Zoological sketches, descriptions of one hundred and twenty animals [signed T.B.M.].1844 |
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... danger to be near , it folds itself up into a kind of ball ; and then the enraged dog may fly at it , and bark , and roll it about with his paws ; but the armour which its Maker has given it generally keeps it from harm . If pursued ...
... danger to be near , it folds itself up into a kind of ball ; and then the enraged dog may fly at it , and bark , and roll it about with his paws ; but the armour which its Maker has given it generally keeps it from harm . If pursued ...
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... dangerous enemy to engage with . It was in consequence of these qualities , that the cruel custom of Badger - baiting was formerly practised in country towns and villages . The poor animal was placed in a small tub , barrel , or kennel ...
... dangerous enemy to engage with . It was in consequence of these qualities , that the cruel custom of Badger - baiting was formerly practised in country towns and villages . The poor animal was placed in a small tub , barrel , or kennel ...
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... dangerous bands not only prey upon the smaller quadrupeds , and domestic poultry , but attack larger animals . They frequently follow in the train of more noble beasts , and make a meal off the remains of carcases which have been partly ...
... dangerous bands not only prey upon the smaller quadrupeds , and domestic poultry , but attack larger animals . They frequently follow in the train of more noble beasts , and make a meal off the remains of carcases which have been partly ...
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... danger , it makes for the element in which it lives , and where it moves with greater comfort and freedom than on dry land . Its timid disposition , or perhaps its love of society , induces it to associate in herds . These are found by ...
... danger , it makes for the element in which it lives , and where it moves with greater comfort and freedom than on dry land . Its timid disposition , or perhaps its love of society , induces it to associate in herds . These are found by ...
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... dangerous extent . There are instances of Rats fatally undermining solid masonwork , or burrow- ing through dams which had for ages served to confine the waters of rivers and canals . " Their ravages on the carcases of horses , in the ...
... dangerous extent . There are instances of Rats fatally undermining solid masonwork , or burrow- ing through dams which had for ages served to confine the waters of rivers and canals . " Their ravages on the carcases of horses , in the ...
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Page 164 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Page ix - Sacred to neatness and repose, the' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode.
Page 172 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 20 - Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities...
Page 86 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 158 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram; once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.
Page 126 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page ix - Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 208 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent : they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Page 34 - But the King shall rejoice in GOD ; all they also that swear by him shall be commended; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.