Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-sideSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850 - 345 páginas |
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... arms in search of prey , or to withdraw them within the shell . Rocks near the sea are sometimes covered with these sea - acorns , and on pieces of wood drifted on shore they have clustered by thousands . The edges of the shells are ...
... arms in search of prey , or to withdraw them within the shell . Rocks near the sea are sometimes covered with these sea - acorns , and on pieces of wood drifted on shore they have clustered by thousands . The edges of the shells are ...
Página 179
... arms , many- jointed and delicately fringed . They are most vigorous animals , and of so sensitive a touch that they can lay hold of the minutest object , and , entangling it in their feather - like arms , they can draw it to the mouth ...
... arms , many- jointed and delicately fringed . They are most vigorous animals , and of so sensitive a touch that they can lay hold of the minutest object , and , entangling it in their feather - like arms , they can draw it to the mouth ...
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... arms in all directions . Nor would it be very desirable to come within the grasp of these arms , for their touch is said to cause pain and inflammation to the human limb , and as to the luckless fish which they encircle , no power of ...
... arms in all directions . Nor would it be very desirable to come within the grasp of these arms , for their touch is said to cause pain and inflammation to the human limb , and as to the luckless fish which they encircle , no power of ...
Página 231
... arms . Even on the shores of Sicily , Mr. Swainson saw cuttle - fish , two of which would be a good load , their arms being as thick as those of a man ; and in the hotter latitudes , gigantic creatures of this family spread terror ...
... arms . Even on the shores of Sicily , Mr. Swainson saw cuttle - fish , two of which would be a good load , their arms being as thick as those of a man ; and in the hotter latitudes , gigantic creatures of this family spread terror ...
Página 232
... , makes a necklace of pearls , so that the animal , like the " envenom'd toad , Besides his offensive and destructive weapons - the strong arms. Wears yet a precious jewel in his head . " 232 SHELLS AND MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS .
... , makes a necklace of pearls , so that the animal , like the " envenom'd toad , Besides his offensive and destructive weapons - the strong arms. Wears yet a precious jewel in his head . " 232 SHELLS AND MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS .
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Términos y frases comunes
abundant anemone animal Anthozoa appearance beach beautiful birds bivalve blossoms botanist branches bright called cliffs clusters coast colour common conchologists coralline covered cowry crab creatures cuttle-fish dark deep delicate Dovor dulse eaten England eryngo feet fish fishermen flavour fleshy flowers Flustra frequent frond Fucus gathered genus goosefoot grass green grows horny inches long island Isles kind Laminaria land leaves limpet living marine plants maritime masses microscope mollusks mussel native naturalist nature ocean odour olive-green oyster pale places polypes prey purple rays remarks resembles rocks rocky roots salt marshes saltwort samphire sand sandy shores Scotland Sea Anemone Sea-pen sea-side sea-weeds seen shape shell shell-fish slender soil sometimes species specimens spines sponge spots stalks star-fishes stem stones substance surface thick tide tint tribe tube tufts valves vegetable waves weeds whelk wild writer yellow yellow horned poppy zoophytes
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Página 9 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Página 9 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 197 - Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon. My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.
Página 91 - From coral rocks the sea-plants lift Their boughs, where the tides and billows flow ; The water is calm and still below, For the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In the motionless fields of upper air : There with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter...
Página 302 - ... arm. Next time I went to dredge on the same spot, determined not to be cheated out of a specimen in such a way a second time, I brought with me a bucket of cold fresh water, to which article, star-fishes have a great antipathy.
Página 345 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 292 - ... in the act of bounding into the air from the shallow margin of the water, or from the wet sand. If any motion of a mute animal could express delight, it was this : if they had meant to make signs of their happiness, they could not have done it more intelligibly.
Página 181 - ... in time of maturitie doe open, and out of them grow those little living things, which, falling into the water, doe become foules, whom we call Barnakles, in the North of England Brant Geese, and in Lancashire Tree Geese...
Página 197 - He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone, At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.
Página 222 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.