Chatty Readings in Elementary Science: Nature knowledge, Livro 3Longmans, Green, and Company, 1901 |
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... shaped and pendent . One side of the nest is fastened with cocoon - silk to a branching twig , while the other side is allowed to swing free . The rim of the nest is soft , thick and smoothly rounded , making a famous perch . 6. Bark ...
... shaped and pendent . One side of the nest is fastened with cocoon - silk to a branching twig , while the other side is allowed to swing free . The rim of the nest is soft , thick and smoothly rounded , making a famous perch . 6. Bark ...
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... shaped coral islands of the tropics are called ; but they are mostly taken from the deeper water on the coasts of Australia and other tropical countries . 13. The fresh - water pearls come from the fresh- water mussels . They are ...
... shaped coral islands of the tropics are called ; but they are mostly taken from the deeper water on the coasts of Australia and other tropical countries . 13. The fresh - water pearls come from the fresh- water mussels . They are ...
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... Shaped them straightway to a framework , Like two bows he formed and shaped them , Like two bended bows together . " Give me of your roots , O Tamarack ! Of your fibrous roots , O Larch - tree ! My canoe to bind together , So to bind ...
... Shaped them straightway to a framework , Like two bows he formed and shaped them , Like two bended bows together . " Give me of your roots , O Tamarack ! Of your fibrous roots , O Larch - tree ! My canoe to bind together , So to bind ...
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... shaped in such a fashion as to get as much sunlight upon them as possible . Plants kept in the dark soon die . upper ... shaped , like those of a wallflower ; spoon shaped , as the Eng- lish daisy ; needle shaped , as the Scotch fir ...
... shaped in such a fashion as to get as much sunlight upon them as possible . Plants kept in the dark soon die . upper ... shaped , like those of a wallflower ; spoon shaped , as the Eng- lish daisy ; needle shaped , as the Scotch fir ...
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... shaped fronds , growing in the joints of the damp masoni y . 6. How different in appearance is this fern from the frail maidenhair ferns we have just passed , or A DOCK LEAF . FROND OF FERN . FROND OF FERN , SHOWING SPORES . from the ...
... shaped fronds , growing in the joints of the damp masoni y . 6. How different in appearance is this fern from the frail maidenhair ferns we have just passed , or A DOCK LEAF . FROND OF FERN . FROND OF FERN , SHOWING SPORES . from the ...
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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...