The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts, Volumen 2Edward Mammatt Simpkin and Marshall, 1835 |
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... known by the simple name of Lias . This stratum occupies nearly the whole of the Vale of Evesham , and extends from 200 to 300 feet up the sides of Bredon and Broadway Hills . Its total thickness is probably upwards of 500 feet . At ...
... known by the simple name of Lias . This stratum occupies nearly the whole of the Vale of Evesham , and extends from 200 to 300 feet up the sides of Bredon and Broadway Hills . Its total thickness is probably upwards of 500 feet . At ...
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... known chalk fossils , have been met with . In the neighbour- hood of the Lias , the diluvial beds often contain rolled fragments of the fossils of that formation , such as Gryphæa incurva , Ammonites , & c . At the village of Bredon ...
... known chalk fossils , have been met with . In the neighbour- hood of the Lias , the diluvial beds often contain rolled fragments of the fossils of that formation , such as Gryphæa incurva , Ammonites , & c . At the village of Bredon ...
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... known . When a boy , I have witnessed severe and long - protracted contests between individuals of the two species . The battle , however , invariably terminated in the destruction of the rat by its nimble and wily antagonist . 2 ...
... known . When a boy , I have witnessed severe and long - protracted contests between individuals of the two species . The battle , however , invariably terminated in the destruction of the rat by its nimble and wily antagonist . 2 ...
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... known . Much more common than the preceding species . -- Remarks . The stoat subsists principally upon eggs , poultry and other descriptions of bird , rats , and putrid animal substances . It has been known to track a young hare by the ...
... known . Much more common than the preceding species . -- Remarks . The stoat subsists principally upon eggs , poultry and other descriptions of bird , rats , and putrid animal substances . It has been known to track a young hare by the ...
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... known in this country , but containing much information , of great utility to the student in Natural History : - " Species of the Mustela genus are found on both continents . They subsist principally upon eggs , and the blood and brains ...
... known in this country , but containing much information , of great utility to the student in Natural History : - " Species of the Mustela genus are found on both continents . They subsist principally upon eggs , and the blood and brains ...
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Página 193 - The flanking parties were quietly extending themselves, out of sight, on each side of the valley, and the residue were stretching themselves, like the links of a chain, across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy; snuffing the air, snorting, and looking about. At length they pranced off slowly toward the river, and disappeared behind a green bank. Here, had the regulations of the chase been observed, they would have been quietly checked and turned back by the advance of...
Página 261 - Twelve years have elapsed since I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade.
Página 396 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Página 39 - Such was Zuleika, such around her shone The nameless charms unmark'd by her alone — The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh! that eye was in itself a Soul...
Página 192 - This has to be done with extreme care, for the wild horse is the most readily alarmed inhabitant of the prairie, and can scent a hunter at a great distance, if to windward.
Página 193 - Jack-o'-lantern little Frenchman to deal with. Instead of keeping quietly up the right side of the valley, to get above the horses, the moment he saw them move toward the river, he broke out of the...
Página 192 - A beautiful meadow about half a mile wide, enamelled with yellow autumnal flowers, stretched for two or three miles along the foot of the hills, bordered on the opposite side by the river, whose banks were fringed with cotton-wood trees, the bright foliage of which refreshed and delighted the eye, after being wearied by the contemplation of monotonous wastes of brown forest.
Página 65 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Página 257 - There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths ; or those that crossed the sea And drew their sounding bows at Azincour, Perhaps at earlier Crecy, or Poictiers.