The Book of Nature Laid Open: In a Popular Survey of the Phenomena and Constitution of the UniverseJ. Milligan, 1822 - 281 pages |
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... leg of the Fly can no more say to its wing , than the eye of the human body to its hand , " I have no need of thee . " • But if the right consideration of the structure of animals as well as the wise provision made for their lodgment ...
... leg of the Fly can no more say to its wing , than the eye of the human body to its hand , " I have no need of thee . " • But if the right consideration of the structure of animals as well as the wise provision made for their lodgment ...
Page 48
... legs ; their legs are made to bend in such a direction as with the greatest ease to facilitate their motion for- wards ; they have , for the most part , a covering of hair or wool ; and , that the weight of the head might not become too ...
... legs ; their legs are made to bend in such a direction as with the greatest ease to facilitate their motion for- wards ; they have , for the most part , a covering of hair or wool ; and , that the weight of the head might not become too ...
Page 64
... legs , the Os- trich is by far the swiftest ; and although the Ara- bians train their fleetest horses for the chase , it is not likely they would be successful in the pursuit of this animal , were it not for his circling manner of ...
... legs , the Os- trich is by far the swiftest ; and although the Ara- bians train their fleetest horses for the chase , it is not likely they would be successful in the pursuit of this animal , were it not for his circling manner of ...
Page 65
... leg , and then making a bound forward with the other , proceeds with such amazing speed , that the swiftest racer ... legs at once wonderfully contrived to walk with , and raise them like a spring for their flight ; wings to buoy them ...
... leg , and then making a bound forward with the other , proceeds with such amazing speed , that the swiftest racer ... legs at once wonderfully contrived to walk with , and raise them like a spring for their flight ; wings to buoy them ...
Page 70
... - vided them with for the purpose . The long legs and necks of birds of the Crane kind , together with their sharp pointed bills , are wonderfully adapted for the purpose of wading and picking up 70 BOOK OF NATURE LAID OPEN .
... - vided them with for the purpose . The long legs and necks of birds of the Crane kind , together with their sharp pointed bills , are wonderfully adapted for the purpose of wading and picking up 70 BOOK OF NATURE LAID OPEN .
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Popular passages
Page 196 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 68 - Nestling repair, and to the Thicket some; Some to the rude Protection of the Thorn Commit their feeble Offspring. The cleft Tree Offers its kind Concealment to a Few, Their Food its Insects, and its Moss their Nests. Others apart far in the grassy Dale, Or roughening Waste, their humble Texture weave.
Page 98 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Page 188 - Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.
Page 29 - But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows...
Page 218 - What an august ! what an amazing conception, if human imagination can conceive it, does this give of the works of the Creator ! Thousands of thousands of suns, multiplied without end, and ranged all around us, at immense distances from each other, attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds...
Page 226 - The master leans, removes the obstructing clay, Winds the whole work, and sidelong lays the glebe. White, through the neighbouring fields the sower stalks, With measured step, and liberal throws the grain Into the faithful bosom of the ground ; The harrow follows harsh, and shuts the scene.
Page 212 - For minds of the first magnitude to launch In endless speculation, and adore ? One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine : And light us deep into the Deity ; How boundless in magnificence and might...
Page 67 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Page 83 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank, Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which nature's self would rue.