Chatty Readings in Elementary Science: Nature knowledge, Livro 3Longmans, Green, and Company, 1901 |
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... soils like this , all the pale - colored insects fall a ready prey to the birds . Each year only the darker ones are left in any numbers . As the search becomes keener , only the very darkest are left at last . 8. " So that on dark soils ...
... soils like this , all the pale - colored insects fall a ready prey to the birds . Each year only the darker ones are left in any numbers . As the search becomes keener , only the very darkest are left at last . 8. " So that on dark soils ...
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... soil , and those of the darker shades where the surroundings are also dark . " 11. " I have noticed , " said the elder boy , " that trout are very difficult to see in yonder stream , because their color is so much like that of the ...
... soil , and those of the darker shades where the surroundings are also dark . " 11. " I have noticed , " said the elder boy , " that trout are very difficult to see in yonder stream , because their color is so much like that of the ...
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... soil . The anemone has a body ; it consists of a sort of fleshy bag , at the top of which is a small opening or mouth encircled by the rays which serve it as hands . Although it has a mouth it has neither head nor eyes ; its mouth opens ...
... soil . The anemone has a body ; it consists of a sort of fleshy bag , at the top of which is a small opening or mouth encircled by the rays which serve it as hands . Although it has a mouth it has neither head nor eyes ; its mouth opens ...
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... soil , whereas the whole substance of a mineral is found buried in the earth ; and that a plant grows , while a mineral never does . 14. The whole of nature is divided into three great classes or kingdoms : the Animal Kingdom , the ...
... soil , whereas the whole substance of a mineral is found buried in the earth ; and that a plant grows , while a mineral never does . 14. The whole of nature is divided into three great classes or kingdoms : the Animal Kingdom , the ...
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... soil ; it is for this reason that the food is stored up within the seed , ready for the young plant to live upon . 8. When a seed is sown in the ground , it soon feels the moisture and the warmth , A GRAIN OF WHEAT SPROUTING . and the ...
... soil ; it is for this reason that the food is stored up within the seed , ready for the young plant to live upon . 8. When a seed is sown in the ground , it soon feels the moisture and the warmth , A GRAIN OF WHEAT SPROUTING . and 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...