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מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 6
... wings to affift its motion ; only a horfe of the firft fpeed is able to outrun it : and if , in a trial of this kind , he is not readily tired , his price becomes pro- portionably great ; fome horfes are valued at a thousand ducats ...
... wings to affift its motion ; only a horfe of the firft fpeed is able to outrun it : and if , in a trial of this kind , he is not readily tired , his price becomes pro- portionably great ; fome horfes are valued at a thousand ducats ...
עמוד 25
... wings than legs . Their hinder legs are rather longer than their fore - legs , and bend fo that , when they defcend upon them , they break the force of the fall , Hunting the chamois is very laborious , and diffi- cult . The ufual way ...
... wings than legs . Their hinder legs are rather longer than their fore - legs , and bend fo that , when they defcend upon them , they break the force of the fall , Hunting the chamois is very laborious , and diffi- cult . The ufual way ...
עמוד 2
... wings and tail , whereby they occupy greater fpace in the fluid wherein they move , without augmenting their weight . A wing , when folded , is in fo clofe union with the creature's body , as to make a part of it ; but when expanded ...
... wings and tail , whereby they occupy greater fpace in the fluid wherein they move , without augmenting their weight . A wing , when folded , is in fo clofe union with the creature's body , as to make a part of it ; but when expanded ...
עמוד 3
... wing is fituated in birds according to its intent : where it is little ufed , befide being small , it is lefs accurately placed to poise the body , and to receive the whole force of its ... wings , and because the 5 for SURVEYS OF NATURE . 3.
... wing is fituated in birds according to its intent : where it is little ufed , befide being small , it is lefs accurately placed to poise the body , and to receive the whole force of its ... wings , and because the 5 for SURVEYS OF NATURE . 3.
עמוד 4
Francis Fitzgerald. for the motion of their wings , and because the body of air does not lie fo directly under the wing as they rife . The office of the pectoral mufcles being to move the wings , they are endowed with peculiar ftrength ...
Francis Fitzgerald. for the motion of their wings , and because the body of air does not lie fo directly under the wing as they rife . The office of the pectoral mufcles being to move the wings , they are endowed with peculiar ftrength ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 78 - In this manner they lived with him for above six months; but at a time when he expected to see a new colony formed, he unfortunately forgot to tie up their cage to the ceiling at night, to preserve them from the rats, and he found they were devoured in the morning.
עמוד 65 - ... the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former.
עמוד 65 - ... its muscles very strong, as being formed for rapine; the tail is of a moderate length, but very thick and flat, marked with alternate bars of black and white, the end always black ; the hips, and hind part of the lower joints of the leg are always black; the fur is very soft and fine: the general colour of these animals, in England, is a yellowish white, mixed with a deep gray.
עמוד 56 - The cubs are brought forth, like those of the bitch, with the eyes closed ; the dam suckles them for some weeks, and teaches them betimes to eat flesh, which she prepares for them by chewing it first herself. Some time after she brings them stronger food, hares, partridges, and birds yet alive. The young wolves begin by playing with them, and end by killing them. The dam then strips them of their feathers, tears them in pieces, and gives to each of them a share. They do not leave the den where they...
עמוד 286 - ... the trees. Having lived near a month in this manner, they arrived at their full growth, and threw off their wormlike state, by casting their skins.
עמוד 140 - In running, this animal confines himfelf entirely to his hinder legs, which are poffeffed with an extraordinary mufcular power. Their fpeed is very great, though not in general quite equal to that of a greyhound; but when the greyhounds are fo fortunate as to feize them, they are incapable of retaining their hold, from the amazing ftruggles of the animal. The bound of the kangaroo, when not hard prefled, has been meafured, and found to exceed twenty feet.
עמוד 190 - ... six months without food ; yet during the whole time they did not abate of their vivacity. They feed only a small part of the year, but never during their confinement ; for if mice, their favourite diet, should at that time be thrown into their box, though they will kill, yet they will never eat them.
עמוד 184 - Having darted upon the affrighted animal, it instantly began to wrap it round with its voluminous twistings ; and at every twist the bones of the buffalo were heard to crack almost as loud as the report of a cannon. It was in vain that the poor animal...
עמוד 42 - ... nostrils are placed, and are almost covered with feathers ; which has occasioned some writers to say that the toucan has no nostrils. Round the eyes, on each side of the head, is a space of bluish skin, void of feathers, above which the head is black, except a white spot on each side joining to the base of the upper chap. The hinder part of the neck, the back, wings, tail, belly, and thighs, are black. The under side of the head, throat, and the beginning of the breast, are white. Between the...
עמוד 138 - The neck, thick and pursy, is joined to the head, which consists of two great chaps, that open far behind the eyes, which are large, black and prominent; so that the animal, when it gapes, seems to be all mouth. The bill, therefore, is of an extraordinary length, not flat and broad, but thick, and of a bluish white, sharp at the end, and each chap crooked in opposite directions.