... but man, and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes and ocean, deep below him; he appears indifferent to the little localities... The North American Review - Page 121edited by - 1827Full view - About this book
| Alexander Wilson, George Ord - Birds - 1828 - 442 pages
...appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons; as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher...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... | |
| English literature - 1846 - 522 pages
...winter, from the higher to the lower regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic...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... | |
| Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons ; as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the ahode of eternal cold ; and thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth.... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 522 pages
...nondescript. C4 NATURAL HISTOP.Y. seasons ; as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from tiie lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the...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... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 426 pages
...appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons ; as, in a few minutes, he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher...of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend, at will, to the torrid, or the arctic regions of the earth. He is, therefore,... | |
| George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons ; as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher...of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth. He is therefore found... | |
| 1831 - 472 pages
...appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons ; as, in a few minutes, he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher...of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend, at will, to the torrid, or the arctic regions of the earth. He is, therefore,... | |
| American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons, as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher...countries which he inhabits, but prefers such places aa have been mentioned above, from the great partiality he has for fish. " In procuring these he displays,... | |
| Alexander Wilson - Birds - 1832 - 472 pages
...appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons ; as, in a few minutes, he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher...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... | |
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