The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts, Volumen 4Edward Mammatt Simpkin and Marshall, 1836 |
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... means disposed to accede , altogether , to this remark of Mr. Mudie ; and , in fact , it will not apply even where the birds are plentiful , much less where the spe- cies is comparatively rare . My endeavour , therefore , in the pre ...
... means disposed to accede , altogether , to this remark of Mr. Mudie ; and , in fact , it will not apply even where the birds are plentiful , much less where the spe- cies is comparatively rare . My endeavour , therefore , in the pre ...
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... means , the ulti- mate cause of birds seasonably shifting their habitations , nor is it , in all cases , even an element in the mystery , for the Swift and the adult Cuckoo retire southward at the very hottest period of the year , and ...
... means , the ulti- mate cause of birds seasonably shifting their habitations , nor is it , in all cases , even an element in the mystery , for the Swift and the adult Cuckoo retire southward at the very hottest period of the year , and ...
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... means surprised to find that this bird is un- known in Le Bugey , and other districts of the south - east of France , and we are prepared to hear of its not occurring in the west of Brittany , and ( excepting as an occasional straggler ) ...
... means surprised to find that this bird is un- known in Le Bugey , and other districts of the south - east of France , and we are prepared to hear of its not occurring in the west of Brittany , and ( excepting as an occasional straggler ) ...
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... means of flight . The Divers , the Grebes , and other fresh - water fowl , which seldom fly far when occupied with the cares of pairing and breeding , are , " he relates , " endowed with wonderful powers for this action . Their flight ...
... means of flight . The Divers , the Grebes , and other fresh - water fowl , which seldom fly far when occupied with the cares of pairing and breeding , are , " he relates , " endowed with wonderful powers for this action . Their flight ...
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... mean- dering river , the waving corn , or the restless ocean . We shall not have then to exclaim " I cannot win thee , sleep , by any stealth ; ” but our slumbers will be light and protracted till long after " the small birds ' melodies ...
... mean- dering river , the waving corn , or the restless ocean . We shall not have then to exclaim " I cannot win thee , sleep , by any stealth ; ” but our slumbers will be light and protracted till long after " the small birds ' melodies ...
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Página 229 - ... Sleep no more ! Macbeth doth murder sleep, the innocent sleep; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave ' of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ; — Lady M. What do you mean ? Macb. Still it cried, Sleep no more ! to all the house : Glamis hath murdered sleep; and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more ; Macbeth shall sleep no more .
Página 229 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 48 - Sleep hath its own world, And a wide realm of wild reality, • And dreams in their developement have breath, And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy; They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts, They take a weight from off our waking toils, They do divide our being...
Página 48 - And dreams in their development have breath, And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy; They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts, They take a weight from off our waking toils, They do divide our being; they become A portion of ourselves as of our time, And look like heralds of eternity: They pass like spirits of the past...
Página 228 - Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ;— Lady M.
Página 53 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls; and, in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes,) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Página 61 - The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, etc., is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race and name overpowers the sense of youth in the individual.
Página 62 - Under the connecting feeling of tropical heat and vertical sunlights, I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical regions, and assembled them together in China or Indostan.
Página 52 - A thousand men, that fishes gnaw'd upon; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea.
Página 133 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.