Mental Improvement: Or, The Beauties and Wonders of Nature and Art. In a Series of Instructive ConversationsHarvey and Darton, Gracechurch-Street, 1828 - 243 עמודים |
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עמוד 118
... nest , with- out interfering with that of another . They are regularly , every morning and evening , driven to water , by a person called a gozzard , which signifies goose - herd , whose office it is to watch them , and , at their ...
... nest , with- out interfering with that of another . They are regularly , every morning and evening , driven to water , by a person called a gozzard , which signifies goose - herd , whose office it is to watch them , and , at their ...
עמוד 136
... nest are obtained by men let down from the summits of rocks by a single rope . CECILIA . Do you call such rapacious birds treasures ? I can perceive no use in taking them . They have neither voice nor gentle- ness to recommend them . MR ...
... nest are obtained by men let down from the summits of rocks by a single rope . CECILIA . Do you call such rapacious birds treasures ? I can perceive no use in taking them . They have neither voice nor gentle- ness to recommend them . MR ...
עמוד 142
... , lay their eggs in holes of trees . Crows build in trees . The nest of the magpie , though composed of rude .. materials , is made with exquisite art , covered with thorns , like defensive armour , and only a 142 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT .
... , lay their eggs in holes of trees . Crows build in trees . The nest of the magpie , though composed of rude .. materials , is made with exquisite art , covered with thorns , like defensive armour , and only a 142 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT .
עמוד 143
... nest , hang- ing at the end of a bough too slender to support their dreaded enemies . CECILIA . The tailor - bird , a native of the East Indies , makes a very extraordinary nest of that kind . She picks up a dead leaf , and sews it to ...
... nest , hang- ing at the end of a bough too slender to support their dreaded enemies . CECILIA . The tailor - bird , a native of the East Indies , makes a very extraordinary nest of that kind . She picks up a dead leaf , and sews it to ...
עמוד 181
... nest in that identical spot ; whether it be in a tree or in the crevice of a rock , or , as is most commonly the case , in the earth . Whilst the hunters are busy in taking the honey , the bird is seen looking on attentively to what is ...
... nest in that identical spot ; whether it be in a tree or in the crevice of a rock , or , as is most commonly the case , in the earth . Whilst the hunters are busy in taking the honey , the bird is seen looking on attentively to what is ...
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עמוד 136 - Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head...
עמוד 136 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
עמוד 37 - The tea leaves, being gathered, are cured in houses which contain from five to ten or twenty small furnaces, about three feet high, each having at the top a large, flat, iron pan. There is also a long, low table, covered with mats, on which the leaves are laid, and rolled by workmen, who sit round it. The iron pan being heated to a certain degree by a little fire made in the furnace underneath, a few pounds of the...
עמוד 156 - He was a very merops apiaster, or bee-bird, and very injurious to men that kept bees; for he would slide into their bee-gardens, and, sitting down before the stools, would rap with his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he was passionately fond.
עמוד 133 - They have besides a small line fastened to the body of the adventurer, by which he gives signals that they may lower or raise him, or shift him from place to place. The last operation is attended with great danger, by the...
עמוד 80 - Has roll'da mighty world, or shin'da sun : Stupendous thought ! how sinks all human race ! A point, an atom in the field of space ! Yet ev'n to us, O LORD, thy care extends, Thy bounty feeds us, and thy pow'r defends ; Yet...
עמוד 38 - ... of their hands in one direction, while others are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer.
עמוד 38 - ... are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer. This process is repeated two or three times, or oftener, before the tea is put into the stores, in order that all the moisture of the leaves may be thoroughly dissipated, and their curl more completely preserved.
עמוד 181 - ... in that identical spot, whether it be in* a tree or in the crevice of a rock, or, as is most commonly the case, in the earth.