 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
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 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,... | |
 | 1863 - 622 pages
...And furgelteth that a foot may crush tliem, and that the beast of the field nitiy trample on them. ' She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her own ; in vain she labours without solicitude. * For God hath made her forget wisdom and : a' h... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 pages
...warmeth them in 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 he imparted... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 pages
...C. cir. 1520. Ante I. Ol. cir. 744. Ante UC c. 767. them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 lAmA : her ь labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisLam. iv, 3.»Ver. 17.... | |
 | 1836 - 1114 pages
...d"l5 She forserUMh that the foot may tread upon them, or that the buasts of the field may lb »ne » 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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 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 her's: " Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding2."... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 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 her's: " Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding2."... | |
 | 1837 - 852 pages
...in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 against his enemies. 4 The providence and justice of God. .To her's: her labour is in vain without fear ; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath... | |
 | 752 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 hath ho imparted... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 646 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 hath he imparted... | |
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