Gems of nature and art, Volumen21Charles Griffin, Stationers' Hall Court, 1868 - 72 páginas |
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... Tropical America , of about the same size as the missel - thrush of Europe , but essentially different in structure . Their general form is much the same as that of the typical Cotingas , but they have a more depressed bill and wider ...
... Tropical America , of about the same size as the missel - thrush of Europe , but essentially different in structure . Their general form is much the same as that of the typical Cotingas , but they have a more depressed bill and wider ...
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... Tropical America , of about the same size as the missel - thrush of Europe , but essentially different in structure . Their general form is much the same as that of the typical Cotingas , but they have a more depressed bill and wider ...
... Tropical America , of about the same size as the missel - thrush of Europe , but essentially different in structure . Their general form is much the same as that of the typical Cotingas , but they have a more depressed bill and wider ...
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... tropics , but in elegance of form and rapidity of flight it surpasses all the beetles , and whatever , whether insect or bird , it may be compared with in respect of relative beauty . Waterton , in his " Wanderings in South America ...
... tropics , but in elegance of form and rapidity of flight it surpasses all the beetles , and whatever , whether insect or bird , it may be compared with in respect of relative beauty . Waterton , in his " Wanderings in South America ...
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... tropical species , and afford a fair contrast of the usual plainness of colouring of our native beetles with the splendid tints of their tropical relatives . The naturalist requires species for comparison without respect to their ...
... tropical species , and afford a fair contrast of the usual plainness of colouring of our native beetles with the splendid tints of their tropical relatives . The naturalist requires species for comparison without respect to their ...
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... tropical regions of the far East , and our reason for selecting it for a place in this work is that we regard it as the most wonderful of all known plants in respect of the substance and marking of its leaves . Certainly amongst the ...
... tropical regions of the far East , and our reason for selecting it for a place in this work is that we regard it as the most wonderful of all known plants in respect of the substance and marking of its leaves . Certainly amongst the ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration amongst animals appear Araponga aviaries Barbets bark beak beautiful beetles Bird of Paradise bladder blue BLUE-CHEEKED BARBET branch BRAZILIAN BELL-BIRD British butterfly cabinet cameo Campanero collection collectors colour common common pheasant creature cultivated curious delicate described Duc de Blacas eggs Egypt Euglossa examples exotic feathers feed feet figured flowers forests forms gardens gems genera genus gold green ground habits head HORNED PHEASANT inches indebted insect jackass penguin jewelry Julius Cæsar KING PENGUIN known LADY'S SLIPPER larvæ Linnæus living metallic moth mould Museum native naturalist nature nest never Nile observer obtained orchids ornaments P. L. Sclater painted Passion-flower peculiar pencil penguin Philip Henry Gosse Physalia plants plate plumage PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR punches purchased purple rare rich rose seen shells soil solder song species specimens surface tints tree tropical UPPER EGYPT wattle WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER wild wings wonderful woods young Zoological zoophyte
Pasajes populares
Página 28 - There with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter ; There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea ; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea...
Página 9 - twas like a sweet dream To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song. That bower and its music I never forget, But oft when alone in the bloom of the year, I think — is the nightingale singing there yet? Are the roses still bright by the calm Bendemeer?
Página 12 - For if of our affections none find grace In sight of Heaven, then, wherefore hath God made The world which we inhabit ? Better plea Love cannot have, than that in loving thee Glory to that eternal Peace is paid, Who such Divinity to thee imparts As hallows and makes pure all gentle hearts.
Página 28 - Deep in the wave is a Coral Grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine.
Página 63 - I KNEW by the smoke, that so gracefully curl'd Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " if there's peace to be found in the world, " A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Página 52 - And sumptuous feasts are made in splendid halls : On Tyrian carpets, richly wrought, they dine ; With loads of massy plate the sideboards shine, And antique vases, all of gold emboss'd (The gold itself inferior to the cost) , Of curious work, where on the sides were seen The fights and figures of illustrious men, From their first founder to the present queen. The good ^Eneas, whose paternal care lulus...
Página 63 - How blest could I live, and how calm could I die ! By the shade of yon sumach, whose red berry dips In the gush of the fountain, how sweet to recline, And to know that I sigh'd upon innocent lips, Which had never been sigh'd on by any but mine !
Página 21 - And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night ; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
Página 12 - ... grace In sight of Heaven, then, wherefore hath God made The world which we inhabit ? Better plea Love cannot have, than that in loving thee Glory to that eternal Peace is paid, Who such Divinity to thee imparts As hallows and makes pure all gentle hearts. His hope is treacherous only whose love dies With beauty, which is varying every hour : But, in chaste hearts uninfluenced by the power Of outward change, there blooms a deathless flower, That breathes on earth the air of paradise.
Página 19 - ... when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard-ground is ours ; My trees they are, my Sister's flowers ; Here rest your wings when they are weary ; Here lodge as in a sanctuary ! Come often to us, fear no wrong ; Sit near us on the bough ! We'll talk of sunshine and of song, And summer days, when we were young ; Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now.