The Temperature of the Seasons, and Its Influence on Inorganic Objects and on Plants and AnimalsJohnstone & Hunter, 1851 - 209 Seiten |
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Seite 58 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night : wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey : and seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together : and lay them down in their dens.
Seite 82 - For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Seite 63 - The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is low ; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For see ! a rainbow spans the sky.
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Seite 207 - ... magazines of provisions ; for, although, during the cold of our winters in this country, they remain in a state of torpidity, and have no need of food, yet in warmer regions, during the rainy seasons, when they are probably confined to their nests, a store of provisions may be necessary for them.
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