Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volumen2Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - 415 páginas |
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Página 83
... birds , squirrels and leverets , descend spontaneously , from the branches of the tree under which the rattle snake lies , and are devoured by it , seems to be ge- nerally admitted , though it is very difficult to be accounted for . The ...
... birds , squirrels and leverets , descend spontaneously , from the branches of the tree under which the rattle snake lies , and are devoured by it , seems to be ge- nerally admitted , though it is very difficult to be accounted for . The ...
Página 84
... birds , natives of South America , noticed on account of a curious peculia- rity belonging to the females , several of which lay their eggs in the same nest , which is the united work of them all . Each contributes , likewise , her ...
... birds , natives of South America , noticed on account of a curious peculia- rity belonging to the females , several of which lay their eggs in the same nest , which is the united work of them all . Each contributes , likewise , her ...
Página 87
... birds belonging to the order of pies or pica . The habit , peculiar to this bird , of laying its egg in the nest of others of dif- ferent species , is well known ; but that the young one is no sooner hatched than all the eggs or young ...
... birds belonging to the order of pies or pica . The habit , peculiar to this bird , of laying its egg in the nest of others of dif- ferent species , is well known ; but that the young one is no sooner hatched than all the eggs or young ...
Página 88
... birds , during this time , flew about the spot , showing signs of great anxiety ; but when I withdrew , they quickly came to the nest again . On looking into it a quarter of an hour afterward , I found the young one completely hatched ...
... birds , during this time , flew about the spot , showing signs of great anxiety ; but when I withdrew , they quickly came to the nest again . On looking into it a quarter of an hour afterward , I found the young one completely hatched ...
Página 89
... bird arrives in Britain about the middle of April , commonly on the 17th , and departs in the first week of July . To this shortness of the period of residence , joined with the numerous progeny which nature has destined it to yield ...
... bird arrives in Britain about the middle of April , commonly on the 17th , and departs in the first week of July . To this shortness of the period of residence , joined with the numerous progeny which nature has destined it to yield ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Página 344 - Or, as the whole stock, is to the whole gain or loss, So is each man's particular stock, To his particular share of the gain or loss.
Página 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Página 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together...
Página 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch...
Página 37 - When those companies do not trade upon a joint stock, but are obliged to admit any person, properly qualified, upon paying a certain fine, and agreeing to submit to the regulations of the company, each member trading upon his own stock, and at his own risk, they are called regulated companies.
Página 51 - The names of the signs of the zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces.
Página 72 - ... care. But how was this to be effected ? The freehold was vested in the parson; and, if we suppose it vested in his natural capacity, on his death it might descend to his heir, and would be liable to his debts and...
Página 221 - Britain, to deliver and set forth the judgment of the sessions, in the face of the sun, and in the eye of the light, on all, with respect to genius and moral conduct, who may seek for presid^ncy and privilege.
Página 333 - When two adjacent circles meet, and interfere with each other's progress, they not only do not cross each other, but both circles are invariably obliterated between the points of contact : for the exhaustion occasioned by each obstructs the progress of the other, and both are starved.