The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts, Band 6Edward Mammatt Simpkin and Marshall, 1837 |
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... nest , but lays its two eggs , which are white with brown blotches , on the hard surface of lofty and inaccessible rocks . The plumage of the sexes is similar , and no material differ- ence of size is observable . The figure is one ...
... nest , but lays its two eggs , which are white with brown blotches , on the hard surface of lofty and inaccessible rocks . The plumage of the sexes is similar , and no material differ- ence of size is observable . The figure is one ...
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... nest in low bushes , and sometimes on the ground ( we have seen one in a yew tree ) ; it consists of the stalks of the Common Bedstraw - Galium aparine - and is of very slight construction . Eggs four or five , of a dirty white ...
... nest in low bushes , and sometimes on the ground ( we have seen one in a yew tree ) ; it consists of the stalks of the Common Bedstraw - Galium aparine - and is of very slight construction . Eggs four or five , of a dirty white ...
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... nest in the holes of old trees , making little or no nest , and laying two white eggs . Food : Peas and other seeds of plants belonging to the Bean family ( Fabacea ) , and also Turnip tops , Corn , & c . The sexes are similar , but the ...
... nest in the holes of old trees , making little or no nest , and laying two white eggs . Food : Peas and other seeds of plants belonging to the Bean family ( Fabacea ) , and also Turnip tops , Corn , & c . The sexes are similar , but the ...
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... nest is domed , consisting chiefly of moss outside , lined with hair or fea- thers , and slender twigs wound round the entrance . We have seen the nest consisting entirely of leaves , and others almost wholly of hay . Lays from six to ...
... nest is domed , consisting chiefly of moss outside , lined with hair or fea- thers , and slender twigs wound round the entrance . We have seen the nest consisting entirely of leaves , and others almost wholly of hay . Lays from six to ...
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... nest of grass , rushes , & c . , on the borders of large lakes and morasses . Its two eggs are dark brown , blotched with black . The young do not attain the mature plu- mage till after the first autumn . The young bird was described by ...
... nest of grass , rushes , & c . , on the borders of large lakes and morasses . Its two eggs are dark brown , blotched with black . The young do not attain the mature plu- mage till after the first autumn . The young bird was described by ...
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Seite 259 - And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear ? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself...
Seite 255 - O God, I could be bounded in a nut-shell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
Seite 254 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Seite 253 - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
Seite 256 - Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
Seite 259 - Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself; for thou hast been As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing, A man that fortune's buffets and rewards...
Seite 309 - And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Seite 307 - Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun; He from the east his flaming road begin, Or she from west her silent course advance, With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears the soft with the smooth air along...
Seite 92 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Seite 253 - That suck'd the honey of his music vows, Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh...