The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... and flay the grain they swallow . The wood- pecker's bill is strong , and sharp enough to dig Hist . de l'Acad . des Sciences à Paris , 1773 . holes , and build in the heart of the hardest 236 The Contemplative Philosopher . NO . LXIV .
... and flay the grain they swallow . The wood- pecker's bill is strong , and sharp enough to dig Hist . de l'Acad . des Sciences à Paris , 1773 . holes , and build in the heart of the hardest 236 The Contemplative Philosopher . NO . LXIV .
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... swallows are slender and sharp - pointed : with a very wide mouth , to enable them the more con- veniently to catch insects which are their food , in their swiftest flight . - Moreover , in the bills of all birds , there is an admirable ...
... swallows are slender and sharp - pointed : with a very wide mouth , to enable them the more con- veniently to catch insects which are their food , in their swiftest flight . - Moreover , in the bills of all birds , there is an admirable ...
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... swallow , observe the time of their coming . Who bid the stork , Columbus - like , explore JEREMIAH : Heavens not his own , and worlds unknown before ? Who calls the council , states the certain day ? Who forms the phalanx , and who ...
... swallow , observe the time of their coming . Who bid the stork , Columbus - like , explore JEREMIAH : Heavens not his own , and worlds unknown before ? Who calls the council , states the certain day ? Who forms the phalanx , and who ...
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... swallow , and various others , is , indeed , a very curious article in natural history , and furnishes a very striking in- stance of a powerful instinct impressed by the Creator . Dr. Derham observes two circumstances remarkable in this ...
... swallow , and various others , is , indeed , a very curious article in natural history , and furnishes a very striking in- stance of a powerful instinct impressed by the Creator . Dr. Derham observes two circumstances remarkable in this ...
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... swallows and quails . They decamp at the same time , and it is very agreeable to observe their flight . They generally range themselves in a long column like an I , or in two lines united in a point like a V reversed . ' And thus , as ...
... swallows and quails . They decamp at the same time , and it is very agreeable to observe their flight . They generally range themselves in a long column like an I , or in two lines united in a point like a V reversed . ' And thus , as ...
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