The Youth's Book of Nature: Or, The Four Seasons Illustrated: Being Familiar Descriptions of Natural History, Made During Walks in the Country, Volumes 1-2D. Appleton & Company, 1845 - Nature study |
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Page vi
... eyes of the young , the ever - blooming , and ever - instructive leaves of the volume of creation . He is assured , that the scenes it describes , with a very little pains , may be carried out into action , since the book is only a ...
... eyes of the young , the ever - blooming , and ever - instructive leaves of the volume of creation . He is assured , that the scenes it describes , with a very little pains , may be carried out into action , since the book is only a ...
Page vii
... eye , -How wonderful is its colouring , -how delicate its wings , -how surprising is its habits , —I must step aside , I cannot crush so much that is interesting . There is room enough for it and for me , in the large mansion of the ...
... eye , -How wonderful is its colouring , -how delicate its wings , -how surprising is its habits , —I must step aside , I cannot crush so much that is interesting . There is room enough for it and for me , in the large mansion of the ...
Page 12
... eye ; and which , from goblets formed like so many suns , quaff nectar of the colour of gold and silver . Each part of the ... eyes double rafters of gold , on pillars fairer than ivory ; the corolla , an arch of unbounded magnitude ...
... eye ; and which , from goblets formed like so many suns , quaff nectar of the colour of gold and silver . Each part of the ... eyes double rafters of gold , on pillars fairer than ivory ; the corolla , an arch of unbounded magnitude ...
Page 21
... eyes are surrounded with a white circle ; and its tail is brown , formed of twelve feathers , about an inch and a half long ; but it is not forked , like those of other birds . It sings very sweetly . In Ornithology it is termed ...
... eyes are surrounded with a white circle ; and its tail is brown , formed of twelve feathers , about an inch and a half long ; but it is not forked , like those of other birds . It sings very sweetly . In Ornithology it is termed ...
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... eyes . And , unless we use them to advantage , we might as well have been born blind . But see , yonder on that lawn , there is a more singular bird than the golden - crested wren . I have seen stuffed specimens of it in collections ...
... eyes . And , unless we use them to advantage , we might as well have been born blind . But see , yonder on that lawn , there is a more singular bird than the golden - crested wren . I have seen stuffed specimens of it in collections ...
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