 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
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 118 pages
...only some of them take charge of their young ; it may be very truly said, as Job goes on to say, " she is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers." And yet those of the birds which do set, and hatch the young ones, are as careful over them as possible.... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1851 - 726 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 lier of wisdom ; neither hath ho imparted... | |
 | First Church (Dedham, Mass.) - 1840 - 548 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." And if it were so criminal and matter of such complaint for mothers to neglect the bodies of their... | |
 | 1842 - 440 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." But with all birds, " The young dismissed, to wander earth or air, There stops the instinct, and there... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1842 - 342 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 wisdom ; neither hath he imparted to her understanding."* Query... | |
 | Harriet Newell Cook - 1842 - 138 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." See how well this agrees with the accounts given by travellers. They say that the ostrich is frightened... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1843 - 424 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." t Query.... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pages
...which they had killed at the distance of two or three days' journey eastward. In Job 39. 16 it is said, "She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain without fear." The following extract, from Vaillant's Travels in Africa, may... | |
 | 1844 - 994 pages
...15 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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