The sea-side book; an introduction to the natural history of the British coasts. YarrellVan Voorst, 1854 - 324 Seiten |
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... become , as they proceed , more and more sensible of the capacity of mind and knowledge which is required in him who shall venture to sketch out a " Systema Naturæ . " Let not man boast , like the irreverent monument to Buffon , of ...
... become , as they proceed , more and more sensible of the capacity of mind and knowledge which is required in him who shall venture to sketch out a " Systema Naturæ . " Let not man boast , like the irreverent monument to Buffon , of ...
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... become fixed . From faint and weak beginnings , they gradually expand , and acquire the solidity of truth . Thus , step by step , and as it were " from glory to glory , " the mind of the true naturalist is led on to the discovery of ...
... become fixed . From faint and weak beginnings , they gradually expand , and acquire the solidity of truth . Thus , step by step , and as it were " from glory to glory , " the mind of the true naturalist is led on to the discovery of ...
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... become more complex ; and if those strange metamorphoses which arrest our attention in the lowest tribes give place to more accustomed phe- nomena , we are amply compensated by the progressive development of the wonderful faculty of ...
... become more complex ; and if those strange metamorphoses which arrest our attention in the lowest tribes give place to more accustomed phe- nomena , we are amply compensated by the progressive development of the wonderful faculty of ...
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... become a vast Hortus Siccus , and the animal world be converted into a mummy museum . Such a state of things would ... becomes invisible , or is partially condensed in cloud or fog . A cloudless sky is no proof of the absence of watery ...
... become a vast Hortus Siccus , and the animal world be converted into a mummy museum . Such a state of things would ... becomes invisible , or is partially condensed in cloud or fog . A cloudless sky is no proof of the absence of watery ...
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... become putrid from the presence of such matter . The late Professor Daniell , * in a lec- ture delivered at the Royal Institution , gives details of many experiments made by him on water brought from the West Coast of Africa , from ...
... become putrid from the presence of such matter . The late Professor Daniell , * in a lec- ture delivered at the Royal Institution , gives details of many experiments made by him on water brought from the West Coast of Africa , from ...
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Algæ Ammonite animal Annelides Anthozoa appears attached beautiful birds bivalve boat body branches British species buds called cells character CHELURA coast coat colour common Conchology Crabs creature Crustacea curious deep depth dredge eggs fathoms feet fish fleshy Flustra Foraminifera fossil frequently fronds Fuci genera genus gills gradually ground grow habits hooks inches inhabitants Jelly-fishes June July Aug kinds latitudes leaves legs length Limnoria littoral zone living low-water-mark lower mackerel marine membranous MERMAID'S PURSE minute Mollusca moon motion mouth Natural History naturalist observed ocean organs pilchards plants plates Polypes polypidom portion Post 8vo resembles rocks rocky sand sandy Sea Anemone SEA-PEN sea-water sea-weeds seen shell shore similar skeleton slender soft specimens spines Sponges Star-fishes stems structure substance surface swimming tentacula tide tion tribe tropical tube Ulva Urchin variety various vegetable waves whole young Zoophytes
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Seite 216 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Seite 57 - IT is the soul that sees; the outward eyes Present the object, but the mind descries; And thence delight, disgust, or cool indiffrence rise: When minds are joyful, then we look around, And what is seen is all on fairy ground; Again they sicken, and on every view Cast their own dull and melancholy hue; Or, if...
Seite 145 - 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...
Seite 233 - And there the ocean's produce to explore, As floating by, or rolling on the shore ; Those living jellies which the flesh inflame, Fierce as a nettle, and from that its name ; Some in huge masses, some that you may bring In the small compass of a lady's ring...
Seite 200 - We are then in a world of spirits, as well as in a world of sense, and we hold communion with it, and take part in it, though we are not conscious of doing so. If this seems strange to any one, let him reflect that we are undeniably taking part in a third world, which we do indeed see, but about which we do not know more than about the Angelic hosts — the world of brute animals.
Seite 234 - Those living jellies(" which the flesh inflame, Fierce as a nettle, and from that its name ; Some in huge masses, some that you may bring In the small compass of a lady's ring ; Figured by hand divine — there's not a gem Wrought by man's art to be compared to them ; Soft, brilliant, tender, through the wave they glow, And make the moonbeam brighter where they flow.
Seite 172 - Whether the cold air was too much for him, or the sight of the bucket too terrific, I know not ; but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every...
Seite 232 - The startling announcement of the poetnaturalist, " that a Salpa mother is not like its daughter or its own mother, but resembles its sister, its granddaughter and its grandmother," was combated at first, but stated to be true by Sars, Krohn and others.
Seite 252 - And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
Seite 253 - And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing ; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.