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Pagina 4
... writers . Hesiod calls him the bird with ex- tended wings ; Pindar asserts , that in the length and extension of his wings , he surpasses all the birds of heaven + ; and Ho- mer , with his usual force and beauty , compares the wings of ...
... writers . Hesiod calls him the bird with ex- tended wings ; Pindar asserts , that in the length and extension of his wings , he surpasses all the birds of heaven + ; and Ho- mer , with his usual force and beauty , compares the wings of ...
Pagina 8
... writer quoted by Bochart , avers , that the eagle can discover a carcase at the distance of four hundred parasangs ... writers of antiquity believed , that the blood of the animals upon which they prey , suffices to quench their thirst ...
... writer quoted by Bochart , avers , that the eagle can discover a carcase at the distance of four hundred parasangs ... writers of antiquity believed , that the blood of the animals upon which they prey , suffices to quench their thirst ...
Pagina 9
... writers . Damir says , the eagle discovers his prey at the distance of four hundred parasangs ; and when he lights upon a carcase , of which the ossifrage has eaten , he retires , and refuses to eat what the other has left . Again ...
... writers . Damir says , the eagle discovers his prey at the distance of four hundred parasangs ; and when he lights upon a carcase , of which the ossifrage has eaten , he retires , and refuses to eat what the other has left . Again ...
Pagina 10
... writers , that when the eaglets are somewhat grown , the mother kills the weakest or the most voracious of them ; but were the fact ad- mitted , it is no satisfactory proof that she is without natural affection . It is well known that ...
... writers , that when the eaglets are somewhat grown , the mother kills the weakest or the most voracious of them ; but were the fact ad- mitted , it is no satisfactory proof that she is without natural affection . It is well known that ...
Pagina 12
... writers to that bird . The Most High does not con- sider it unbecoming his dignity to compare , in more instances than one , his providential vigilance , his support and protection , to the wings of an eagle , and to the various methods ...
... writers to that bird . The Most High does not con- sider it unbecoming his dignity to compare , in more instances than one , his providential vigilance , his support and protection , to the wings of an eagle , and to the various methods ...
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