Chatty Readings in Elementary Science: Nature knowledge, Livro 3Longmans, Green, and Company, 1901 |
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... long . From the nostrils a double tube runs up the entire length of the trunk . It is interlaced with thousands of muscles . by which it is readily moved in every direction . 軍 At the end is a finger - like point BLENES.
... long . From the nostrils a double tube runs up the entire length of the trunk . It is interlaced with thousands of muscles . by which it is readily moved in every direction . 軍 At the end is a finger - like point BLENES.
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... rend in pieces the unhappy victim with his teeth . 6. The claws of a bear are not only formidable weapons , but the beast has the power of moving each claw separately , as we move our fingers . 16 ELEMENTARY SCIENCE .
... rend in pieces the unhappy victim with his teeth . 6. The claws of a bear are not only formidable weapons , but the beast has the power of moving each claw separately , as we move our fingers . 16 ELEMENTARY SCIENCE .
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Nature knowledge. each claw separately , as we move our fingers . A bear is able to overcome and carry off a heavy beast , and then to dig a pit large enough to bury it in . 7. Another very interesting sole - walker is found in this ...
Nature knowledge. each claw separately , as we move our fingers . A bear is able to overcome and carry off a heavy beast , and then to dig a pit large enough to bury it in . 7. Another very interesting sole - walker is found in this ...
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... move ' - ments 1. How restful and quiet it is by the pond ! We must take care where we step , for the ground is soft ... moving and we can see their long , protruding necks . Are they turtles ? Yes , they are really turtles that have ...
... move ' - ments 1. How restful and quiet it is by the pond ! We must take care where we step , for the ground is soft ... moving and we can see their long , protruding necks . Are they turtles ? Yes , they are really turtles that have ...
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... fast as a horse , A BOA . swim , climb trees , dart from branch to branch , and move quickly enough to capture birds . Its whole body acts as a hand , a foot or a fin . 8. A snake swallows its food whole , and in. NATURE KNOWLEDGE . III .
... fast as a horse , A BOA . swim , climb trees , dart from branch to branch , and move quickly enough to capture birds . Its whole body acts as a hand , a foot or a fin . 8. A snake swallows its food whole , and in. NATURE KNOWLEDGE . III .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
baby back-bone bark barn owl bear beautiful becomes belong birds body branches breathe butterfly caddis-case caddis-worm called carry caterpillar claws coat color coral polyps cotton countries covered creatures crusted animal daisy dandelion dark drupe eagle earth eggs elephant eyes fastened feathers feed feelers feet fern fibers fishes flax flax flower flowerless plants fore fronds fruit gills grain grass green ground grow groweth grubs head hermit crab hind insects kangaroo kind leaf leaves legs LESSON live lobster look maize mice monkey moth mouth nacre nest Pearl oysters pistil poison pollen prey protection reptiles rock sea anemones seed lobe shell skin snakes soft soft-bodied animals soil sole-walkers sometimes species spider spinnerets spores stamens stem stomach strong substances surface swallow swan tail talons taproot threads tiny tree trunk walk whelk wings witch-hazel wonderful wood woody yellow Young oysters
Passagens conhecidas
Página 126 - Hiawatha!" With his knife the tree he girdled; Just beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots, he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft the bark asunder, With a wooden wedge he raised it, Stripped it from the trunk unbroken.
Página 10 - Hark, how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine...
Página 11 - The glowworms, numerous and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night ; At dusk the squalid toad was seen Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; The whirling...
Página 127 - And the larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning, Touched his forehead with its tassels, Said with one long sigh of sorrow, 'Take them all, O Hiawatha!
Página 126 - Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me...
Página 11 - And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. " 'Twill surely rain, I see with sorrow Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow.
Página 10 - The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is low ; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky ; Tiie walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel.
Página 69 - COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball and the Grasshopper's feast ; The trumpeter Gadfly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you.
Página 11 - The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays. The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is drest.
Página 71 - Harlequin fell. Yet he touched not the ground, but with talons outspread, Hung suspended in air, at the end of a thread. Then the Grasshopper came, with a jerk and a spring, Very long was his leg, though but short was his Wing...