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... eggs , and hatch them ; they had been silent in winter , but now they renew their cheerful songs ; the fruit trees are in blossom ; and all nature assumes a gay aspect . In summer , the weather gets very hot and sultry ; the days are ...
... eggs , and hatch them ; they had been silent in winter , but now they renew their cheerful songs ; the fruit trees are in blossom ; and all nature assumes a gay aspect . In summer , the weather gets very hot and sultry ; the days are ...
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... egg in it , and round this egg grows the oak apple , as it is called . The egg in the ball turns to a worm , and in time the worm turns to a fly like the one that laid the egg ; it then makes a hole through the ball and gets away . The ...
... egg in it , and round this egg grows the oak apple , as it is called . The egg in the ball turns to a worm , and in time the worm turns to a fly like the one that laid the egg ; it then makes a hole through the ball and gets away . The ...
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... eggs , therefore , of small birds require a place of more constant heat , than the eggs of large birds , as being apt to cool more quickly ; and we ob - serve ' that their nests are built warmer and deeper , lined in the inside with ...
... eggs , therefore , of small birds require a place of more constant heat , than the eggs of large birds , as being apt to cool more quickly ; and we ob - serve ' that their nests are built warmer and deeper , lined in the inside with ...
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... eggs , or their young ones . The young ones , for some time after they leave he shell , require no food ; but the pa'rent soon finds by their chirping and gap'ing , that they begin to feel the approach of hunger , and flies to provide ...
... eggs , or their young ones . The young ones , for some time after they leave he shell , require no food ; but the pa'rent soon finds by their chirping and gap'ing , that they begin to feel the approach of hunger , and flies to provide ...
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... egg , it was a creep- ing worm , called a cat'er - pil - lar . It changed its skin va'ri - ous times , which , by the by , is a thing done by some other insects , and even by shell 55 Lines written in March, The Caterpillar,
... egg , it was a creep- ing worm , called a cat'er - pil - lar . It changed its skin va'ri - ous times , which , by the by , is a thing done by some other insects , and even by shell 55 Lines written in March, The Caterpillar,
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Page 29 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Page 118 - And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, thou hast answered right : this do, and thou shalt live.
Page 156 - Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 112 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead ; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead : therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
Page 29 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 106 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 158 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
Page 100 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 157 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 157 - Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.