 He is, therefore, found at all seasons, in the countries he inhabits ; but prefers such places as have been mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. In procuring these, he displays, in a very singular manner, the genius and energy of...  A History of the Earth and Animated Nature - Page 32by Oliver Goldsmith - 1856Full view - About this book
 | sir Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1877 - 198 pages
...minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend...the torrid * or the arctic * regions of the earth. * Hot and cold. In procuring his food, he displays, in a very singular manner, the genius and energy... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...minutes he can pass from summ. T to winter, fi om the lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend...to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth. In procuring fish, he displays, in a very singular manner, the genins and energy of lns character,... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 364 pages
...pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions,—the abode of eternal cold,—and thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth. 3. In procuring these, he displays in a very singular manner the genius and energy of his characte"',... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 346 pages
...from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions, — the abode of eternal cold, — and thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth. THE BALD EAGLE. 3. In procuring these, he displays in a very singular manner the genius and energy... | |
 | Edward Augustus Samuels - 1883 - 666 pages
...summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and thence descend, at will, to the torrid or the arctic...seasons in the countries he inhabits, but prefers such places as have been mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. " In procuring... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 pages
...the atmosphere, — the abode of eternal cold, — and thence descend, at will, to the torrid, or to the Arctic regions of the earth. He is, therefore,...found at all seasons in the countries he inhabits, but from the great partiality he has for fish, he prefers to live near the ocean. 2. In procuring fish,... | |
 | Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer - 1906 - 552 pages
...higher regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold; and thence descend at will to the torrid or arctic regions of the earth. He is therefore found at all seasons in the countries which he inhabits. . . . Elevated upon a high dead limb of some gigantic tree, that commands a wide... | |
 | Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1846 - 284 pages
...minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the higher to the lower regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend...seasons in the countries he inhabits, but prefers such places as have been mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. In procuring these,... | |
 | 1846 - 516 pages
...minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the higher to the lower regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend...seasons in the countries he inhabits, but prefers such places as have been mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. In procuring these,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 pages
...of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal eold, and thenee deseend at will to the torrid or the aretie regions of the earth. He is therefore found at all seasons in the eountries whieh he inhabits, but prefers sueh plaees as have been mentioned above, from the great partiality... | |
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