The Journal of a Naturalist ...Carey & Lea, 1831 - 286 pages |
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... thus more rea- dily received and circulated in the growing plant ; and it has the power of acquiring and long retaining mois- ture ; thus rendering a soil cool and nutritive to the LIME . 13 plants that vegetate in it . The.
... thus more rea- dily received and circulated in the growing plant ; and it has the power of acquiring and long retaining mois- ture ; thus rendering a soil cool and nutritive to the LIME . 13 plants that vegetate in it . The.
Page 13
... received by the embryo of the bird , indurating the cartilages , and forming the bones . But the existence and origin of limestone are pre - eminent amongst the wonders of creation ; nor should we have been able , rationally , to ...
... received by the embryo of the bird , indurating the cartilages , and forming the bones . But the existence and origin of limestone are pre - eminent amongst the wonders of creation ; nor should we have been able , rationally , to ...
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... received con- cerning its early introduction into Europe , perhaps a slight sketch of the history of this extraordinary root may not be uninteresting , a summary of the perusal of multitudes of volumes , papers , treatises ! The sweet ...
... received con- cerning its early introduction into Europe , perhaps a slight sketch of the history of this extraordinary root may not be uninteresting , a summary of the perusal of multitudes of volumes , papers , treatises ! The sweet ...
Page 31
... receiving some roots from Virginia , and planting them in his garden near London as a curiosity , in the year 1597. All the multiform tales which we have of its introduction by Hawkins , shipwrecked vessels , Raleigh , and his boiling ...
... receiving some roots from Virginia , and planting them in his garden near London as a curiosity , in the year 1597. All the multiform tales which we have of its introduction by Hawkins , shipwrecked vessels , Raleigh , and his boiling ...
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... received as extensive blessings the one by its nutritive powers tends to support , the other by its nar- cotic virtues to soothe and comfort the human frame- the potato and tobacco ; but very different was the favor with which these ...
... received as extensive blessings the one by its nutritive powers tends to support , the other by its nar- cotic virtues to soothe and comfort the human frame- the potato and tobacco ; but very different was the favor with which these ...
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Page 160 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 7 - A COLLECTION OF COLLOQUIAL PHRASES, ON EVERY TOPIC NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN CONVERSATION, Arranged under different heads, with numerous remarks on the peculiar pronunciation and...
Page 57 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 290 - Arts, the work will be exceedingly rich. Great attention was given to this in the German work, and the Editors have been anxious to render it, by the necessary additions, as perfect as possible. To gentlemen of the Bar, the work will be peculiarly valuable, as in cases where legal subjects are treated, an account is given of the provisions of Anieri-, can, English, French, Prussian, Austrian, and Civil Law.
Page 129 - ... as it is appointed the earliest of risers, it would commonly be famished. In the hot summer of 1825, many of the young brood of the season perished from want; the mornings were without dew, and consequently few or no worms were to be obtained ; and we found them dead under the trees, having expired on their roostings. It was particularly distressing, for no relief could be- given, to hear the constant clamor and importunity of the young for food.
Page 147 - We observed this summer two common thrushes frequenting the shrubs on the green in our garden. From the slenderness of their forms, and the freshness of their plumage, we pronounced them to be birds of the preceding summer. There was an association and friendship between them that called our attention to their actions ; one of them seemed ailing or feeble from some bodily accident, for, though it hopped about, yet it appeared unable to obtain a sufficiency of food.
Page 31 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 291 - The variety of topics is of course vast, and they are treated in a manner which is at once so full of information and so interesting, that the work, instead of being merely referred to, might be regularly perused with as much pleasure as profit.