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... represented in the annexed figure ( Fig . 20 ) , and consequently without the power of taking nourishment during that period . In Professor Edward Forbes ' " History of British Star- fishes , " they are arranged in six families . The ...
... represented in the annexed figure ( Fig . 20 ) , and consequently without the power of taking nourishment during that period . In Professor Edward Forbes ' " History of British Star- fishes , " they are arranged in six families . The ...
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... represented by a species so small that it measures only about three quarters of an inch in length . In this state Fig . 21. - POLYPE STATE OF THE FEATHER - STAR ( MAGNIFIED ) . ( Fig . 21 ) , it resem- bles some of the Polypes we have ...
... represented by a species so small that it measures only about three quarters of an inch in length . In this state Fig . 21. - POLYPE STATE OF THE FEATHER - STAR ( MAGNIFIED ) . ( Fig . 21 ) , it resem- bles some of the Polypes we have ...
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... represented , so that this peculiarity of structure will be easily understood and remembered . These animals were formerly classed among the mollusca , or , to use a more common phrase , the ' shell - fish ; " but in consequence of a ...
... represented , so that this peculiarity of structure will be easily understood and remembered . These animals were formerly classed among the mollusca , or , to use a more common phrase , the ' shell - fish ; " but in consequence of a ...
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... represented in Fig . 40 , its members being adapted for swim- n ... ming , and its body so minute that its natural size , when in that state , is shown by the speck adjoining the letter n . All the crustacea possess the capability of ...
... represented in Fig . 40 , its members being adapted for swim- n ... ming , and its body so minute that its natural size , when in that state , is shown by the speck adjoining the letter n . All the crustacea possess the capability of ...
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... This figure exhibits the shape and jointed structure of the proboscis , and its position when not in use . The legs and antennæ are represented as cut off near the base . In this order is included the Cicada ( Fig . 94.
... This figure exhibits the shape and jointed structure of the proboscis , and its position when not in use . The legs and antennæ are represented as cut off near the base . In this order is included the Cicada ( Fig . 94.
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Strona 41 - He with a smile did then his words repeat ; And said, that gathering leeches, far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the pools where they abide. " Once I could meet with them on every side, But they have dwindled long by slow decay ; Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may.
Strona 185 - Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
Strona 173 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Strona 237 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd : for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone...
Strona 180 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Strona 73 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Strona 140 - Forthwith the sounds and seas, each creek and bay, With fry innumerable swarm, and shoals Of fish, that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave, in sculls that oft Bank the mid sea...
Strona 155 - The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: The spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling stones are turned with him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Strona 222 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Strona 171 - The finch, the sparrow, and the lark, The plain-song cuckoo gray, Whose note full many a man doth mark, And dares not answer, nay...