Scripture Natural History for Youth, Volume 2H. Fisher, Son, & P. Jackson, 1828 - 668 pages |
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Page 297
... insects are attracted abroad by the sun's genial ray , or driven to their retreats on the approach of foul weather ... insect tribes are roused from their annual torpidity , and venture into the air , the swallows , too , are seen ...
... insects are attracted abroad by the sun's genial ray , or driven to their retreats on the approach of foul weather ... insect tribes are roused from their annual torpidity , and venture into the air , the swallows , too , are seen ...
Page 309
... insects , and espe- cially ants ' eggs . It builds its nest on the ground , very frequently in a field of standing corn ; from the situation of the nest , both the eggs and the young are often endangered , often crushed by the pas ...
... insects , and espe- cially ants ' eggs . It builds its nest on the ground , very frequently in a field of standing corn ; from the situation of the nest , both the eggs and the young are often endangered , often crushed by the pas ...
Page 319
... insects and tender plants are often sought by it , even when already sufficiently supplied with its natural food.- In the indulgence of these capricious pursuits , walls cannot easily confine it : it strips the tops of houses of their ...
... insects and tender plants are often sought by it , even when already sufficiently supplied with its natural food.- In the indulgence of these capricious pursuits , walls cannot easily confine it : it strips the tops of houses of their ...
Page 341
... and by some small sea - animals , chiefly the medusa , a small black insect , of the size of a bean , which is seen floating in clusters on the water ; yet some species Y 3 FISH . 341 white and yellow; which running over the surface ...
... and by some small sea - animals , chiefly the medusa , a small black insect , of the size of a bean , which is seen floating in clusters on the water ; yet some species Y 3 FISH . 341 white and yellow; which running over the surface ...
Page 389
... insects of all kinds : they catch their prey on the tongue , which is admirably adapted for the purpose , being very long , and furnished with a glutinous matter , which adheres to whatever it touch- es , and thus the prey is secured ...
... insects of all kinds : they catch their prey on the tongue , which is admirably adapted for the purpose , being very long , and furnished with a glutinous matter , which adheres to whatever it touch- es , and thus the prey is secured ...
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Page 301 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Page 572 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 460 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body.
Page 370 - For every kind of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of things in the sea is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind; but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 557 - Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not ; for a blessing is in it : so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
Page 305 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 294 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 540 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 539 - As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
Page 598 - The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.