Author: William Carruthers

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Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 9781331920410

Excerpt from The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, Vol. 2: Being a Continuation of the 'Annals' Combined With Loudon and Charleswoth's 'Magazine of Natural History' "Omnes res creatae sunt divinae sapientiae et potentiae testes, divitiae felicitatis humanae: - ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini: ex conomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis olucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper aestimata; a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta; male doetis et barbaris semper inimiea fuit." - Linnaeus. "Quel que soit le principe de la vie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir les yeux pour voir qu'elle est le chef-d' uvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se rapportent toutes ses operations." - Bruckner, Theorie du Systeme Animal, Leyden, 1767. ... The sylvan powers Obey our summons; from their deepest dells The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild And odorous branches at our feet; the Nymphs That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme And purple heath-flower come not empty-handed, But scatter round ten thousand forms minute Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock Or rifted oak or cavern deep: the Naiads too Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles, Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, All, all to us unlock their secret stores And pay their cheerful tribute. J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."