Earth, Sea and Sky, Or Marvels of the Universe: Being a Full and Graphic Description of All that is Wonderful in Every Continent of the Globe ...Collins-Campbell manf'g and printing Company, 1887 |
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... Leg and Foot - Cour- age that Never Fails - Remarkable Birds ' Nests - Titmouse - Closing the Door of the Nest - A Watchful Sentinel - Sociable Grossbeaks - Wonderful Nest - A Bird that Sews with Thread and Needle - Tailor Bird's Nest ...
... Leg and Foot - Cour- age that Never Fails - Remarkable Birds ' Nests - Titmouse - Closing the Door of the Nest - A Watchful Sentinel - Sociable Grossbeaks - Wonderful Nest - A Bird that Sews with Thread and Needle - Tailor Bird's Nest ...
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... Leg - Little Herons - The Heron and Falcon in Combat -- The Owl - Immense Eyes - A Night Prowler - White Owl - Tenant of Barns - Voracity for Mice - The Owl Attacking a Man - Little Birds ' Revenge— The Darter - Long Neck - The Famous ...
... Leg - Little Herons - The Heron and Falcon in Combat -- The Owl - Immense Eyes - A Night Prowler - White Owl - Tenant of Barns - Voracity for Mice - The Owl Attacking a Man - Little Birds ' Revenge— The Darter - Long Neck - The Famous ...
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... legs appear to have been less bulky , and were furnished with hooked claws . The teeth dem- onstrate the nature of the food required for the support of this herbivorous reptile , and the power of mastication it enjoyed ; and the ferns ...
... legs appear to have been less bulky , and were furnished with hooked claws . The teeth dem- onstrate the nature of the food required for the support of this herbivorous reptile , and the power of mastication it enjoyed ; and the ferns ...
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... leg bone measure each nearly three feet , the entire hind leg must have attained a length of two yards , and indicated a foot , with the toes and claws entire , of at least three feet in length . The form of the teeth shows the ...
... leg bone measure each nearly three feet , the entire hind leg must have attained a length of two yards , and indicated a foot , with the toes and claws entire , of at least three feet in length . The form of the teeth shows the ...
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... legs were longer in proportion to its size than those of other lizards . As these monsters were not sluggish like the crocodile and alligator , but , from their flexible , lizard - like structure , probably swift and sudden in their ...
... legs were longer in proportion to its size than those of other lizards . As these monsters were not sluggish like the crocodile and alligator , but , from their flexible , lizard - like structure , probably swift and sudden in their ...
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630 ページ - Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes; • They moved in tracks of shining white; And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire — Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
570 ページ - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
771 ページ - ... the caverns of the deep. Silence, oblivion, like the waves, have closed over them, and no one can tell the story of their end. What sighs have been wafted after that ship ! what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the mistress, the wife...
405 ページ - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
220 ページ - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform describe, who see all the operation, but feel not the knife.
771 ページ - She was a small schooner, at anchor, with her broadside towards us. The crew were all asleep, and had neglected to hoist a light. We struck her just amid-ships. The force, the size, and weight of our vessel bore her down below the waves; we passed over her and were hurried on our course. As the crashing wreck was sinking beneath us, I had a glimpse of two or three half-naked wretches rushing from her cabin; they just started from their beds to be swallowed shrieking by the waves. I heard their drowning...
333 ページ - Then the underbrush swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently before us stood an immense male gorilla. He had gone through the jungle on his all-fours ; but when he saw our party he erected himself and looked us boldly in the face. He stood about a dozen yards from us, and was a sight I think I shall never forget.
33 ページ - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
333 ページ - His eyes began to flash fiercer fire as we stood motionless on the defensive, and the crest of short hair which stands on his forehead began to twitch rapidly up and down, while his powerful fangs were shown as he again sent forth a thunderous roar. And now truly...
34 ページ - ... swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach ? It may perhaps have lurked in shoal water along the coast, concealed among the sea-weed, and raising its nostrils to a level with the surface from a considerable depth, may have found a secure retreat from the assaults of dangerous enemies...