lungs , or , like fishes , by means of gills ; and white - blooded , by analogous organs . Why is respiration the principal cause of animal heat ? Because the air in breathing loses its oxygen , and is replaced by an ...
Σελίδα 10
... performed , and the lesser circulation be thereby again put in motion . Blu- menbach . FEELING . ― Why is the feeling the most general of the external senses ? Because it resides in the membrane that covers the whole body , called the ...
... performed , and the lesser circulation be thereby again put in motion . Blu- menbach . FEELING . ― Why is the feeling the most general of the external senses ? Because it resides in the membrane that covers the whole body , called the ...
Σελίδα 14
... performing such offices as are dependent on volition , or will . Why does this species of squirrel always fly from the upper parts of trees ? Because it cannot rise in its flight , so that , in pro- portion to the distance the tree it ...
... performing such offices as are dependent on volition , or will . Why does this species of squirrel always fly from the upper parts of trees ? Because it cannot rise in its flight , so that , in pro- portion to the distance the tree it ...
Σελίδα 61
... performed under the surface , much water is thrown out into the air . The sound thus occasioned is the only similitude of a voice emitted by the animal ; and , in the case of a violent respiration , it resembles the discharge of a ...
... performed under the surface , much water is thrown out into the air . The sound thus occasioned is the only similitude of a voice emitted by the animal ; and , in the case of a violent respiration , it resembles the discharge of a ...
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Σελίδα 30 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Σελίδα 30 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before, milk-white ; now purple with love's wound — And maidens call it, love-in-idleness l6.
Σελίδα 19 - If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I'd whistle her off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.
Σελίδα 108 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springest, Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Σελίδα 11 - It is said that when St. Patrick landed near Wicklow to convert the Irish in 433, the pagan inhabitants were ready to stone him ; he requested to be heard, and endeavoured to explain God to them as the Trinity in Unity, but they could not understand him, till plucking a trefoil from the ground, he said, "Is it not as possible for the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, as for these leaves, to grow upon a single stalk," then the Irish were immediately convinced.* St.
Σελίδα 93 - Tis silence all, And pleasing expectation. Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig, and, mute-imploring, eye The falling verdure. Hushed in short suspense, The plumy people streak their wings with oil, To throw the lucid moisture trickling off, And wait the approaching sign, to strike at once Into the general choir.
Σελίδα 90 - I rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter tear That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear, I may look back on every sorrow past, And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile ; — As some lone bird, at day's departing hour, Sings in the sunbeam, of the transient shower Forgetful, though its wings are wet the while ;— Yet ah ! how much must that poor heart endure, Which hopes from thee, and thee alone, a cure.
Σελίδα 95 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Σελίδα 130 - The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which are naturally associated with them, seem like the voice of an old friend, and are listened to by almost all with great interest. At first they issue from some retired part of the woods, the glen, or mountain ; in a few evenings, perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling-house, long after the family have retired to rest. Some of the more ignorant and...
Σελίδα 28 - ... be buried in the open churchyard, and not in the chancel of the minster, as was usual with other bishops...