 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened...  The Evolution of Sex - Page 275by Sir Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson - 1889 - 322 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...in the dust, and " forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that " the wild beast may break them. She is hardened " against her young ones, as though they were not " her's : her labour is in vain without fear ; be*' cause God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither... | |
 | David Collyer - 1815 - 368 pages
...her fggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them ; she is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, &o. Hence some have fancied, that the ostrich is hatched... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : her labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 . fc eth me : as for * the light of mine eyes, it *H*.I»M also fis gone her labour is in vain without fear ; 1 7 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he *... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pages
...observed the manner in which the female ostrich abandons her brood to the natural heat of the sand : ' She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's. Her labour is in vain ; without fear, because God hath deprived her of wisdom ; neither has... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - 1818 - 420 pages
...observed the manner, in which the female Ostrich abandons her brood to the natural heat of the sand .- " She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers. Hei: labour is in vain ; without fear, because God hath deprived her of wisdom ; neither has he imparted... | |
 | James Milligan - 1818 - 304 pages
...dust ; 1.v and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, «r that the wild beast may bteak them. 16 She is .hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her 's : her labour is in vain without fear. IT Because -God hath deprived her of wisdom ; neither... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...the dust, 16 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 Ԁ 0 " her labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 pages
...the defect of natural affection in the ostrich, may be well applied to the bird we are talking of : " She is hardened against her young ones, " as though they were not hers : " Because God hath deprived her of wis" dom, neither hath he imparted to her under" standing."* Query.... | |
 | 1824 - 1004 pages
...She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beast of the field may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her. 17 For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath... | |
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