| 1860 - 982 pages
...will lie dimly seen or quite misunderstood. We behold the- face of nature bright with gladness, wo often see superabundance of food ; we do not see,...singing round us mostly live on insects or seeds, and arc thus constantly destroying life; or we forget how largely these songsters, or their eggs, or their... | |
| John Addington Symonds - 1871 - 468 pages
...have in geologic periods been rudely dealt with by waters, eaten into, worn down, battered and broken. The desolations from igneous forces, whether let loose...round us mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thusconstantly destroying life ; or we forget how largely these songsters, or their eggs, or their... | |
| 1875 - 844 pages
...mutandis, might be applied to the veg- ! etable : — " We behold the face of nature bright with gladness : we often see superabundance of food. We do not see,...or we forget, that the birds which are idly singing around us mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thus constantly destroying life : or we forget how... | |
| Asa Gray - 1877 - 418 pages
...variation, will be dimly seen or quite misunderstood. We behold the face of Nature bright with gladness, we often see superabundance of food ; we do not see, or we forget, that the lairds which are idly singing round us mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thus constantly destroying... | |
| T Warren O'Neill - 1880 - 482 pages
...variation, will be dimly seen, or quite misunderstood. We behold the face of Nature, bright with gladness; we often see superabundance of food; we do not see,...or we forget, that the birds which are idly singing around us, mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thus continually destroying life; or, we forget... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1882 - 492 pages
...We behold the face of nature bright with gladness, we often see superabundance of food ; we do net see or we forget, that the birds which are idly singing...live on insects or seeds, and are thus constantly destroy it g life ; or we forget how largely these songsters, or their eggs, or their nestlings, are... | |
| Asa Gray - 1889 - 422 pages
...variation, will be dimly seen or quite misunderstood. We behold the face of Nature bright with gladness, we often see superabundance of food ; we do not see,...seeds, and are thus constantly destroying life ; or we forgot how largely these songsters, or their eggs, or their nestlings, are destroyed by birds and beasts... | |
| Alfred Williams Momerie - 1889 - 332 pages
...case, one amongst thousands." " We behold the face of nature," says Darwin, " bright with gladness ; we do not see, or we forget, that the birds which...or seeds, and are thus constantly destroying life ; we forget how largely these songsters or their eggs or their nestlings are destroyed by other birds... | |
| 1875 - 880 pages
...mutandis, might be applied to the veg- : etablc : — " We behold the face of nature bright with gladness : we often see superabundance of food. We do not see,...or we forget, that the birds which are idly singing around us mostly live on in- ' sects or seeds, and are thus constantly' destroying life : or we forget... | |
| THOMAS G GENTRY - 1900 - 566 pages
...gladness, and food everywhere in excessive abundance, but we do not see that the birds which are happily singing round us mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thus constantly destroying life, or we fail to remember how largely these songsters, or their eggs, or their nestlings, are destroyed by birds... | |
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