 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
 | 1824 - 812 pages
...them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crash them, or tint the wild beast may break them?. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not ber's : her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 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 her's : her labour is in vain without fear ; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath... | |
 | Thomas J. Lee - 1827 - 196 pages
...the dust, 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 ; because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted... | |
 | 1829 - 494 pages
...them 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 hers. Her labour is in vain ; without fear, because God hath deprived her of wisdom ; neither has he imparted... | |
 | 1851
...them 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 hers ; her labour is in vain without fear, because Oml hath deprived her of wisdom ; neither hath he imparted... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1831 - 508 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 hers; " her labour is in vain, without fear; because " God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither •" hath... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 pages
...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 wisdom ; neither hath he imparted to her understanding*." Query.... | |
 | Henry Scawen Plumptre - 1833 - 224 pages
...have been a monster in creation. We read indeed of the " ostrich, who layeth her eggs in the dust; who is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, because God hath deprived her of wisdom ;" but she is designated as cruel, and become proverbial for... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 13 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 hath he... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pages
...the 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... | |
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