A History of the earth and animated nature v.2, Volume 2A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... sides enclose very different contents . The heart lies on the left side , a lobe of the lungs on the right , balancing each other neither in size nor shape . The same thing holds of the abdomen . The liver lies on the right side ...
... sides enclose very different contents . The heart lies on the left side , a lobe of the lungs on the right , balancing each other neither in size nor shape . The same thing holds of the abdomen . The liver lies on the right side ...
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... side . Flat fishes swim on one side ; both their eyes are placed on that which is turned uppermost , and this again is almost always the right side . Even in those animals which are most beautifully arranged , one side of the entire ...
... side . Flat fishes swim on one side ; both their eyes are placed on that which is turned uppermost , and this again is almost always the right side . Even in those animals which are most beautifully arranged , one side of the entire ...
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... side , with the Burkes , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Fitzherbert , Caleb Whitefoord , and a phalanx of North British , predetermined applaud- ers , under the banner of Major Mills , all good men and true . Our illustrious president was in ...
... side , with the Burkes , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Fitzherbert , Caleb Whitefoord , and a phalanx of North British , predetermined applaud- ers , under the banner of Major Mills , all good men and true . Our illustrious president was in ...
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... side than upon another , it would have the general effect of making that side darker ; and the revolution of the sun must , in such a case , give us a brighter and a fainter side , by regular alternations . Now , there are some of the ...
... side than upon another , it would have the general effect of making that side darker ; and the revolution of the sun must , in such a case , give us a brighter and a fainter side , by regular alternations . Now , there are some of the ...
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... side frightful pre- cipices several hundred yards above him ; the sides of which correspond so exactly with each other , that they evidently seem torn asunder . But these chasms , to be found in the Alps , are nothing to what Ovale ...
... side frightful pre- cipices several hundred yards above him ; the sides of which correspond so exactly with each other , that they evidently seem torn asunder . But these chasms , to be found in the Alps , are nothing to what Ovale ...
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American lion animals appear Arabian horses argalis Ballymahon beauty become bezoar body breed Buffon called carbonic acid carnivorous cause climate colour considered continue covered creature deer degree domestic goat ears earth entirely extremely eyes fallow deer feet female flesh fluid former give globe goat Goldsmith greater hair head heat height History of Greenland horns horses inches inhabitants island kind known Lapland legs length less lion live mammæ manner miles motion mountains natives nature never object observed ocean OLIVER GOLDSMITH organs oviparous peculiar perceived Persia plants possessed prey produced proportion quadrupeds quantity race resembling river round scarcely seems seen Senegal sheep side skin sometimes species stag substance supposed surface tail teeth tiger tion vapours variety vegetable viviparous volcanoes whole wild wind wolf
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Page 4 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 5 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school.
Page 4 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Page 5 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew— 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too, Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge.
Page 27 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him.
Page 14 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain, A new creation rescued from his reign.
Page 10 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 48 - I know of no comedy for many years that has so much exhilarated an audience, that has answered so much the great end of comedy — making an audience merry.
Page 39 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 5 - The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.