 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 470 pages
...island, one surveys its " hanging cliffs, in every crag or fissure of the " broken rocks may be seen innumerable birds, of " various sorts and sizes, more...stars of " heaven when viewed in a serene night. If they vOL. IV. BB " are viewed at a distance, either receding, or in " their approach to the island,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 470 pages
...hanging cliffs, in every crag or fissure of the " broken rocks may be seen innumerable birds, of e' various sorts and sizes, more than the stars of " heaven when viewed in a serene night. If they VOL. IV. BB " are viewed at a distance, either receding, or in " their approach to the island,... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - Zoology - 1818 - 552 pages
...prey : if in sailing' round the island " you survey the hanging chffV, you may see " in every cragg or fissure of the broken rocks, " innumerable birds...heaven when viewed " in a serene night : if from afar j-ou see the " distant flocks. either flying to or from the " island, you would imagine them to be... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - Dogs - 1823 - 440 pages
...island, one surveys its hanging cliffs, in every crag, or fissure of the broken rocks, may be seen innumerable birds, of various sorts and sizes, more...stars of heaven, when viewed in a serene night. If they are viewed at a distance, either receding, or in their approach to the island, they seen Uke one... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Zoology - 1824 - 510 pages
...the island, one surveys its hanging cliffs, in every crag or fissure of the broken rocks may be seen innumerable birds, of various sorts and sizes, more...stars of heaven when viewed in a serene night. If they are viewed at a distance, either receding, or in their approach to the island, they seem like... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1828 - 612 pages
...island, one surveys its hanging cliffs, in every crag, or fissure of the broken rocks, may be seen innumerable birds, of various sorts and sizes, more...stars of heaven, when viewed in a serene night. If they are viewed at a distance, either receding, or in their approach to the island, they seem like... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 408 pages
...for their prey ; if in sailing round the island you survey the hanging cliffs, you see in every crasg or fissure of the broken rocks innumerable birds of...you would imagine them to be a vast swarm of bees. 'The gannet,' observes Dr. Latham, 'inhabits the colder parts of this kingdom, and more especially... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...outnumber the stars that appear in a clear night. If, from a distance, you behold the flocks roving about the island, you would imagine them to be a vast swarm of bees*." It would appear that certain vague reports respecting flying-fish led to similar fables, as we learn... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...outnumber the stars that appear in a clear night. If, from a distance, you behold the flocks roving about the island, you would imagine them to be a vast swarm of bees *." It would appear that certain vague reports respecting flying-fish led to similar fables, as we... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - Great Britain - 1848 - 1102 pages
...island, one surveys its hanging cliffs, in every crag, or fissure of the broken rocks, may be seen innumerable birds, of various sorts and sizes, more...stars of heaven, •when viewed in a serene night. If they are viewed at a distance, either receding, or in their approach to the island, they seem like... | |
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When one looks down upon the sea from the precipice, its whole surface seems covered with infinite numbers of birds of different kinds, swimming and pursuing their prey. If, in sailing round the island, one surveys its hanging cliffs, in every crag or... 
